FORE Delhi Ranking 2026: NIRF, QS & More

NIRF scores every institute on five pillars:

• Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR)
• Research and Professional Practice (RPC)
• Graduation Outcomes (GO)
• Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
• Perception

FORE's 2025 component scores, out of 100 each, are:

Graduation Outcomes is FORE's strongest pillar by a wide margin. That score includes placement and higher studies (33.94 of 40) and university exams (20 of 20). It also includes median salary (28.28 of 40). Perception is FORE's weakest pillar, at under a tenth of the maximum. NIRF's Perception score comes from a peer survey of academics, employers and public opinion, not from FORE's own data. Perception is low across Delhi NCR. The five peers in the table below score 1.47 to 13.53, so FORE's 9.36 sits mid-range.

FORE is not NAAC accredited. NAAC assesses universities and university-affiliated colleges, and FORE is a standalone, AICTE-approved institute with no affiliating university. FORE instead holds:

-NBA accreditation: NBA's letter of 3 July 2026 (F.No. 17-16/2010-NBA) accredits PGDM and PGDM(IB) from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025. It then accredits both, and PGDM(BDA), from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028. FORE's own page shows PGDM(FM) accredited till 30 June 2026. FORE shows no PGDM(FM) renewal. NBA accredits programmes, not the institute.

• SAQS (South Asian Quality Assurance System) accreditation, granted for five years through September 2028.
• AACSB membership (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). FORE's brochure says it is a member. This is membership only, not full AACSB accreditation, which is a distinct and stronger status.

Is FORE's entire PGDM programme NBA accredited? Not all of it. PGDM, PGDM(IB) and PGDM(BDA) are accredited through 31 December 2028. PGDM(FM) was accredited till 30 June 2026, and FORE shows no renewal.

FORE ranked 59th nationally on NIRF Management 2025. Set against five other Delhi NCR private or deemed B-schools on the same list, FORE sits in the middle of the pack. It is neither the top nor the bottom entrant:

All six figures are from nirfindia.org's NIRF Management 2025 list. FORE trails the three higher-ranked Delhi NCR peers here by 1.92 to 4.36 score points. That is a narrow band, not a wide gap. FORE also outranks BIMTECH and BML Munjal. Its lead over BIMTECH is just 0.14 points, closer than the rank difference alone suggests. That narrow spread points to a real pattern. A handful of NIRF's underlying metrics separates most of Delhi NCR's mid-tier private B-schools. It is not a wide gulf in institutional quality.

How does FORE's NIRF rank compare to other Delhi NCR private B-schools? FORE, at rank 59, sits behind IMI Delhi, Jaipuria Noida and Amity Noida. It sits ahead of BIMTECH Greater Noida and BML Munjal University Gurugram. All six ranks come from NIRF Management 2025.