The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF ranking 2025. As per the rankings, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) has achieved an NIRF rank of 94 in the overall category along with an NIRF rank of 75 in the university category. The institute has also achieved NIRF scores of 49.75 and 49.7 in each category respectively. In terms of category-wise rankings, the institute has achieved NIRF 7th and 23rd ranks in the agriculture and allied sectors category with scores of 65.81 and 54.28 respectively, and NIRF 36th rank in the state public universities category with a score of 53.48.
SKUAST has been featured in the NIRF 2025. According to the NIRF Ranking 2025, SKUAST is ranked 94 in Overall category, 75 in University category, 7 in Agriculture category. The rankings reflect the SKUAST's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows SKUAST’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2025 and 2023. SKUAST has shown improvement in the Agriculture category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank | 2023 Rank |
| Agriculture | 7 | 9 |
| Overall | 94 | - |
| University | 75 | - |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the Agriculture, SKUAST scored 65.81.The following table shows SKUAST’s performance across all the parameters in the Agriculture category:
| Parameter | 2025 Score | 2023 Score |
| Total Score | 65.81 | - |
Comparison of SKUAST against similar NIRF - 2025 ranked college in Agriculture category.
| College Name | 2025 Rank | 2023 Rank |
| SKUAST | 7 | 9 |
| Central Institute of Fisheries Education | 8 | 7 |
| GBPUAT | 9 | 8 |
| CCSHAU | 10 | 10 |
| UAS Bangalore | 11 | 11 |
| Kerala Agricultural University | 12 | 15 |
| TNAU | 6 | 5 |
| IVRI Bareilly | 5 | 6 |
| BHU | 4 | - |
| PAU Ludhiana | 3 | 3 |
| National Dairy Research Institute | 2 | 2 |