Best Earth science and Geoscience Universities in India [2026 Rankings]

1

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

For Earth science and Geoscience

#49 in Asia #184 in the World

13% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1847 Founded

2

West Bengal | Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

For Earth science and Geoscience

#51 in Asia #198 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

3

Maharashtra | Mumbai

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

For Earth science and Geoscience

#64 in Asia #264 in the World

28% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1958 Founded

4

Karnataka | Bangalore

Indian Institute of Science

For Earth science and Geoscience

#66 in Asia #276 in the World

29% Acceptance

4,695 Enrollment

1909 Founded

5

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

For Earth science and Geoscience

#89 in Asia #363 in the World

20% Acceptance

4,695 Enrollment

1959 Founded

6

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

Banaras Hindu University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#90 in Asia #366 in the World

13% Acceptance

32,000 Enrollment

1915 Founded

7

Haryana | Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

For Earth science and Geoscience

#98 in Asia #383 in the World

13% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1961 Founded

8

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

For Earth science and Geoscience

#120 in Asia #446 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1959 Founded

9

West Bengal | Kolkata

Jadavpur University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#129 in Asia #465 in the World

25% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1955 Founded

10

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

Indian School of Mines

For Earth science and Geoscience

#138 in Asia #489 in the World

17% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1926 Founded

11

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

Anna University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#156 in Asia #573 in the World

27% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1978 Founded

12

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

VIT University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#196 in Asia #691 in the World

79% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1984 Founded

13

Haryana | Kurukshetra

National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

For Earth science and Geoscience

#650 in Asia #1675 in the World

28% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

1963 Founded

14

Haryana | Delhi

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

For Earth science and Geoscience

#699 in Asia #1768 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1956 Founded

15

Punjab | Ludhiana

Punjab Agricultural University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#736 in Asia #1847 in the World

91% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1962 Founded

16

Haryana | Delhi

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

For Earth science and Geoscience

#781 in Asia #1930 in the World

13% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

17

Punjab | Chandigarh

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

For Earth science and Geoscience

#881 in Asia #2151 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1962 Founded

18

West Bengal | Kolkata

Indian Statistical Institute

For Earth science and Geoscience

#269 in Asia #860 in the World

49% Acceptance

3,665 Enrollment

1931 Founded

19

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

University of Lucknow

For Earth science and Geoscience

#375 in Asia #1097 in the World

34% Acceptance

32,000 Enrollment

1921 Founded

20

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1169 in Asia #2744 in the World

70% Acceptance

8,636 Enrollment

1985 Founded

21

Punjab | Amritsar

Guru Nanak Dev University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#391 in Asia #1130 in the World

50% Acceptance

16,358 Enrollment

1969 Founded

22

Maharashtra | Mumbai

Homi Bhabha National Institute

For Earth science and Geoscience

#738 in Asia #1850 in the World

67% Acceptance

4,695 Enrollment

2005 Founded

23

Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram

University of Kerala

For Earth science and Geoscience

#333 in Asia #998 in the World

80% Acceptance

37,444 Enrollment

1937 Founded

24

Haryana | Delhi

National Institute of Technology, Delhi

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1514 in Asia #3484 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

2010 Founded

25

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

Indira Gandhi Agricultural University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1530 in Asia #3510 in the World

80% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

26

Uttar Pradesh | Raebareli

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1066 in Asia #2550 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

27

Telangana | Hyderabad

University of Hyderabad

For Earth science and Geoscience

#467 in Asia #1297 in the World

14% Acceptance

5,061 Enrollment

1974 Founded

28

Sikkim | Gangtok

Sikkim Manipal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1238 in Asia #2895 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1995 Founded

29

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

Utkal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#979 in Asia #2362 in the World

28% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1943 Founded

30

Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur

Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1427 in Asia #3310 in the World

46% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

31

Karnataka | Mangalore

Mangalore University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#600 in Asia #1553 in the World

77% Acceptance

5,061 Enrollment

1980 Founded

32

Haryana | Delhi

Jamia Hamdard University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1594 in Asia #3630 in the World

25% Acceptance

5,326 Enrollment

33

Assam | Silchar

Assam University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1121 in Asia #2663 in the World

60% Acceptance

2,807 Enrollment

1994 Founded

34

West Bengal | Kolkata

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1591 in Asia #3625 in the World

70% Acceptance

3,665 Enrollment

2001 Founded

35

Uttar Pradesh | Greater Noida

Sharda University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#966 in Asia #2331 in the World

63% Acceptance

901 Enrollment

2009 Founded

36

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1024 in Asia #2448 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,945 Enrollment

1984 Founded

37

Punjab | Sangrur

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#806 in Asia #1985 in the World

40% Acceptance

3,677 Enrollment

1991 Founded

38

Manipur | Imphal

National Institute of Technology, Manipur

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1408 in Asia #3272 in the World

65% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

2010 Founded

39

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

Devi Ahilya University / Indore University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1012 in Asia #2422 in the World

70% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

40

Jammu and Kashmir | Katra

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1391 in Asia #3233 in the World

24% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1999 Founded

41

Gujarat | Waghodia

Parul University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1667 in Asia #3786 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,000 Enrollment

2015 Founded

42

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

For Earth science and Geoscience

#910 in Asia #2222 in the World

60% Acceptance

20,945 Enrollment

1980 Founded

43

West Bengal | Kolkata

University of Calcutta

For Earth science and Geoscience

#232 in Asia #774 in the World

22% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1857 Founded

44

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

Aligarh Muslim University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#207 in Asia #708 in the World

30% Acceptance

32,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

45

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

Bharathiar University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#707 in Asia #1784 in the World

50% Acceptance

37,444 Enrollment

1982 Founded

46

Punjab | Patiala

Punjabi University Patiala

For Earth science and Geoscience

#992 in Asia #2386 in the World

60% Acceptance

22,893 Enrollment

1962 Founded

47

Maharashtra | Nagpur

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#401 in Asia #1155 in the World

94% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1960 Founded

48

Karnataka | Gulbarga

Central University of Karnataka

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1614 in Asia #3668 in the World

57% Acceptance

1,765 Enrollment

2009 Founded

49

Haryana | Murthal

Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1230 in Asia #2880 in the World

14% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

50

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1566 in Asia #3569 in the World

10% Acceptance

2012 Founded

51

Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur

Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1334 in Asia #3091 in the World

55% Acceptance

2,539 Enrollment

2013 Founded

52

Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur

Tamil University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1297 in Asia #3013 in the World

94% Acceptance

12,190 Enrollment

1981 Founded

53

Rajasthan | Udaipur

Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1287 in Asia #2988 in the World

42% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1999 Founded

54

Odisha | Rourkela

Biju Patnaik University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1567 in Asia #3571 in the World

63% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

2002 Founded

55

Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior

Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1247 in Asia #2916 in the World

64% Acceptance

31,293 Enrollment

1996 Founded

56

Karnataka | Belgaum

Visvesvaraya Technological University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#817 in Asia #2022 in the World

46% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1998 Founded

57

Haryana | Rohtak

Maharishi Dayanand University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1176 in Asia #2758 in the World

50% Acceptance

16,358 Enrollment

1976 Founded

58

Assam | Dibrugarh

Dibrugarh University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#694 in Asia #1759 in the World

52% Acceptance

2,807 Enrollment

1965 Founded

59

West Bengal | Mohanpur

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

For Earth science and Geoscience

#484 in Asia #1322 in the World

21% Acceptance

5,061 Enrollment

2006 Founded

60

Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi

Bundelkhand University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1119 in Asia #2657 in the World

44% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

61

Tamil Nadu | Salem

Periyar University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#751 in Asia #1870 in the World

30% Acceptance

37,444 Enrollment

1997 Founded

62

Punjab | Bathinda

Central University of Punjab

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1255 in Asia #2933 in the World

30% Acceptance

2,807 Enrollment

2009 Founded

63

Manipur | Imphal

Central Agricultural University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1464 in Asia #3376 in the World

39% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

64

Kerala | Kochi

Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1429 in Asia #3314 in the World

30% Acceptance

500 Enrollment

2011 Founded

65

Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1277 in Asia #2974 in the World

49% Acceptance

1,200 Enrollment

1982 Founded

66

Gujarat | Surat

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

For Earth science and Geoscience

#382 in Asia #1116 in the World

30% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1961 Founded

67

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

Andhra University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#274 in Asia #867 in the World

55% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1926 Founded

68

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

Doon University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1466 in Asia #3379 in the World

48% Acceptance

901 Enrollment

2005 Founded

69

Tripura | Agartala

National Institute of Technology, Agartala

For Earth science and Geoscience

#809 in Asia #1996 in the World

20% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1965 Founded

70

Tamil Nadu | Madurai

Madurai Kamaraj University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1098 in Asia #2613 in the World

20% Acceptance

120,000 Enrollment

1965 Founded

71

Punjab | Phagwara

Lovely Professional University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#783 in Asia #1934 in the World

80% Acceptance

3,611 Enrollment

2005 Founded

72

Maharashtra | Amravati

Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#921 in Asia #2241 in the World

93% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1983 Founded

73

Karnataka | Shimoga

Kuvempu University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1039 in Asia #2481 in the World

32% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1987 Founded

74

Haryana | Faridabad

YMCA University of Science and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1600 in Asia #3638 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1969 Founded

75

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

National Institute of Technology, Raipur

For Earth science and Geoscience

#397 in Asia #1146 in the World

65% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

1956 Founded

76

West Bengal | Cooch Behar

Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1572 in Asia #3586 in the World

66% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

2012 Founded

77

Uttar Pradesh | Greater Noida

Gautam Buddha University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1274 in Asia #2969 in the World

41% Acceptance

11,151 Enrollment

2002 Founded

78

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

Thiruvalluvar University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1556 in Asia #3551 in the World

52% Acceptance

150,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

79

Rajasthan | Kota

Rajasthan Technical University Kota

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1271 in Asia #2965 in the World

21% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

2005 Founded

80

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

Siksha O Anusandhan University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#515 in Asia #1380 in the World

57% Acceptance

4,180 Enrollment

81

Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur

PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1052 in Asia #2510 in the World

45% Acceptance

2,539 Enrollment

2005 Founded

82

Karnataka | Bangalore

Jain University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#919 in Asia #2239 in the World

38% Acceptance

6,684 Enrollment

1990 Founded

83

Haryana | Delhi

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#954 in Asia #2306 in the World

13% Acceptance

31,293 Enrollment

1998 Founded

84

Assam | Guwahati

Gauhati University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#664 in Asia #1699 in the World

38% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1948 Founded

85

West Bengal | Siliguri

University of North Bengal

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1141 in Asia #2701 in the World

57% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1962 Founded

86

Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1359 in Asia #3159 in the World

48% Acceptance

300,000 Enrollment

1957 Founded

87

Tamil Nadu | Gandhigram

Gandhigram Rural University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1096 in Asia #2608 in the World

31% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1956 Founded

88

Punjab | Mohali

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1225 in Asia #2868 in the World

28% Acceptance

16,358 Enrollment

2007 Founded

89

Manipur | Imphal

Manipur University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#930 in Asia #2254 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1980 Founded

90

Kerala | Kasaragod

Central University of Kerala

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1448 in Asia #3347 in the World

10% Acceptance

2,807 Enrollment

2009 Founded

91

Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar

National Institute of Technology, Srinagar

For Earth science and Geoscience

#718 in Asia #1802 in the World

45% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

92

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

Gujarat Technological University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#964 in Asia #2327 in the World

35% Acceptance

7,760 Enrollment

2007 Founded

93

Andhra Pradesh | Guntur

Vignan University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1313 in Asia #3049 in the World

50% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1997 Founded

94

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

Forest Research Institute

For Earth science and Geoscience

#951 in Asia #2302 in the World

68% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1906 Founded

95

Tripura | Agartala

Tripura University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#884 in Asia #2156 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,690 Enrollment

1947 Founded

96

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

Bharathidasan University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#546 in Asia #1430 in the World

34% Acceptance

37,444 Enrollment

1982 Founded

97

Punjab | Chandigarh

Panjab University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#306 in Asia #936 in the World

20% Acceptance

16,358 Enrollment

1882 Founded

98

Maharashtra | Aurangabad

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#998 in Asia #2397 in the World

23% Acceptance

5,061 Enrollment

1958 Founded

99

Karnataka | Tumkur

Tumkur University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1456 in Asia #3366 in the World

44% Acceptance

150,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

100

Haryana | Delhi

School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1111 in Asia #2640 in the World

13% Acceptance

500 Enrollment

1959 Founded

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