List of 100 best universities in India

Updated: February 29, 2024

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 30.9M citations received by 2.69M academic publications made by 876 universities from India, the popularity of 3,706 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

#64 in Asia

#437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

2. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

#76 in Asia

#486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

3. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

#78 in Asia

#496 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#81 in Asia

#502 in the World

Founded: 1958

5. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

#83 in Asia

#513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

6. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#91 in Asia

#542 in the World

Founded: 1959

7. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

#95 in Asia

#566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

8. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

#141 in Asia

#743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

9. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

#150 in Asia

#766 in the World

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

10. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

#182 in Asia

#857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

11. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#185 in Asia

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1945

12. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

#214 in Asia

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

13. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

#218 in Asia

#964 in the World

Founded: 1948

14. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

#223 in Asia

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

15. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

#248 in Asia

#1030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

16. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

#250 in Asia

#1039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

17. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#254 in Asia

#1050 in the World

Founded: 1978

18. Panjab University

Punjab | Chandigarh

#269 in Asia

#1092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1882

19. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

#317 in Asia

#1221 in the World

Founded: 1931

20. University of Mumbai

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#319 in Asia

#1225 in the World

Founded: 1857

21. University of Rajasthan

Rajasthan | Jaipur

#329 in Asia

#1251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1947

22. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

#336 in Asia

#1270 in the World

Founded: 1955

23. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

#360 in Asia

#1330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1964

24. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

#396 in Asia

#1419 in the World

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

25. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

#402 in Asia

#1433 in the World

Founded: 1962

26. University of Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#406 in Asia

#1446 in the World

Founded: 1857

27. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

#449 in Asia

#1579 in the World

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

28. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

#451 in Asia

#1584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%

29. University of Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

#454 in Asia

#1587 in the World

Founded: 1921

30. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

#470 in Asia

#1629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

31. University of Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

#472 in Asia

#1632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1887

32. Osmania University

Telangana | Hyderabad

#482 in Asia

#1678 in the World

Founded: 1918

33. Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Haryana | Delhi

#538 in Asia

#1829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1905

34. Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

#549 in Asia

#1872 in the World

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

35. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

#550 in Asia

#1873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

36. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

#562 in Asia

#1923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

37. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

#588 in Asia

#1991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1971

38. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences

Karnataka | Bangalore

#597 in Asia

#2011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

39. Cochin University of Science and Technology

#600 in Asia

#2021 in the World

Founded: 1971

40. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

#606 in Asia

#2047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

41. Guru Nanak Dev University

Punjab | Amritsar

#609 in Asia

#2050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

42. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

#625 in Asia

#2097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

43. University of Kerala

Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram

#632 in Asia

#2114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1937

44. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

#634 in Asia

#2118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

45. Gauhati University

Assam | Guwahati

#636 in Asia

#2121 in the World

Founded: 1948

46. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

#640 in Asia

#2129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

47. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Gujarat | Vadodara

#646 in Asia

#2144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1949

48. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

#655 in Asia

#2183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1985

49. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

#661 in Asia

#2199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

50. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

#674 in Asia

#2242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2004

51. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

#675 in Asia

#2243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

52. University of Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu

#686 in Asia

#2277 in the World

Founded: 1969

53. University of Mysore

Karnataka | Mysore

#691 in Asia

#2288 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1916

54. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

#708 in Asia

#2322 in the World

Founded: 1926

55. Shivaji University

Maharashtra | Kolhapur

#709 in Asia

#2324 in the World

Founded: 1962

56. Bharathidasan University

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

#713 in Asia

#2337 in the World

Founded: 1982

57. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#717 in Asia

#2347 in the World

Founded: 1981

58. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

#718 in Asia

#2350 in the World

Founded: 2005

59. University of Calicut

Kerala | Tenhipalam

#720 in Asia

#2354 in the World

Founded: 1968

60. Chaudhary Charan Singh University

Uttar Pradesh | Meerut

#726 in Asia

#2369 in the World

Founded: 1965

61. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research

Puducherry | Pondicherry

#727 in Asia

#2373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1823

62. Punjabi University Patiala

Punjab | Patiala

#729 in Asia

#2375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

63. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Haryana | Delhi

#737 in Asia

#2392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1998

64. Kurukshetra University

Haryana | Kurukshetra

#751 in Asia

#2425 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1956

65. Bharathiar University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

#776 in Asia

#2488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

66. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

#784 in Asia

#2500 in the World

Founded: 1963

67. University of Burdwan

West Bengal | Bardhaman

#785 in Asia

#2502 in the World

Enrollment: 24,690
Founded: 1960

68. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

#788 in Asia

#2515 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

69. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

#799 in Asia

#2538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

70. King George's Medical University

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

#806 in Asia

#2558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1911

71. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#813 in Asia

#2582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

72. University of Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar

#816 in Asia

#2591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1948

73. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

#828 in Asia

#2619 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

74. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

#829 in Asia

#2622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

75. Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#834 in Asia

#2634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1936

76. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

#839 in Asia

#2663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

77. Bangalore University

Karnataka | Bangalore

#842 in Asia

#2677 in the World

Founded: 1886

78. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Telangana | Eddumailaram

#854 in Asia

#2711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 2008

79. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

#871 in Asia

#2765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1961

80. M.J.P. Rohilkhand University

Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly

#881 in Asia

#2795 in the World

Founded: 1975

81. Visva-Bharati University

West Bengal | Santiniketan

#891 in Asia

#2825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1921

82. Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

Uttar Pradesh | Kalyanpur

#916 in Asia

#2893 in the World

Founded: 1965

83. Gujarat University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

#920 in Asia

#2908 in the World

Founded: 1949

84. Jain University

Karnataka | Bangalore

#923 in Asia

#2911 in the World

Founded: 1990

85. Chandigarh University

Punjab | Mohali

#924 in Asia

#2915 in the World

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

86. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

#926 in Asia

#2921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

87. Presidency University - Kolkata

West Bengal | Kolkata

#929 in Asia

#2933 in the World

Founded: 1817

88. Devi Ahilya University / Indore University

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

#937 in Asia

#2956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%

89. Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

#943 in Asia

#2969 in the World

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

90. Punjab Agricultural University

Punjab | Ludhiana

#950 in Asia

#2979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1962

91. Madurai Kamaraj University

Tamil Nadu | Madurai

#954 in Asia

#2986 in the World

Founded: 1965

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

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

#959 in Asia

#2998 in the World

Founded: 2000

93. North Eastern Hill University

Meghalaya | Shillong

#965 in Asia

#3012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

94. Dibrugarh University

Assam | Dibrugarh

#969 in Asia

#3023 in the World

Founded: 1965

95. Assam University

Assam | Silchar

#980 in Asia

#3039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1994

96. Alagappa University

Tamil Nadu | Karaikudi

#1000 in Asia

#3086 in the World

Founded: 1985

97. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

#1010 in Asia

#3123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

98. Institute of Chemical Technology

Maharashtra | Mumbai

#1011 in Asia

#3127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1936

99. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

#1014 in Asia

#3134 in the World

Founded: 1963

100. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

#1018 in Asia

#3156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 2001

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

Average cost of living for students in India is $259 + $25-182 for rent (depends on where to live: dormitory, renting with a roommate or solo).