21 Best universities for Urban and Regional planning 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 Urban and Regional planning. A graph of 71.6K citations received by 5.74K academic papers made by 21 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 Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Urban and Regional planning

#62 in Asia

#405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

2. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Urban and Regional planning

#71 in Asia

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

3. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Urban and Regional planning

#72 in Asia

#446 in the World

Founded: 1955

4. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

For Urban and Regional planning

#86 in Asia

#499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

5. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Urban and Regional planning

#95 in Asia

#533 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

6. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Urban and Regional planning

#97 in Asia

#538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

7. School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Urban and Regional planning

#105 in Asia

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1959

8. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Urban and Regional planning

#114 in Asia

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

9. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Urban and Regional planning

#154 in Asia

#753 in the World

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

10. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Urban and Regional planning

#162 in Asia

#783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

11. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Urban and Regional planning

#168 in Asia

#807 in the World

Founded: 1958

12. Vidyasagar University

West Bengal | Midnapore

For Urban and Regional planning

#211 in Asia

#943 in the World

Founded: 1981

13. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Urban and Regional planning

#212 in Asia

#944 in the World

Founded: 1963

14. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Urban and Regional planning

#235 in Asia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

15. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Urban and Regional planning

#293 in Asia

#1184 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

16. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Urban and Regional planning

#325 in Asia

#1269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

17. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Urban and Regional planning

#340 in Asia

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

18. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Urban and Regional planning

#358 in Asia

#1345 in the World

Founded: 2005

19. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Urban and Regional planning

#376 in Asia

#1387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

20. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

For Urban and Regional planning

#430 in Asia

#1492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

21. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Urban and Regional planning

#447 in Asia

#1516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

The best cities to study Urban and Regional planning in India based on the number of universities and their ranks are Roorkee, Kharagpur, Kolkata, and Delhi.