19 Best universities for Urban and Regional planning 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 Urban and Regional planning. A graph of 59.6K citations received by 5.35K academic papers made by 19 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

#61 in Asia

#409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

2. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Urban and Regional planning

#68 in Asia

#441 in the World

Founded: 1955

3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Urban and Regional planning

#72 in Asia

#459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

4. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

For Urban and Regional planning

#80 in Asia

#494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

5. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Urban and Regional planning

#91 in Asia

#520 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

6. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Urban and Regional planning

#95 in Asia

#535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

7. School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Urban and Regional planning

#100 in Asia

#556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1959

8. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Urban and Regional planning

#116 in Asia

#610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

9. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Urban and Regional planning

#161 in Asia

#806 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

#807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

11. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Urban and Regional planning

#164 in Asia

#815 in the World

Founded: 1958

12. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Urban and Regional planning

#204 in Asia

#941 in the World

Founded: 1963

13. Vidyasagar University

West Bengal | Midnapore

For Urban and Regional planning

#220 in Asia

#995 in the World

Founded: 1981

14. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Urban and Regional planning

#239 in Asia

#1039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

15. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Urban and Regional planning

#286 in Asia

#1177 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

16. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Urban and Regional planning

#326 in Asia

#1280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

17. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Urban and Regional planning

#340 in Asia

#1312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

18. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Urban and Regional planning

#372 in Asia

#1373 in the World

Founded: 2005

19. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Urban and Regional planning

#402 in Asia

#1435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

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