77 Best universities for Project Management in India

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Project Management. A graph of 181K citations received by 14.5K academic papers made by 77 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.

1. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Project Management

#7 in Asia

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

2. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Project Management

#55 in Asia

#427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1964

3. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Project Management

#57 in Asia

#445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

4. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Project Management

#66 in Asia

#503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

5. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Project Management

#67 in Asia

#506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

6. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Project Management

#76 in Asia

#534 in the World

Founded: 1958

7. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Project Management

#78 in Asia

#541 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

8. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Project Management

#80 in Asia

#556 in the World

Founded: 1959

9. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Project Management

#93 in Asia

#618 in the World

Founded: 2005

10. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Project Management

#101 in Asia

#652 in the World

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

11. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Project Management

#107 in Asia

#678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

12. Punjabi University Patiala

Punjab | Patiala

For Project Management

#115 in Asia

#703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

13. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Project Management

#130 in Asia

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

14. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Project Management

#146 in Asia

#798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%

15. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Project Management

#155 in Asia

#826 in the World

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

16. YMCA University of Science and Technology

Haryana | Faridabad

For Project Management

#162 in Asia

#844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

17. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Project Management

#167 in Asia

#857 in the World

Founded: 1963

18. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Project Management

#168 in Asia

#859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

19. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Project Management

#170 in Asia

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

20. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Project Management

#176 in Asia

#885 in the World

Founded: 1978

21. IMS Unison University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Project Management

#180 in Asia

#895 in the World

Founded: 2013

22. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Project Management

#186 in Asia

#931 in the World

Founded: 1963

23. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Project Management

#191 in Asia

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

24. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Project Management

#198 in Asia

#976 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

25. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Project Management

#208 in Asia

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1961

26. Mangalore University

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Project Management

#209 in Asia

#1033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1980

27. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Project Management

#220 in Asia

#1074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

28. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Project Management

#232 in Asia

#1101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

29. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Project Management

#235 in Asia

#1107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1985

30. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

For Project Management

#237 in Asia

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

31. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Project Management

#275 in Asia

#1237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

32. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Haryana | Delhi

For Project Management

#277 in Asia

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1998

33. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Project Management

#281 in Asia

#1259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

34. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Project Management

#282 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Founded: 1931

35. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Haryana | Delhi

For Project Management

#288 in Asia

#1274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1963

36. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Project Management

#291 in Asia

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

37. Graphic Era University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Project Management

#295 in Asia

#1294 in the World

Founded: 1993

38. University of Mumbai

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Project Management

#302 in Asia

#1308 in the World

Founded: 1857

39. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Project Management

#306 in Asia

#1318 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

40. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Project Management

#313 in Asia

#1337 in the World

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

41. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Project Management

#319 in Asia

#1352 in the World

Founded: 1955

42. Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior

Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior

For Project Management

#332 in Asia

#1387 in the World

Founded: 1996

43. Galgotias University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Project Management

#338 in Asia

#1408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 2011

44. Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Punjab | Jalandhar

For Project Management

#368 in Asia

#1477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1987

45. Nirma University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

For Project Management

#370 in Asia

#1480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

46. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

For Project Management

#374 in Asia

#1489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

47. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Project Management

#382 in Asia

#1508 in the World

Founded: 1981

48. Northcap University

Haryana | Gurgaon

For Project Management

#388 in Asia

#1525 in the World

Founded: 2009

49. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Project Management

#411 in Asia

#1574 in the World

Founded: 1948

50. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Project Management

#419 in Asia

#1590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

51. Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Project Management

#446 in Asia

#1651 in the World

Enrollment: 20,945
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1980

52. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Project Management

#451 in Asia

#1658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2001

53. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Project Management

#452 in Asia

#1659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2004

54. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal

For Project Management

#454 in Asia

#1661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1960

55. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur

Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur

For Project Management

#467 in Asia

#1688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1986

56. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Project Management

#473 in Asia

#1696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

57. Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Project Management

#486 in Asia

#1718 in the World

58. National Institute of Technology, Raipur

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

For Project Management

#488 in Asia

#1721 in the World

Founded: 1956

59. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Project Management

#491 in Asia

#1728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

60. Devi Ahilya University / Indore University

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Project Management

#505 in Asia

#1755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%

61. Guru Nanak Dev University

Punjab | Amritsar

For Project Management

#506 in Asia

#1756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

62. GLA University

Uttar Pradesh | Chaumuhan

For Project Management

#508 in Asia

#1760 in the World

Enrollment: 11,151
Founded: 2010

63. Dr. Hari Singh Gour University

Madhya Pradesh | Sagar

For Project Management

#511 in Asia

#1764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1946

64. School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Project Management

#514 in Asia

#1768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1959

65. Maharishi Dayanand University

Haryana | Rohtak

For Project Management

#518 in Asia

#1773 in the World

Founded: 1976

66. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

For Project Management

#543 in Asia

#1816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

67. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Project Management

#552 in Asia

#1829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

68. Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

For Project Management

#555 in Asia

#1834 in the World

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

69. Chandigarh University

Punjab | Mohali

For Project Management

#556 in Asia

#1837 in the World

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

70. Siksha O Anusandhan University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Project Management

#560 in Asia

#1843 in the World

Enrollment: 4,180

71. Chitkara University - Punjab

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Project Management

#561 in Asia

#1844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 2010

72. Kalasalingam University

Tamil Nadu | Krishnankoil

For Project Management

#567 in Asia

#1853 in the World

Founded: 1984

73. Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

Gujarat | Gandhinagar

For Project Management

#581 in Asia

#1875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 7,760
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 2007

74. Jain University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Project Management

#585 in Asia

#1881 in the World

Founded: 1990

75. PEC University of Technology

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Project Management

#599 in Asia

#1906 in the World

Founded: 1954

76. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Project Management

#601 in Asia

#1910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

77. Punjab Technical University

Punjab | Kapurthala

For Project Management

#656 in Asia

#2001 in the World

Founded: 1997

The best cities to study Project Management in India based on the number of universities and their ranks are Delhi, Pilani, Roorkee, and Kharagpur.