IIT Guwahati has consistently been ranked among the top technical and research institutes in India by various ranking agencies.

As per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021 rankings released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, IIT Guwahati is ranked 7th among all engineering institutes in India. In the overall ranking of institutes across all disciplines, IIT Guwahati is ranked 20th in India.

In addition to NIRF, IIT Guwahati has also been ranked highly in other national and international rankings such as QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

Overall, IIT Guwahati has a strong reputation for excellence in education and research and is widely considered to be one of the top technical and research institutes in India.