100 Best universities for Liberal Arts &amp; Social Sciences in India

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#75 in Asia

#592 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

2. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#82 in Asia

#626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

3. University of Delhi

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#83 in Asia

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

4. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#90 in Asia

#657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

5. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#103 in Asia

#711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

6. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#113 in Asia

#756 in the World

Founded: 1958

7. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#114 in Asia

#759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

8. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#126 in Asia

#812 in the World

Founded: 1959

9. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#129 in Asia

#819 in the World

Founded: 1931

10. Jawaharlal Nehru University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#135 in Asia

#843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

11. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#150 in Asia

#894 in the World

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

12. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#154 in Asia

#906 in the World

Founded: 1955

13. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#157 in Asia

#913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

14. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#162 in Asia

#927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

15. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#177 in Asia

#979 in the World

Founded: 1962

16. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#244 in Asia

#1198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

17. Anna University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#246 in Asia

#1214 in the World

Founded: 1978

18. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#257 in Asia

#1235 in the World

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

19. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#270 in Asia

#1263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

20. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#273 in Asia

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

21. Christ University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#278 in Asia

#1288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

22. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#295 in Asia

#1337 in the World

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

23. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#314 in Asia

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

24. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#321 in Asia

#1425 in the World

Founded: 2005

25. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#322 in Asia

#1426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

26. National Islamic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#338 in Asia

#1462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%

27. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#342 in Asia

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1945

28. Panjab University

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#354 in Asia

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1882

29. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#369 in Asia

#1534 in the World

Founded: 1948

30. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#410 in Asia

#1635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

31. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#413 in Asia

#1642 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

32. Indian Agricultural Research Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#421 in Asia

#1660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1905

33. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#434 in Asia

#1703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1964

34. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#461 in Asia

#1784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1985

35. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#462 in Asia

#1786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

36. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#479 in Asia

#1828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

37. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#485 in Asia

#1855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

38. Delhi Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#495 in Asia

#1882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

39. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Telangana | Eddumailaram

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#498 in Asia

#1890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 2008

40. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#511 in Asia

#1923 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

41. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#519 in Asia

#1943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 4,500
Founded: 1961

42. Punjab Agricultural University

Punjab | Ludhiana

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#537 in Asia

#1984 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1962

43. Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#552 in Asia

#2017 in the World

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

44. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#571 in Asia

#2063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

45. Guru Nanak Dev University

Punjab | Amritsar

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#575 in Asia

#2075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

46. University of Kalyani

West Bengal | Kalyani

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#576 in Asia

#2080 in the World

Founded: 1960

47. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#577 in Asia

#2081 in the World

Founded: 1963

48. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#588 in Asia

#2098 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

49. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#591 in Asia

#2109 in the World

Founded: 1963

50. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#599 in Asia

#2122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2004

51. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#606 in Asia

#2145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1823

52. Vidyasagar University

West Bengal | Midnapore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#611 in Asia

#2162 in the World

Founded: 1981

53. University of Mumbai

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#625 in Asia

#2187 in the World

Founded: 1857

54. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

West Bengal | Howrah

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#631 in Asia

#2210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1856

55. King George's Medical University

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#636 in Asia

#2218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1911

56. University of Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#645 in Asia

#2259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1887

57. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

West Bengal | Durgapur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#662 in Asia

#2317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1960

58. International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#675 in Asia

#2344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 2,056
Male:Female: 78:22
Founded: 1998

59. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#685 in Asia

#2368 in the World

Founded: 1983

60. Punjabi University Patiala

Punjab | Patiala

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#694 in Asia

#2384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

61. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#698 in Asia

#2393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 2001

62. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#708 in Asia

#2416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

63. University of Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#709 in Asia

#2418 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1948

64. University of Madras

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#723 in Asia

#2444 in the World

Founded: 1857

65. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#726 in Asia

#2448 in the World

Founded: 1926

66. Cochin University of Science and Technology

Kerala | Kochi

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#729 in Asia

#2456 in the World

Founded: 1971

67. University of Burdwan

West Bengal | Bardhaman

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#730 in Asia

#2457 in the World

Enrollment: 24,690
Founded: 1960

68. Saveetha University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#734 in Asia

#2462 in the World

Founded: 2005

69. Visva-Bharati University

West Bengal | Santiniketan

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#735 in Asia

#2465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1921

70. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#736 in Asia

#2466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1998

71. Bharathiar University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#737 in Asia

#2467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

72. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#762 in Asia

#2525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1960

73. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#766 in Asia

#2539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1961

74. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#774 in Asia

#2561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2001

75. University of Mysore

Karnataka | Mysore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#777 in Asia

#2567 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1916

76. Chandigarh University

Punjab | Mohali

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#780 in Asia

#2572 in the World

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

77. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#786 in Asia

#2582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

78. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#788 in Asia

#2584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 1,915
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 2009

79. SASTRA University

Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#790 in Asia

#2586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1984

80. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#797 in Asia

#2602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1971

81. Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#802 in Asia

#2613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1999

82. Tata Institute of Social Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#803 in Asia

#2615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1936

83. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#807 in Asia

#2626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

84. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#808 in Asia

#2628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

85. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#810 in Asia

#2631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

86. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#814 in Asia

#2635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2008

87. Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University

Haryana | Hisar

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#815 in Asia

#2637 in the World

Founded: 1970

88. International Institute for Population Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#830 in Asia

#2686 in the World

Founded: 1956

89. National Institute of Technology, Silchar

Assam | Silchar

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#834 in Asia

#2699 in the World

Founded: 1967

90. IMS Unison University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#856 in Asia

#2732 in the World

Founded: 2013

91. Nirma University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#867 in Asia

#2757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

92. Siksha O Anusandhan University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#868 in Asia

#2758 in the World

Enrollment: 4,180

93. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#879 in Asia

#2776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

94. Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#882 in Asia

#2782 in the World

95. Chitkara University - Punjab

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#893 in Asia

#2805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 2010

96. Institute of Chemical Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#894 in Asia

#2806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1936

97. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#896 in Asia

#2809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2012

98. North Eastern Hill University

Meghalaya | Shillong

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#899 in Asia

#2814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

99. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research