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{{short description|Universities in India}}
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[[File:Madrasuni.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[University of Madras]], established 1857, is one of the three oldest modern [[State university (India)|state universities]] in India, the others being the [[University of Calcutta]] and the [[University of Mumbai]].|alt=view of University of Madras from the beach]]

The [[higher education]] system in [[India]] includes both private and [[Public university|public]] [[university|universities]]. Public universities are supported by the [[Government of India]] and the [[State governments in India|state governments]], while private universities are mostly supported by various bodies and societies. Universities in India are recognised by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC), which draws its power from the ''[[University Grants Commission Act, 1956]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Grants Commission Act, 001956 |url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/ugc_act.pdf |publisher=[[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Union Human Resource Development Ministry]] |access-date=3 September 2011 }}</ref> In addition, 15 Professional Councils are established, controlling different aspects of accreditation and co-ordination.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/professional-councils.aspx |title= Professional Councils |work=ugc.ac.in |access-date=11 September 2017|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]}}</ref>

The types of universities include:
* '''[[Central University, India|Central universities]]''', or Union universities, are established by an Act of Parliament and are under the purview of the [[Department of Higher Education (India)|Department of Higher Education]] in the [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/central_univ_eng |title=Central Universities |work=mhrd.gov.in |access-date=13 March 2012 |publisher=[[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Union Human Resource Development Ministry]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303143139/http://mhrd.gov.in/central_univ_eng |archive-date=3 March 2012 }}</ref> {{as of|2021|3|31}}, The list of central universities published by the UGC includes 54 central universities.<ref name=Central>{{cite web|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/Consolidated_CENTRAL_UNIVERSITIES_List.pdf|title=Consolidated list of Central Universities as on 31.03.2021|date=31 March 2021|access-date=16 July 2021|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]}}</ref>
* [[State university (India)|'''State universities''']] are run by the state government of each of the [[states and territories of India]] and are usually established by a local legislative assembly act. {{as of|2021|10|8}}, the UGC lists 438 state universities.<ref name=State>{{cite web|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/State%20University/Consolidated%20State%20%20University%20List.pdf|title=List of State Universities as on 08.10.2021|date=8 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016163326/https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/State%20University/Consolidated%20State%20%20University%20List.pdf|archive-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|name=statecount|The list<ref name=State/> includes a serial numbering which goes up to 439. However, the list erroneously includes "U.P. King George's University of Dental Science" (#377) which was reabsorbed into [[King George's Medical University]] (#368) in 2007.<ref name=dental>{{cite web|title=Faculty of Dental Sciences Education Overview|url=http://kgmu.org/dental_education.php|publisher=King George's Medical University|access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>}} The oldest establishment date listed by the UGC is 1857, shared by the [[University of Calcutta]], the [[University of Madras]] and the [[University of Mumbai]]. Most State Universities are [[affiliating universities]] administering many [[affiliated college]]s (often located in small towns) that typically offer a range of undergraduate courses, but may also offer post-graduate courses. More established colleges may even offer PhD programs in some departments with the approval of the affiliating university.
* '''[[Deemed university]]''', or "Deemed to be University", is a status of autonomy granted by the Department of Higher Education on the advice of the UGC, under Section 3 of the UGC Act.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST) Thiruvananthapuram Declared as Deemed to be University |url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=40292 |date=14 July 2008 |publisher=[[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Union Human Resource Development Ministry]], Press Information Bureau|access-date=3 September 2011}}</ref> {{as of|2021|8|31}}, the UGC lists 126 institutes which were granted the deemed to be university status.<ref name=Deemed>{{cite web|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/Deemed%20University/Consolidated-DeemedUniversitiesList_31_08_21.pdf|title=List of Institutions Which Have Been Declaredas Deemed To Be Universities as On 31st August, 2021|work=ugc.ac.in|date=31 August 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]}}</ref> According to this list, the first institute to be granted deemed university status was [[Indian Institute of Science]], which was granted this status on 12 May 1958. In many cases, the same listing by the UGC covers several institutes. For example, the listing for [[Homi Bhabha National Institute]] covers the [[Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai|Institute of Mathematical Sciences]], the [[Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research]] and other institutes.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/deemed%20universities/homibaba.html |title= Listing of Homi Bhabha National Institute as deemed university |work=ugc.ac.in |access-date=13 September 2011|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]}}</ref>
* [[Private university#India|'''Private universities''']] are approved by the UGC. They can grant degrees but they are not allowed to have off-campus affiliated colleges. {{as of|2021|10|8}}, the UGC consolidated list of universities lists 395 private universities.<ref name="Private">{{cite web|title=List of (Private) Universities as on 08.10.2021|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/Private%20University/Consolidated_List_Private_Universities.pdf|date=8 October 2021|website=www.ugc.ac.in|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]|access-date=16 October 2021|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014040530/https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/Private%20University/Consolidated_List_Private_Universities.pdf}}</ref>

{{as of|2021|10}}, these four types of universities total 1013 universities together. There are universities of some kind in each of the 28 [[states and territories of India|states of India]] as well as five of the eight [[Union Territory|union territories]]: [[Chandigarh]], [[Delhi]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Ladakh]] and [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. The state with the most universities is [[Rajasthan]] with 85 universities, and Rajasthan has also by far the most private universities, 52 in number.<ref name=Private/> [[Tamil Nadu]] is the state with the most deemed universities, numbering 28,<ref name=Deemed/> and [[Karnataka]] and [[West Bengal]] have the most state universities, 34.<ref name=State/> Delhi has seven central universities, the largest number of all the states and territories.<ref name=Central/>

Apart from the above universities, other institutions are granted the permission to autonomously award degrees. However, they do not affiliate colleges and are not officially called "universities" but "autonomous organizations" or "autonomous institutes". They fall under the administrative control of the Department of Higher Education.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://education.nic.in/AutonomousSec.asp |title=Autonomous Bodies – Higher Education |work=education.nic.in |access-date=30 June 2011|publisher=[[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Union Human Resource Development Ministry]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217231810/http://education.nic.in/AutonomousSec.asp|archive-date=17 December 2010}}</ref> These organisations include the [[Indian Institutes of Information Technology]], [[Indian Institutes of Technology]], the [[National Institutes of Technology]], the [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences]], the [[Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research]], the [[Indian Institutes of Management]] and other autonomous institutes. These institutes are not listed below.

Also not listed are institutes which are under the control of the professional councils, without an approval of the UGC, e.g. [[Agricultural Universities (India)|Agricultural Universities]], which are under the control of the Agricultural Education Division of the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR), one of the professional councils.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.icar.org.in/en/agricultural-education.htm |title=Agricultural Education Division | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |work=icar.org.in |access-date=11 August 2011|publisher=[[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icar.org.in/en/universities.htm |title=Universities | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |work=icar.org.in |access-date=11 August 2011 |publisher=[[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818145202/http://www.icar.org.in/en/universities.htm |archive-date=18 August 2011 }}</ref>

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has also maintains a list fake Universities operating in India. UGC has said that these 24 self-styled, unrecognised institutions functioning in contravention of the UGC Act have been declared as fake and are not entitled to confer any degrees.<ref>{{cite press release|title=UGC releases list of 24 fake universities |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=178917 |website=pib.nic.in |access-date=12 May 2019|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]|date=25 April 2018}}</ref> {{as of|2020|10|7}}, the list contains 24 institutions.<ref name="Fake">{{cite web|date=7 October 2020|title=State-wise List of fake Universities as on October, 2020|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/page/Fake-Universities.aspx|access-date=16 July 2021|website=www.ugc.ac.in|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]}}</ref>

==Universities by state and type==
The table below is correct {{as of|2021|7|lc=yes}}.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! State !! [[List of central universities in India|Central<br>universities]]<ref name=Central/> !! [[List of state universities in India|State<br>universities]]<ref name=State/> !! [[List of deemed universities in India|Deemed<br>universities]]<ref name=Deemed/> !! [[List of private universities in India|Private<br>universities]]<ref name=Private/> !! Total
|-
| [[Andhra Pradesh]] ([[List of educational institutions in Andhra Pradesh#Universities|list]])
|| 3 || 24 || 4 || 6 || style="text-align:center" |37
|-
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] ([[List of educational institutions in Arunachal Pradesh#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 0 || 1 || 8 || style="text-align:center" |10
|-
| [[Assam]] ([[List of educational institutions in Assam#Universities|list]])
|| 2 || 17 || 1 || 6 || style="text-align:center" |26
|-
| [[Bihar]] ([[List of educational institutions in Bihar#Universities|list]])
||4|| 18 || 1 || 7 || style="text-align:center" |30
|-
| [[Chandigarh]] ([[List of educational institutions in Chandigarh#Universities|list]])
|| 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || style="text-align:center" |2
|-
| [[Chhattisgarh]] ([[List of educational institutions in Chhattisgarh#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 15 || 0 || 13 || style="text-align:center" |29
|-
| [[Delhi]] ([[List of educational institutions in Delhi#Universities|list]])
|| 7|| 10 || 9 || 0 || style="text-align:center" |26
|-
| [[Goa]] ([[List of educational institutions in Goa#Universities|list]])
|| 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || style="text-align:center" |1
|-
| [[Gujarat]] ([[List of educational institutions in Gujarat#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 28 || 3 || 50 ||style="text-align:center" | 82
|-
| [[Haryana]] ([[List of educational institutions in Haryana#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 20 || 6 || 24 || style="text-align:center" | 51
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh]] ([[List of educational institutions in Himachal Pradesh#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 7 || 0 || 17 || style="text-align:center" | 25
|-
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] ([[List of educational institutions in Jammu and Kashmir#Universities|list]])
|| 2 || 9 || 1 || 0 || style="text-align:center" |12
|-
| [[Jharkhand]] ([[List of educational institutions in Jharkhand#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 11 || 1 || 15 || style="text-align:center" | 28
|-
| [[Karnataka]] ([[List of educational institutions in Karnataka#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 34 || 14 || 20 ||style="text-align:center" | 69
|-
| [[Kerala]] ([[List of educational institutions in Kerala#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 15 || 3 || 0 || style="text-align:center" |19
|-
| [[Ladakh]] ([[Ladakh#Education|list]])
|| 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh]] ([[List of educational institutions in Madhya Pradesh#Universities|list]])
|| 2 || 25 || 1 || 39 || style="text-align:center" |67
|-
| [[Maharashtra]] ([[List of educational institutions in Maharashtra#Universities|list]])
|| 1 ||24||21 || 21 || style="text-align:center" |66
|-
| [[Manipur]] ([[List of educational institutions in Manipur#University|list]])
|| 3 || 3 || 0 || 4 || style="text-align:center" | 10
|-
| [[Meghalaya]] ([[List of educational institutions in Meghalaya#University|list]])
|| 1 || 0 || 0 || 9 || style="text-align:center" |10
|-
| [[Mizoram]] ([[List of educational institutions in Mizoram#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||style="text-align:center" | 2
|-
| [[Nagaland]] ([[List of educational institutions in Nagaland#University|list]])
|| 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 ||style="text-align:center" |5
|-
| [[Odisha]] ([[List of institutions of higher education in Odisha#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 20 || 3 || 8 || style="text-align:center" |32
|-
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] ([[List of educational institutions in Puducherry#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || style="text-align:center" |2
|-
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] ([[List of educational institutions in Punjab#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 14 || 2 || 17 ||style="text-align:center" | 34
|-
| [[Rajasthan]] ([[List of educational institutions in Rajasthan#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 24 || 8 || 52|| style="text-align:center" |85
|-
| [[Sikkim]] ([[List of educational institutions in Sikkim#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 ||style="text-align:center" | 6
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu]] ([[List of educational institutions in Tamil Nadu#Universities|list]])
|| 2 || 22 || 28 || 3 || style="text-align:center" |55
|-
| [[Telangana]] ([[List of educational institutions in Telangana#Universities|list]])
|| 3 || 17 || 3 || 5 || style="text-align:center" |28
|-
| [[Tripura]] ([[List of educational institutions in Tripura#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || style="text-align:center" | 3
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh]] ([[List of educational institutions in Uttar Pradesh#Universities|list]])
|| 6 || 31{{refn|group=note|name=statecount}} || 9 || 31 || style="text-align:center" | 77
|-
| [[Uttarakhand]] ([[List of educational institutions in Uttarakhand#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 11 || 3 || 19 ||style="text-align:center" | 34
|-
| [[West Bengal]] ([[List of educational institutions in West Bengal#Universities|list]])
|| 1 || 34|| 2 || 11 || style="text-align:center" |48
|- class="sortbottom"
| '''Total''' || | '''54''' || | '''438''' || | '''126''' || | '''395''' || style="text-align:center" | {{big|'''1013'''}}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of autonomous higher education institutes in India]]
* [[List of central universities in India]]
* [[List of deemed universities in India]]
* [[List of private universities in India]]
* [[List of state universities in India]]

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

== References ==
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