The
higher education system in
India includes both
private and
public universities. Public universities are supported by the
Government of India and the
state governments
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, while private universities are mostly supported by various bodies and societies. Universities in India are recognized by the
University Grants Commission (UGC), which draws its power from the ''University Grants Commission Act, 1956''.
In addition, 15 Professional Councils are established, controlling different aspects of accreditation and coordination.
Private universities in India are regulated under the UGC (Establishment and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003. Per the UGC act and these regulations, private universities are established by an act of a local legislative assembly and listed by the UGC in the Gazette upon receiving the act. As confirmed by ruling of the
Supreme Court of India, recognition by the UGC is required for the university to operate. Also, per the 2003 regulations, the UGC sends committees to inspect the private universities and publishes their inspection report.
The UGC publishes and regularly updates the lists of private universities.
, the UGC consolidated list of universities lists 421 private universities.
The earliest date of notification is that of
Sikkim Manipal University
Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), formerly Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences, is a private university located in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. The Sikkim Manipal University started its journey in 1992, after the ...
, 11 October 1995. Private universities were established in 26 of the 28
states of India and in none of the 8
union territories.
Section 12 (B) of the UGC Act of 1956 also grants the UGC the right to "allocate and disburse, out of the Fund of the Commission, grants to Universities..."
[ As such, the UGC may declare a private university as "Included under 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956". Updates to these declarations are done in meetings of the UGC and published in the minutes. The latest list, , lists 25 private universities as included under 12(B).]
Other types of universities regulated by the UGC include:
* Central universities, or Union universities are established by Act of Parliament and are under the purview of the Department of Higher Education in the Union Human Resource Development Ministry.
* State universities
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State univers ...
are run by the state government of each of the states and territories of India, and are usually established by a local legislative assembly act.
* Deemed university, or "Deemed-to-be-University", is a status of autonomy granted by the Department of Higher Education on the advice of the UGC, under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956.
Apart from the above universities, other institutions are granted the permission to autonomously award degrees. These institutes do not affiliate colleges and are not officially called "universities" but "autonomous organizations" or "autonomous institutes". They fall under the administrative control of the Department of Higher Education. These organizations include the Indian Institutes of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are central government owned Institute of technology, public technical institutes located across India. They are under the ownership of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Educat ...
, the National Institutes of Technology
The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Scienc ...
, the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, the Indian Institutes of Management, the Indian Institutes of Information Technology and other autonomous institutes.
Universities by state
The state with the most private universities in India is Gujarat, with 55. There are no private universities in the states Goa and Kerala, nor in any of the Union territories of India, except .
List of universities
In the list below, the year of establishment is the year stated by the UGC as "Date of Notification".[ Cases where this year is different than the year stated by the university are noted. Differences in title are also noted, except minor typographical errors and "University of X"/"X University" differences. Inspection report data is from the lists of private universities per state][ and individual reports are sourced where available.
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Andhra Pradesh
There are six private universities in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
.
Arunachal Pradesh
There are eight private universities in Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...
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Assam
There are six private universities in Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur t ...
, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Bihar
There are seven private universities in Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Ben ...
.
Chhattisgarh
There are 15 private universities in Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prades ...
, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Gujarat
There are 55 private universities in Gujarat, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Haryana
There are 25 private universities in Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Himachal Pradesh
There are 17 private universities in Himachal Pradesh.
Jharkhand
There are 16 private universities in Jharkhand.
Karnataka
There are 24 private universities in Karnataka, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Madhya Pradesh
There are 40 private universities in Madhya Pradesh.
Maharashtra
There are 22 private universities in Maharashtra, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Manipur
There are five private universities in Manipur.
Meghalaya
There are nine private universities in Meghalaya.
Mizoram
There is one private university in Mizoram
Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from " Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "lan ...
.
Nagaland
There are four private universities in Nagaland
Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...
.
Odisha
There are eight private universities in Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sc ...
, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Punjab
There are 18 private universities in Punjab, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Rajasthan
There are 52 private universities in Rajasthan, the largest number among all states, four of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Sikkim
There are eight private universities in Sikkim.
Tamil Nadu
There are four private universities in Tamil Nadu.
Telangana
There are five private universities in Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...
.
Tripura
There is one private university in Tripura
Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east ...
.
Uttar Pradesh
There are 33 private universities in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 195 ...
, seven of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
Uttarakhand
There are 21 private universities in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...
, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).
West Bengal
There are 11 private universities in West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...
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See also
*List of autonomous higher education institutes in India
The higher education system in India includes both private and public universities. Public universities are supported by the Government of India and the state governments, while private universities are mostly supported by various bodies and ...
* List of universities in India
* List of central universities in India
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* List of state universities in India
State universities are public universities run by the state government of each of the states and territories of India, and are usually established by a local legislative assembly act. The University Grants Commission (UGC), draws its power f ...
* List of deemed universities in India
Deemed university, or deemed-to-be-university, is an accreditation granted to higher educational institutions in India by the Department of Higher Education. , the UGC lists 127 institutes which were granted the deemed to be university status.
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