Best Universities in India [2026 Rankings]

1

West Bengal | Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

#52 in Asia #417 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

2

Karnataka | Bangalore

Indian Institute of Science

#63 in Asia #456 in the World

29% Acceptance

4,695 Enrollment

1909 Founded

3

Maharashtra | Mumbai

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

#72 in Asia #497 in the World

28% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1958 Founded

4

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

#81 in Asia #536 in the World

20% Acceptance

4,695 Enrollment

1959 Founded

5

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

#90 in Asia #569 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1959 Founded

6

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

#141 in Asia #797 in the World

13% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1847 Founded

7

Maharashtra | Mumbai

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

#164 in Asia #868 in the World

14% Acceptance

1,915 Enrollment

1945 Founded

8

Karnataka | Manipal

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

#191 in Asia #945 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,190 Enrollment

1993 Founded

9

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

Anna University

#223 in Asia #1024 in the World

27% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1978 Founded

10

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

Aligarh Muslim University

#234 in Asia #1051 in the World

30% Acceptance

32,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

11

Punjab | Chandigarh

Panjab University

#240 in Asia #1069 in the World

20% Acceptance

16,358 Enrollment

1882 Founded

12

Rajasthan | Pilani

Birla Institute of Technology and Science

#283 in Asia #1203 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

13

Maharashtra | Mumbai

University of Mumbai

#301 in Asia #1267 in the World

40% Acceptance

5,061 Enrollment

1857 Founded

14

West Bengal | Kolkata

Indian Statistical Institute

#302 in Asia #1272 in the World

49% Acceptance

3,665 Enrollment

1931 Founded

15

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

Amrita University

#322 in Asia #1320 in the World

80% Acceptance

24,500 Enrollment

16

Punjab | Chandigarh

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

#338 in Asia #1365 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1962 Founded

17

Haryana | Delhi

National Islamic University

#367 in Asia #1442 in the World

13% Acceptance

22,893 Enrollment

18

Telangana | Hyderabad

University of Hyderabad

#430 in Asia #1651 in the World

14% Acceptance

5,061 Enrollment

1974 Founded

19

Punjab | Phagwara

Lovely Professional University

#455 in Asia #1729 in the World

80% Acceptance

3,611 Enrollment

2005 Founded

20

Karnataka | Bangalore

Christ University

#456 in Asia #1730 in the World

10% Acceptance

20,568 Enrollment

1969 Founded

21

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

VIT University

#497 in Asia #1854 in the World

79% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1984 Founded

22

Puducherry | Pondicherry

Pondicherry University

#509 in Asia #1885 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,945 Enrollment

1985 Founded

23

Odisha | Rourkela

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

#526 in Asia #1937 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1961 Founded

24

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

Annamalai University

#530 in Asia #1949 in the World

60% Acceptance

37,444 Enrollment

1929 Founded

25

Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram

University of Kerala

#538 in Asia #1965 in the World

80% Acceptance

37,444 Enrollment

1937 Founded

26

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

KIIT University

#548 in Asia #1997 in the World

91% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

27

Kerala | Tenhipalam

University of Calicut

#550 in Asia #2003 in the World

65% Acceptance

37,444 Enrollment

1968 Founded

28

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

#556 in Asia #2034 in the World

65% Acceptance

2,772 Enrollment

1971 Founded

29

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

#560 in Asia #2050 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1919 Founded

30

Punjab | Patiala

Punjabi University Patiala

#564 in Asia #2062 in the World

60% Acceptance

22,893 Enrollment

1962 Founded

31

Assam | Guwahati

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

#568 in Asia #2073 in the World

84% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

32

Haryana | Delhi

Delhi Technological University

#592 in Asia #2141 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

1941 Founded

33

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

King George’s Medical University

#609 in Asia #2201 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1911 Founded

34

Karnataka | Mangalore

National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

#613 in Asia #2216 in the World

8% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1960 Founded

35

West Bengal | Santiniketan

Visva-Bharati University

#629 in Asia #2259 in the World

20% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1921 Founded

36

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

University of Allahabad

#630 in Asia #2262 in the World

20% Acceptance

26,386 Enrollment

1887 Founded

37

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

#631 in Asia #2263 in the World

59% Acceptance

20,945 Enrollment

1985 Founded

38

Karnataka | Mysore

University of Mysore

#653 in Asia #2315 in the World

26% Acceptance

120,000 Enrollment

1916 Founded

39

Punjab | Patiala

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

#654 in Asia #2316 in the World

10% Acceptance

5,162 Enrollment

1956 Founded

40

Punjab | Mohali

Chandigarh University

#657 in Asia #2321 in the World

30% Acceptance

3,611 Enrollment

2012 Founded

41

Haryana | Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra University

#668 in Asia #2347 in the World

60% Acceptance

16,358 Enrollment

1956 Founded

42

Maharashtra | Kolhapur

Shivaji University

#676 in Asia #2369 in the World

37% Acceptance

150,000 Enrollment

1962 Founded

43

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

Bharathidasan University

#683 in Asia #2387 in the World

34% Acceptance

37,444 Enrollment

1982 Founded

44

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

Amity University

#693 in Asia #2412 in the World

25% Acceptance

3,611 Enrollment

2005 Founded

45

Gujarat | Vadodara

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

#720 in Asia #2501 in the World

54% Acceptance

1949 Founded

46

Haryana | Delhi

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

#728 in Asia #2523 in the World

13% Acceptance

31,293 Enrollment

1998 Founded

47

Rajasthan | Jaipur

Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

#742 in Asia #2553 in the World

18% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1963 Founded

48

Jharkhand | Ranchi

Birla Institute of Technology

#751 in Asia #2568 in the World

13% Acceptance

4,180 Enrollment

1955 Founded

49

Telangana | Eddumailaram

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

#767 in Asia #2618 in the World

14% Acceptance

1,915 Enrollment

2008 Founded

50

Assam | Dibrugarh

Dibrugarh University

#793 in Asia #2699 in the World

52% Acceptance

2,807 Enrollment

1965 Founded

51

Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar

University of Kashmir

#805 in Asia #2745 in the World

81% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

52

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

#810 in Asia #2753 in the World

70% Acceptance

8,636 Enrollment

1985 Founded

53

Karnataka | Belgaum

Visvesvaraya Technological University

#821 in Asia #2771 in the World

46% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1998 Founded

54

Punjab | Ludhiana

Punjab Agricultural University

#854 in Asia #2857 in the World

91% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1962 Founded

55

Meghalaya | Shillong

North Eastern Hill University

#911 in Asia #3012 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1973 Founded

56

Karnataka | Mangalore

Mangalore University

#935 in Asia #3066 in the World

77% Acceptance

5,061 Enrollment

1980 Founded

57

Karnataka | Bangalore

Bangalore University

#947 in Asia #3096 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,695 Enrollment

1886 Founded

58

Karnataka | Bangalore

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

#951 in Asia #3105 in the World

50% Acceptance

8,636 Enrollment

1994 Founded

59

Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur

SASTRA University

#957 in Asia #3122 in the World

30% Acceptance

20,945 Enrollment

1984 Founded

60

West Bengal | Howrah

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

#962 in Asia #3131 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,539 Enrollment

1856 Founded

61

Telangana | Hyderabad

International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

#974 in Asia #3171 in the World

14% Acceptance

2,056 Enrollment

1998 Founded

62

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

#984 in Asia #3191 in the World

44% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

2001 Founded

63

Punjab | Chandigarh

Chitkara University – Punjab

#1006 in Asia #3252 in the World

70% Acceptance

31,293 Enrollment

2010 Founded

64

West Bengal | Midnapore

Vidyasagar University

#1010 in Asia #3258 in the World

80% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1981 Founded

65

Maharashtra | Amravati

Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University

#1011 in Asia #3260 in the World

93% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1983 Founded

66

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

#1016 in Asia #3271 in the World

80% Acceptance

3,611 Enrollment

2003 Founded

67

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

#1031 in Asia #3307 in the World

14% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

1961 Founded

68

Kerala | Kottayam

Mahatma Gandhi University

#1061 in Asia #3385 in the World

20% Acceptance

150,000 Enrollment

1983 Founded

69

Maharashtra | Nagpur

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

#1108 in Asia #3498 in the World

94% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1960 Founded

70

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

#1110 in Asia #3501 in the World

63% Acceptance

1983 Founded

71

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

National Institute of Technology, Raipur

#1133 in Asia #3555 in the World

65% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

1956 Founded

72

Madhya Pradesh | Sagar

Dr. Hari Singh Gour University

#1144 in Asia #3582 in the World

77% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1946 Founded

73

Uttar Pradesh | Greater Noida

Sharda University

#1149 in Asia #3593 in the World

63% Acceptance

901 Enrollment

2009 Founded

74

Punjab | Chandigarh

PEC University of Technology

#1152 in Asia #3602 in the World

58% Acceptance

5,162 Enrollment

1954 Founded

75

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science

#1163 in Asia #3626 in the World

68% Acceptance

24,500 Enrollment

1985 Founded

76

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

#1169 in Asia #3643 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

2008 Founded

77

Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal

Barkatullah University

#1177 in Asia #3672 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,973 Enrollment

1970 Founded

78

Rajasthan | Banasthali

Banasthali University

#1202 in Asia #3736 in the World

100% Acceptance

10,973 Enrollment

79

Haryana | Hisar

Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology

#1205 in Asia #3745 in the World

77% Acceptance

22,893 Enrollment

1995 Founded

80

Gujarat | Rajkot

Saurashtra University

#1217 in Asia #3766 in the World

60% Acceptance

1967 Founded

81

Haryana | Karnal

National Dairy Research Institute

#1239 in Asia #3811 in the World

42% Acceptance

1,200 Enrollment

1923 Founded

82

Gujarat | Vallabh Vidyanagar

Sardar Patel University

#1241 in Asia #3817 in the World

60% Acceptance

1955 Founded

83

Manipur | Imphal

Manipur University

#1282 in Asia #3918 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1980 Founded

84

Haryana | Delhi

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology

#1296 in Asia #3948 in the World

13% Acceptance

31,293 Enrollment

2008 Founded

85

Rajasthan | Jodhpur

Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

#1332 in Asia #4022 in the World

36% Acceptance

1,915 Enrollment

2008 Founded

86

Karnataka | Bangalore

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

#1337 in Asia #4037 in the World

57% Acceptance

2,772 Enrollment

1963 Founded

87

Haryana | Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University

#1343 in Asia #4050 in the World

47% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

88

Karnataka | Bangalore

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

#1371 in Asia #4117 in the World

8% Acceptance

1,639 Enrollment

1999 Founded

89

Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur

#1375 in Asia #4123 in the World

42% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1946 Founded

90

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

K L University

#1378 in Asia #4127 in the World

68% Acceptance

1,639 Enrollment

1980 Founded

91

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology

#1423 in Asia #4237 in the World

94% Acceptance

1,639 Enrollment

1997 Founded

92

Odisha | Rourkela

Biju Patnaik University of Technology

#1429 in Asia #4247 in the World

63% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

2002 Founded

93

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur

#1438 in Asia #4263 in the World

10% Acceptance

2012 Founded

94

Maharashtra | Pune

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

#1497 in Asia #4411 in the World

37% Acceptance

28,000 Enrollment

95

Kerala | Thrissur

Kerala Agricultural University

#1510 in Asia #4441 in the World

34% Acceptance

2,772 Enrollment

1971 Founded

96

Karnataka | Mysore

JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research

#1511 in Asia #4443 in the World

30% Acceptance

8,636 Enrollment

2008 Founded

97

Punjab | Jalandhar

Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

#1514 in Asia #4446 in the World

31% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1987 Founded

98

Tamil Nadu | Gandhigram

Gandhigram Rural University

#1518 in Asia #4456 in the World

31% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1956 Founded

99

Gujarat | Surat

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

#1520 in Asia #4458 in the World

30% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1961 Founded

100

Telangana | Warangal

Kakatiya University

#1527 in Asia #4478 in the World

24% Acceptance

120,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

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