About Colleges

Colleges helps students and parents check that a university is real and recognised, and explains how colleges, universities and degrees work in India.

Where the lists come from

The list of 1357 universities and the list of 32 fake universities are taken from the public pages of the University Grants Commission (menu "Universities"), read on 11 November 2026. Names, addresses, status and websites are shown as the UGC gives them.

Why there is no list of every college

India has tens of thousands of colleges. The official register is the AISHE directory of the Ministry of Education. It lets you search college by college, but it does not publish the full list as open data, so we have not copied it. Our guide shows how to look up any college there and on the UGC site.

The guides

The guides are our own writing. They describe the system in general terms and point to the official body for each kind of course. They are not admission advice.

Not a government site

This site is independent. It does not rank institutions, take admissions or accept payment from any college.

Who makes it

This site is part of ShareYourGroup, a family of free sites about the things people share, send and do together. It is free to use and needs no login. Advertisements pay for the hosting and the work.

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