List of prime ministers of India by education

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This is a '''list of [[List of prime ministers of India|prime ministers of India]] and their educational qualifications'''. All of the prime ministers of India have attended some form of higher education.

== List ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!#
!Name
!Class Year
!Degree
!College
!University
!References
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|1910
|Natural Sciences Tripos
|[[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity]]
|[[University of Cambridge]]
|
|-
|1912
|Barrister-at-Law
|[[Inner Temple]]
|[[Inner Temple]]
|
|-
|2
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|1925
|Philosophy and Ethics
|
|[[Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith]]
|
|-
|3
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|did not graduate
|Degree in Modern History
|[[Somerville College, Oxford|Somerville]]
|[[University of Oxford]]
|
|-
|4
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|1917
|BA (Honors)
|[[Wilson College, Mumbai|Wilson]]
|[[University of Mumbai]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/04/11/morarji-desai-dies-at-age-99/ef130273-ac56-41b0-acf6-34409ef2ce81/|title=Morarji Desai dies at age 99|date=1995-04-11|work=Washington Post|access-date=2020-01-07|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |5
| rowspan="2" |[[Charan Singh]]
|1925
|MA
|
| rowspan="2" |[[Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University|Agra University]]
|
|-
|1926
|LLB
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |6
| rowspan="2" |[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|did not graduate
|
|[[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity]]
|[[University of Cambridge]]
|
|-
|did not graduate
|
|[[Imperial College London]]
|[[University of London]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |7
| rowspan="2" |[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
|
|BA; LLB
|
|[[University of Allahabad]]
|
|-
|
|B. Sc. in Physics
|[[Fergusson College|Fergusson]]
|[[Savitribai Phule Pune University|Pune University]]
|
|-
|8
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|1950
|
|
|[[University of Allahabad]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |9
| rowspan="3" |[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|
|
|
|[[Osmania University]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://archivepmo.nic.in/shripvnarasimharao.html |title=Former Prime Ministers of India - P. V. Narasimha Rao |website=Prime Minister's Office |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191013112230/https://archivepmo.nic.in/shripvnarasimharao.html |archive-date=2019-10-13 |access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
|-
|
|
|[[Fergusson College|Fergusson]]
|[[University of Mumbai]]
|
|-
|
|LLM
|[[Hislop College|Hislop]]
|[[Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University|University of Nagpur]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |10
| rowspan="2" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|1946
|BA in Hindi, English and Sanskrit
|[[Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. College of Excellence]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University|Agra University]]
|
|-
|1947
|MA in Political Science
|[[DAV College, Kanpur]]
|
|-
|11
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|
|Diploma in Civil Engineering
|L. V. Polytechnic
|―
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |12
| rowspan="3" |[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|
|
|DAV College
| rowspan="3" |[[University of the Punjab]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://archivepmo.nic.in/shriinderkumargurjal.html |title=Former Prime Ministers of India - Shri Inder Kumar Gujral |website=Prime Minister's Office |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191013112301/https://archivepmo.nic.in/shriinderkumargurjal.html |archive-date=2019-10-13 |access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
|-
|
|
|[[Hailey College of Commerce]]
|
|-
|
|
|[[Forman Christian College]]
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |13
| rowspan="4" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
|1952
|BA (Hons.) in Economics
|Department of Economics
| rowspan="2" |[[Panjab University]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://theprint.in/politics/manmohan-singh-returns-to-his-university-worries-about-indians-choosing-authoritarianism/48940/ |title=Manmohan Singh returns to his university, worries about Indians choosing authoritarianism |last=Sethi |first=Chitleen K. |date=2018-04-11 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US |access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
|-
|1954
|MA (Hons.) in Economics
|Department of Economics
|
|-
|1957
|Economics Tripos
|[[St John's College, Cambridge|St John's]]
|[[University of Cambridge]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cambridge-university-says-alumnus-manmohan-singh-has-standing-invite/articleshow/43069561.cms?from=mdr |title=Cambridge University says 'alumnus' Manmohan Singh has standing invite |date=2014-09-21 |work=The Economic Times |access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/extremely-proud-of-manmohan-singh-university-of-cambridge/story-0tZLmgozpPmOfKWwpGoPwN.html|title='Extremely proud' of Manmohan Singh: University of Cambridge|date=2014-05-15|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>
|-
|1962
|D. Phil.
|[[Nuffield College, Oxford|Nuffield]]
|[[University of Oxford]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |14
| rowspan="2" |[[Narendra Modi]]
|1978
|BA in Political Science - Disputed/unverified
|[[School of Open Learning]]
|[[University of Delhi]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Narendra-Modi’s-degree-‘authentic’-Delhi-University-Registrar-Tarun-Das/article14311846.ece |title=Narendra Modi's degree 'authentic': Delhi University Registrar Tarun Das |date=2016-05-10 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2019-11-10 |others=PTI |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
| 1983
| MA (Political science) - Disputed/unverified
|colspan=2| [[Gujarat University]]
|<ref name="GU Modi2">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-modi-scored-62-3-in-ma-from-gujarat-univerisity-vc-2779138/|title=Degree row- PM Modi MA with first class: Gujarat University|date=May 2016|website=[[The Indian Express]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729093536/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-modi-scored-62-3-in-ma-from-gujarat-univerisity-vc-2779138/|archive-date=29 July 2017|accessdate=2020-01-07}}</ref>
|-
|}

== List of prime ministers by university ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!University
!No. of prime ministers
|-
|[[University of Cambridge]]
|3
|-
|[[University of Allahabad|Allahabad University]]
|2
|-
|[[Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University|Agra University]]
|2
|-
|[[University of Oxford]]
|2
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Prime Ministers of India}}
[[Category:Prime Ministers of India]]
[[Category:India education-related lists]]
[[Category:Lists relating to prime ministers of India]]

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