List of 100 best universities in India

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Top 100 universities in India ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 51.5M citations received by 3.51M academic publications made by 876 universities from India, the popularity of 4,061 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

#52 in Asia

#417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

2. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

#63 in Asia

#456 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

3. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

#65 in Asia

#460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#72 in Asia

#497 in the World

Founded: 1958

5. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#81 in Asia

#536 in the World

Founded: 1959

6. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

#83 in Asia

#554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

7. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

#90 in Asia

#569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

8. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

#117 in Asia

#700 in the World

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

9. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

#119 in Asia

#704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

10. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

#141 in Asia

#797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

11. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#164 in Asia

#868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1945

12. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

#167 in Asia

#876 in the World

Founded: 1948

13. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

#191 in Asia

#945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

14. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

#201 in Asia

#977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

15. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

#217 in Asia

#1006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

16. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#223 in Asia

#1024 in the World

Founded: 1978

17. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

#234 in Asia

#1051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

18. Panjab University

Punjab | Chandigarh

#240 in Asia

#1069 in the World

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

19. University of Rajasthan

Rajasthan | Jaipur

#278 in Asia

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1947

20. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

#283 in Asia

#1203 in the World

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

21. University of Mumbai

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#301 in Asia

#1267 in the World

Founded: 1857

22. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

#302 in Asia

#1272 in the World

Founded: 1931

23. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

#322 in Asia

#1320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 24,500

24. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

#338 in Asia

#1365 in the World

Founded: 1962

25. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

#367 in Asia

#1442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

26. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

#399 in Asia

#1568 in the World

Founded: 1955

27. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences

Karnataka | Bangalore

#402 in Asia

#1572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

28. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

#430 in Asia

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 5,061
Founded: 1974

29. University of Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#449 in Asia

#1710 in the World

Founded: 1857

30. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

#455 in Asia

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

31. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

#456 in Asia

#1730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

32. University of Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

#460 in Asia

#1750 in the World

Founded: 1921

33. Osmania University

Telangana | Hyderabad

#472 in Asia

#1787 in the World

Founded: 1918

34. Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Haryana | Delhi

#485 in Asia

#1825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1905

35. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

#497 in Asia

#1854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

36. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

#509 in Asia

#1885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1985

37. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

#513 in Asia

#1895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

38. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

#526 in Asia

#1937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

39. Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

#530 in Asia

#1949 in the World

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

40. University of Kerala

Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram

#538 in Asia

#1965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1937

41. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#544 in Asia

#1982 in the World

Founded: 1981

42. Cochin University of Science and Technology

#545 in Asia

#1985 in the World

Founded: 1971

43. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

#548 in Asia

#1997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2004

44. University of Calicut

Kerala | Tenhipalam

#550 in Asia

#2003 in the World

Founded: 1968

45. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

#556 in Asia

#2034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1971

46. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

#560 in Asia

#2050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

47. Punjabi University Patiala

Punjab | Patiala

#564 in Asia

#2062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

48. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

#568 in Asia

#2073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

49. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

#569 in Asia

#2074 in the World

Founded: 1926

50. Guru Nanak Dev University

Punjab | Amritsar

#573 in Asia

#2083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

51. Gauhati University

Assam | Guwahati

#581 in Asia

#2111 in the World

Founded: 1948

52. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

#592 in Asia

#2141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

53. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

#606 in Asia

#2197 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

54. King George's Medical University

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

#609 in Asia

#2201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1911

55. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

#613 in Asia

#2216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

56. Visva-Bharati University

West Bengal | Santiniketan

#629 in Asia

#2259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1921

57. University of Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

#630 in Asia

#2262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 26,386
Founded: 1887

58. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#631 in Asia

#2263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

59. Chaudhary Charan Singh University

Uttar Pradesh | Meerut

#637 in Asia

#2273 in the World

Founded: 1965

60. University of Mysore

Karnataka | Mysore

#653 in Asia

#2315 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1916

61. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

#654 in Asia

#2316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

62. Chandigarh University

Punjab | Mohali

#657 in Asia

#2321 in the World

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

63. Jain University

Karnataka | Bangalore

#665 in Asia

#2340 in the World

Founded: 1990

64. Kurukshetra University

Haryana | Kurukshetra

#668 in Asia

#2347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1956

65. Shivaji University

Maharashtra | Kolhapur

#676 in Asia

#2369 in the World

Founded: 1962

66. Bharathidasan University

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

#683 in Asia

#2387 in the World

Founded: 1982

67. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

#693 in Asia

#2412 in the World

Founded: 2005

68. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research

Puducherry | Pondicherry

#713 in Asia

#2477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1823

69. Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#714 in Asia

#2482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1936

70. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Gujarat | Vadodara

#720 in Asia

#2501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1949

71. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Haryana | Delhi

#728 in Asia

#2523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1998

72. Madurai Kamaraj University

Tamil Nadu | Madurai

#731 in Asia

#2531 in the World

Founded: 1965

73. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

#734 in Asia

#2537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

74. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

#738 in Asia

#2544 in the World

Founded: 2000

75. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

#742 in Asia

#2553 in the World

Founded: 1963

76. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

#751 in Asia

#2568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

77. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

#763 in Asia

#2600 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

78. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Telangana | Eddumailaram

#767 in Asia

#2618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 2008

79. Bharathiar University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

#771 in Asia

#2635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

80. Gujarat University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

#789 in Asia

#2691 in the World

Founded: 1949

81. Dibrugarh University

Assam | Dibrugarh

#793 in Asia

#2699 in the World

Founded: 1965

82. Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

#795 in Asia

#2705 in the World

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

83. University of Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar

#805 in Asia

#2745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1948

84. Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#810 in Asia

#2753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

85. Visvesvaraya Technological University

Karnataka | Belgaum

#821 in Asia

#2771 in the World

Founded: 1998

86. Institute of Chemical Technology

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#822 in Asia

#2772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1936

87. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

#830 in Asia

#2790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

88. Devi Ahilya University / Indore University

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

#832 in Asia

#2794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%

89. University of Burdwan

West Bengal | Bardhaman

#848 in Asia

#2840 in the World

Enrollment: 24,690
Founded: 1960

90. Punjab Agricultural University

Punjab | Ludhiana

#854 in Asia

#2857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1962

91. M.J.P. Rohilkhand University

Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly

#892 in Asia

#2953 in the World

Founded: 1975

92. University of Kalyani

West Bengal | Kalyani

#897 in Asia

#2969 in the World

Founded: 1960

93. North Eastern Hill University

Meghalaya | Shillong

#911 in Asia

#3012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

94. Mangalore University

Karnataka | Mangalore

#935 in Asia

#3066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1980

95. Maharishi Dayanand University

Haryana | Rohtak

#939 in Asia

#3078 in the World

Founded: 1976

96. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Gujarat | Chandkheda

#941 in Asia

#3081 in the World

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

97. Alagappa University

Tamil Nadu | Karaikudi

#942 in Asia

#3082 in the World

Founded: 1985

98. Punjab Technical University

Punjab | Kapurthala

#944 in Asia

#3086 in the World

Founded: 1997

99. Bangalore University

Karnataka | Bangalore

#947 in Asia

#3096 in the World

Founded: 1886

100. Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Karnataka | Bangalore

#951 in Asia

#3105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1994

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

Average cost of living for students in India is $252 + $24-172 for rent (depends on where to live: dormitory, renting with a roommate or solo).