The

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

has two central universities, sixteen

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,Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya is listed by

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but not by UGC. three

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, twenty

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three

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, including an IIT.

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and an NIT. The state also has an

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and an

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and Two NLUs. The Department of Higher Education under Ministry of Human Resource Development lists 81 centrally funded institutes and 42 central universities. Two central universities, two regional centres of IGNOU (in Jabalpur and Bhopal), and eight centrally funded institutes are located in Madhya Pradesh.

University

As of August 2011, UGC recognizes fifteen state universities in Madhya Pradesh, of which eleven universities receive financial assistance from central government and UGC in addition to Madhya Pradesh state government. Universities eligible for central assistance are marked with a ✩ in the table below.

University

Deemed

Autonomous institutions

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