74 Best universities for Architecture in India

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Architecture. A graph of 107K citations received by 11K academic papers made by 74 universities in India was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Architecture

#31 in Asia

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

2. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Architecture

#71 in Asia

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

3. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Architecture

#80 in Asia

#398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 24,500
Male:Female: 53:47

4. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Architecture

#97 in Asia

#469 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

5. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Architecture

#102 in Asia

#489 in the World

Founded: 1958

6. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Architecture

#105 in Asia

#492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

7. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Architecture

#111 in Asia

#513 in the World

Founded: 1978

8. Chitkara University - Punjab

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Architecture

#116 in Asia

#555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 2010

9. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Telangana | Eddumailaram

For Architecture

#124 in Asia

#591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 2008

10. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Architecture

#139 in Asia

#652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

11. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

For Architecture

#140 in Asia

#653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

12. Nirma University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

For Architecture

#144 in Asia

#668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

13. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Architecture

#152 in Asia

#691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

14. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

For Architecture

#153 in Asia

#694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

15. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Architecture

#154 in Asia

#696 in the World

Founded: 1963

16. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Architecture

#156 in Asia

#701 in the World

Founded: 1959

17. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Architecture

#160 in Asia

#706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

18. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Architecture

#161 in Asia

#708 in the World

Founded: 1955

19. International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Architecture

#165 in Asia

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 2,056
Male:Female: 78:22
Founded: 1998

20. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Architecture

#166 in Asia

#717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 5,061
Founded: 1974

21. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Architecture

#175 in Asia

#736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

22. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Architecture

#180 in Asia

#751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

23. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Architecture

#181 in Asia

#754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

24. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Architecture

#185 in Asia

#767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

25. Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Architecture

#189 in Asia

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1999

26. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Architecture

#195 in Asia

#791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1964

27. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Architecture

#197 in Asia

#802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

28. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Architecture

#199 in Asia

#806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2001

29. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Architecture

#200 in Asia

#808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

30. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Architecture

#203 in Asia

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

31. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Architecture

#210 in Asia

#836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1985

32. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Architecture

#212 in Asia

#839 in the World

Founded: 1948

33. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Architecture

#225 in Asia

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

34. Graphic Era University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Architecture

#227 in Asia

#873 in the World

Founded: 1993

35. School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Architecture

#229 in Asia

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1959

36. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

For Architecture

#234 in Asia

#893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

37. Chandigarh University

Punjab | Mohali

For Architecture

#238 in Asia

#902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 3,611
Founded: 2012

38. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Architecture

#241 in Asia

#909 in the World

Founded: 2005

39. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Architecture

#245 in Asia

#916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 1,915
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 2009

40. PES University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Architecture

#248 in Asia

#921 in the World

Enrollment: 1,639
Founded: 2013

41. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Architecture

#260 in Asia

#961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

42. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Architecture

#262 in Asia

#968 in the World

Founded: 1981

43. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Architecture

#268 in Asia

#977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2004

44. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Architecture

#269 in Asia

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

45. National Institute of Technology, Raipur

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

For Architecture

#271 in Asia

#984 in the World

Founded: 1956

46. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

West Bengal | Durgapur

For Architecture

#273 in Asia

#987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1960

47. International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Architecture

#278 in Asia

#1002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1999

48. University of Mumbai

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Architecture

#290 in Asia

#1026 in the World

Founded: 1857

49. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Architecture

#293 in Asia

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1915

50. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Architecture

#304 in Asia

#1054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 2001

51. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Architecture

#306 in Asia

#1056 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

52. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Architecture

#314 in Asia

#1075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

53. Jaypee University of Information Technology

Himachal Pradesh | Waknaghat

For Architecture

#320 in Asia

#1088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 2002

54. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Architecture

#327 in Asia

#1096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

55. Galgotias University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Architecture

#329 in Asia

#1106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 31,293
Founded: 2011

56. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Haryana | Delhi

For Architecture

#330 in Asia

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1998

57. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Architecture

#332 in Asia

#1112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1961

58. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Architecture

#333 in Asia

#1113 in the World

Founded: 1931

59. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Architecture

#338 in Asia

#1121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

60. Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

Gujarat | Gandhinagar

For Architecture

#339 in Asia

#1122 in the World

Founded: 2003

61. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Architecture

#343 in Asia

#1135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

62. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

West Bengal | Howrah

For Architecture

#345 in Asia

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1856

63. Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Architecture

#351 in Asia

#1152 in the World

64. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Architecture

#353 in Asia

#1156 in the World

Founded: 1972

65. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Architecture

#388 in Asia

#1237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 4,500
Founded: 1961

66. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

For Architecture

#390 in Asia

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

67. Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Architecture

#397 in Asia

#1252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1986

68. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Architecture

#408 in Asia

#1273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 2001

69. Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Architecture

#410 in Asia

#1277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1985

70. Saveetha University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Architecture

#423 in Asia

#1298 in the World

Founded: 2005

71. Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Architecture

#438 in Asia

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1997

72. Visvesvaraya Technological University

Karnataka | Belgaum

For Architecture

#439 in Asia

#1326 in the World

Founded: 1998

73. Bharathiar University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Architecture

#468 in Asia

#1370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

74. Jain University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Architecture

#469 in Asia

#1371 in the World

Founded: 1990

The best cities to study Architecture in India based on the number of universities and their ranks are Vellore, Kharagpur, Coimbatore, and Bangalore.