22 Best universities for Product / Industrial Design in India

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Product and Industrial Design. A graph of 45.5K citations received by 3.25K academic papers made by 22 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 Product and Industrial Design

#39 in Asia

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

2. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Product and Industrial Design

#65 in Asia

#304 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

3. Panjab University

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Product and Industrial Design

#67 in Asia

#318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 16,358
Founded: 1882

4. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Product and Industrial Design

#76 in Asia

#355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

5. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Product and Industrial Design

#78 in Asia

#371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,000
Founded: 1964

6. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Product and Industrial Design

#89 in Asia

#395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

7. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Product and Industrial Design

#92 in Asia

#409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

8. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Product and Industrial Design

#108 in Asia

#448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

9. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Product and Industrial Design

#119 in Asia

#477 in the World

Founded: 1958

10. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Product and Industrial Design

#132 in Asia

#510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

11. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Product and Industrial Design

#152 in Asia

#579 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

12. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Product and Industrial Design

#154 in Asia

#583 in the World

Founded: 1959

13. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Product and Industrial Design

#156 in Asia

#586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

14. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Product and Industrial Design

#161 in Asia

#596 in the World

Founded: 1955

15. Jamia Hamdard University

Haryana | Delhi

For Product and Industrial Design

#164 in Asia

#602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%

16. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Product and Industrial Design

#177 in Asia

#630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

17. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Product and Industrial Design

#211 in Asia

#722 in the World

Founded: 1981

18. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Product and Industrial Design

#218 in Asia

#736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

19. Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Product and Industrial Design

#224 in Asia

#748 in the World

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

20. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Product and Industrial Design

#242 in Asia

#800 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

21. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Product and Industrial Design

#252 in Asia

#814 in the World

Founded: 1963

22. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Product and Industrial Design

#254 in Asia

#822 in the World

Founded: 2005

The best cities to study Product and Industrial Design in India based on the number of universities and their ranks are Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, and Tiruchirappalli.