 Maharshi Dayanand University is being ranked 76 in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework overall ranking in 2020 />

The Directorate of Sports has produced many nationally and internationally ranked sportspeople, including seven Arjuna and five Bhim Awardees.The university has a modern gymnasium (four standard size badminton courts can work simultaneously), an international-standard swimming pool, a squash court, boxing ring, wrestling hall, tennis and basketball courts, and a complex of playing fields.A synthetic athletics track and artificial-turf field hockey ground are planned.