100 Best Art & Design schools in India

Updated: July 18, 2023

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 25.3M citations received by 2.25M academic papers made by 348 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. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Art & Design

#63 in Asia

#407 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

2. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Art & Design

#79 in Asia

#489 in the World

Founded: 1958

3. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Art & Design

#90 in Asia

#547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

4. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Art & Design

#93 in Asia

#555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

5. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Art & Design

#94 in Asia

#558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

6. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Art & Design

#113 in Asia

#651 in the World

Founded: 1959

7. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Art & Design

#123 in Asia

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

8. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Art & Design

#147 in Asia

#786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

9. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Art & Design

#150 in Asia

#800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

10. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

For Art & Design

#169 in Asia

#882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

11. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Art & Design

#176 in Asia

#895 in the World

Founded: 1955

12. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Art & Design

#195 in Asia

#946 in the World

Founded: 1978

13. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Art & Design

#205 in Asia

#974 in the World

Founded: 1931

14. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Art & Design

#213 in Asia

#999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 16,498
Male:Female: 53:47

15. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Art & Design

#222 in Asia

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

16. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Art & Design

#234 in Asia

#1051 in the World

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

17. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Art & Design

#238 in Asia

#1059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

18. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Art & Design

#242 in Asia

#1068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Enrollment: 5,061
Founded: 1974

19. International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Art & Design

#268 in Asia

#1147 in the World

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

20. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Art & Design

#289 in Asia

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

21. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Art & Design

#291 in Asia

#1220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

22. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Art & Design

#307 in Asia

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1993

23. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Art & Design

#318 in Asia

#1290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

24. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Art & Design

#323 in Asia

#1297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

25. Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

For Art & Design

#329 in Asia

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 37,444
Founded: 1929

26. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Art & Design

#332 in Asia

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1961

27. Panjab University

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Art & Design

#353 in Asia

#1374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1882

28. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Art & Design

#359 in Asia

#1387 in the World

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

29. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Art & Design

#378 in Asia

#1447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1945

30. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Art & Design

#380 in Asia

#1451 in the World

Founded: 1948

31. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Art & Design

#384 in Asia

#1457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%

32. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Art & Design

#395 in Asia

#1490 in the World

Founded: 1962

33. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

For Art & Design

#415 in Asia

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

34. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Art & Design

#419 in Asia

#1544 in the World

Founded: 2005

35. University of Mumbai

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Art & Design

#443 in Asia

#1593 in the World

Founded: 1857

36. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Art & Design

#451 in Asia

#1614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1964

37. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Art & Design

#452 in Asia

#1622 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

38. Guru Nanak Dev University

Punjab | Amritsar

For Art & Design

#453 in Asia

#1623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

39. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Art & Design

#460 in Asia

#1633 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1985

40. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Art & Design

#461 in Asia

#1635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

41. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Art & Design

#467 in Asia

#1658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

42. Institute of Chemical Technology

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Art & Design

#468 in Asia

#1659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1936

43. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Art & Design

#483 in Asia

#1690 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

44. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

West Bengal | Durgapur

For Art & Design

#510 in Asia

#1770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1960

45. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Art & Design

#511 in Asia

#1773 in the World

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

46. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

For Art & Design

#531 in Asia

#1822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

47. University of Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Art & Design

#538 in Asia

#1847 in the World

Founded: 1857

48. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Art & Design

#556 in Asia

#1882 in the World

Founded: 2002

49. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Art & Design

#574 in Asia

#1929 in the World

Founded: 1963

50. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal

For Art & Design

#576 in Asia

#1935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1960

51. Manonmaniam Sundaranar University

Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli

For Art & Design

#577 in Asia

#1940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1990

52. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Art & Design

#583 in Asia

#1956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2004

53. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Art & Design

#585 in Asia

#1962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1971

54. Cochin University of Science and Technology

For Art & Design

#590 in Asia

#1980 in the World

Founded: 1971

55. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Telangana | Eddumailaram

For Art & Design

#598 in Asia

#1994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 2008

56. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Art & Design

#610 in Asia

#2019 in the World

Founded: 1963

57. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Art & Design

#614 in Asia

#2033 in the World

Founded: 1926

58. Bharathiar University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Art & Design

#619 in Asia

#2043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

59. Bharathidasan University

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Art & Design

#640 in Asia

#2094 in the World

Founded: 1982

60. Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Art & Design

#641 in Asia

#2095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1999

61. Madurai Kamaraj University

Tamil Nadu | Madurai

For Art & Design

#668 in Asia

#2160 in the World

Founded: 1965

62. University of Mysore

Karnataka | Mysore

For Art & Design

#678 in Asia

#2181 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1916

63. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

For Art & Design

#680 in Asia

#2183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 2005

64. SASTRA University

Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur

For Art & Design

#685 in Asia

#2194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1984

65. Punjabi University Patiala

Punjab | Patiala

For Art & Design

#695 in Asia

#2211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1962

66. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

West Bengal | Howrah

For Art & Design

#702 in Asia

#2221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1856

67. Visva-Bharati University

West Bengal | Santiniketan

For Art & Design

#710 in Asia

#2246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1921

68. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Art & Design

#712 in Asia

#2249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1961

69. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University

Jammu and Kashmir | Katra

For Art & Design

#713 in Asia

#2250 in the World

Founded: 1999

70. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Art & Design

#715 in Asia

#2252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

71. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Art & Design

#727 in Asia

#2282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2001

72. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Art & Design

#728 in Asia

#2284 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

73. Alagappa University

Tamil Nadu | Karaikudi

For Art & Design

#734 in Asia

#2298 in the World

Founded: 1985

74. University of Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

For Art & Design

#738 in Asia

#2314 in the World

Founded: 1921

75. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Art & Design

#751 in Asia

#2340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1961

76. University of Kalyani

West Bengal | Kalyani

For Art & Design

#752 in Asia

#2342 in the World

Founded: 1960

77. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Art & Design

#756 in Asia

#2347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

78. University of Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Art & Design

#758 in Asia

#2349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1887

79. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Art & Design

#761 in Asia

#2359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

80. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology

Haryana | Delhi

For Art & Design

#769 in Asia

#2372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2008

81. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Art & Design

#781 in Asia

#2402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 2003

82. Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Haryana | Delhi

For Art & Design

#799 in Asia

#2440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1905

83. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Maharashtra | Nagpur

For Art & Design

#801 in Asia

#2444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1960

84. Sri Venkateswara University

Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati

For Art & Design

#802 in Asia

#2446 in the World

Founded: 1954

85. Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

Gujarat | Gandhinagar

For Art & Design

#818 in Asia

#2473 in the World

Founded: 2003

86. Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Art & Design

#845 in Asia

#2522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1986

87. University of Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar

For Art & Design

#850 in Asia

#2533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1948

88. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Art & Design

#857 in Asia

#2544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

89. Punjab Agricultural University

Punjab | Ludhiana

For Art & Design

#866 in Asia

#2558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1962

90. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Art & Design

#875 in Asia

#2585 in the World

Founded: 1986

91. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Gujarat | Chandkheda

For Art & Design

#882 in Asia

#2603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 1,765
Male:Female: 74:26
Founded: 2008

92. North Eastern Hill University

Meghalaya | Shillong

For Art & Design

#888 in Asia

#2616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1973

93. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Art & Design

#891 in Asia

#2620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2001

94. Saveetha University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Art & Design

#896 in Asia

#2630 in the World

Founded: 2005

95. Siksha O Anusandhan University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Art & Design

#907 in Asia

#2654 in the World

Enrollment: 4,180

96. University of Burdwan

West Bengal | Bardhaman

For Art & Design

#910 in Asia

#2661 in the World

Enrollment: 24,690
Founded: 1960

97. Nirma University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

For Art & Design

#920 in Asia

#2681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

98. Graphic Era University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Art & Design

#924 in Asia

#2688 in the World

Founded: 1993

99. Tezpur University

For Art & Design

#925 in Asia

#2689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1994

100. Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Art & Design

#930 in Asia

#2699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1936

The best cities to study Art & Design in India based on the number of universities and their ranks are Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, and Kharagpur.