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Colleges in India · ShikshaSphere

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Colleges
in India

Every institution on AISHE's register — what it is, who runs it, which university it answers to, and its NAAC grade where it has one.

68,747Institutions36States & UTs51,520Affiliation known7,973NAAC assessed

What this list covers. All 68,747 institutions on AISHE's register — 51,831 colleges that sit under a university and 16,916 standalone institutions (polytechnics, nursing, teacher training, paramedical and the rest). Of these, 7,973 have been assessed by NAAC — so a college with no grade shown is one NAAC has not assessed, not one we are missing a grade for.

Kind of institution

Under a university 319 Standalone 213

Affiliated College251 PG Center / Off-Campus Center44 Recognized Center23 Autonomous College1

Who runs it

Private Un-Aided37,086 State Government6,374

Private Aided (Government Aided)

5,868

University1,080

Local Body668

Central Government319

Education loan available PM Vidyalakshmi

Accreditation

Assessed by NAAC 7,973

A++ 3 A+ 3 A 6 B++ 7 B+ 5 B 8 C 6

Current Lapsed

State

Madhya Pradesh29 Maharashtra25 Uttar Pradesh23 Karnataka20 Delhi19 Tamil Nadu18 Kerala18 West Bengal18 Assam17 Telangana15 Rajasthan13 Odisha11 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu9 Gujarat8 Punjab6 Manipur6 Jammu and Kashmir6 Goa6 Himachal Pradesh5 Haryana5 Meghalaya4 Chhattisgarh4 Puducherry4 Uttarakhand4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands4 Arunachal Pradesh3 Bihar3 Tripura3 Chandigarh2 Mizoram2 Lakshadweep2 Jharkhand2 Andhra Pradesh2 Sikkim1 Ladakh1 Nagaland1

319 colleges foundUnder a university ✕Central Government ✕Clear allAccreditation Name Newest assessment

National Forensic Sciences University Guwahati Campus

Kamrup Metro district · Assam

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government · est. 2023

National Forensic Sciences University, Tripura Campus

West Tripura district · Tripura

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government

National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health

Kottayam district · Kerala

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1974

National Institute for Mentally Handicapped

North 24 Parganas district · West Bengal

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1986

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons WITH Intellectual Disabilities Regional Centre Noida

Gautam Buddha Nagar district · Uttar Pradesh

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1984

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons WITH Visual Disabilities

Chennai district · Tamil Nadu

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1988

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons With Intellectual Disabilities Divyangjan

Hyderabad district · Telangana

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1984

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons With Visual Disabilities (Divyangjan), Dehradun

Dehradun district · Uttarakhand

Affiliated College · Central Government

National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped Fkat Bi, B-102 Vasundhara CHS Plot No 13-14 Sector 8 Kharghar Navi Mumbai 410 210

Raigad district · Maharashtra

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1987

National Institute of Ayurveda Panchkula

Panchkula district · Haryana

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government · est. 2023

National Institute of ELIT, REC, Kozhikkode

Kozhikode district · Kerala

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1989

National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Imphal

Imphal East district · Manipur

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1988

National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur district · Uttar Pradesh

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1989

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)

Aizawl district · Mizoram

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 2001

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology Guwahati

Kamrup Metro district · Assam

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1998

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, (NIELIT) Srinagar

Srinagar district · Jammu and Kashmir

Recognized Center · Central Government · est. 1982

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Agartala

West Tripura district · Tripura

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 2009

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Ajmer

Kekri district · Rajasthan

Affiliated College · Central Government

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, NIELIT

Rupnagar district · Punjab

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1978

National Institute of Fashion Technology Panchkula

Panchkula district · Haryana

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government · est. 2019

National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore

Bengaluru Urban district · Karnataka

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government · est. 1997

National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bhopal

Bhopal district · Madhya Pradesh