Deemed to be universities in India

An institution declared by the central government, on the advice of the UGC, to be deemed a university under Section 3 of the UGC Act. The UGC website lists 164 as on 11 November 2026.

A "deemed to be university" is an institution of higher education that is not created as a university by an Act, but is declared by the central government, on the advice of the UGC, to have the status of one under Section 3 of the UGC Act. It can then award its own degrees.

Some are public institutions and some are private. UGC rules ask them to use the words "deemed to be university" and not plain "university" in their name.

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University	State	Kind	UGC status	Website
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Institute of Higher Learning	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Not listed
Audisankara (Deemed to be University) Tirupati Dist	Andhra Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Dr. RVR NRI Institute of Technology Krishna	Andhra Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
GMR Institute of Technology (GMRIT) Vizianagaram District	Andhra Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation guntur	Andhra Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science (MITS )	Andhra Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education Krishna District	Andhra Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Anantapuramu	Andhra Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology District- Papumpare	Arunachal Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Central Institute of Technology(CIT)	Assam	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara	Bihar	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR)	Chandigarh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Punjab Engineering College	Chandigarh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Indain Institute of Foreigen Trade Qutub Institutional Area	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Indian Institute of Heritage New Delhi	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) New Delhi	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Indian Law Institute	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences(ILBS) Vasant Kunj	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Jamia Hamdard New Delhi	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga New Delhi	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) New Delhi	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) New Delhi	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
TERI School of Advanced studies New Delhi	Delhi	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad	Gujarat	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Dist. Vadodara	Gujarat	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Lingaya's Vidyapeeth Faridabad	Haryana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Maharishi Markandeshwar Ambala	Haryana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies Faridabad	Haryana	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
National Brain Research Centre Gurgaon	Haryana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
National Dairy Research Institute Karnal	Haryana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi	Jharkhand	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (NIAMT) Ranchi	Jharkhand	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
B.L.D.E. Vijayapura	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Christ Bangalore	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) Bengaluru and Kengeri (constituent unit)	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Jain Bangalore	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Not listed
Jawahar Lal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bengaluru	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research Mysore	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Not listed
K.L.E. Academy of Higher Education and Research Belagavi	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Kristu Jayanti Bengaluru	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Manipal Academy of Higher Education	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Mount Carmel Bengaluru	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
NITTE Bengaluru	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research Kolar	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education Tumkur	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
St. Aloysius Mangalore	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana Bangalore	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Yenepoya Mangalore	Karnataka	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth Ernakulum	Kerala	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Kerala Kalamandalam Thrissur	Kerala	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Central Institute of Buddhist Studies(CIBS) Leh	Ladakh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Madhav Institute of Technology and Science Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR)	Madhya Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Prestige Institute of Management and Research (PIMR) Indore	Madhya Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Bharati Vidyapeeth Pune	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Central Institute of Fisheries Education Mumbai	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
D. Y. Patil Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
D.Y Patil Educational Society Kolhapur	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research Wardha	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Deccan College Postgraduate & Research Institute Pune	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology Pune	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Pune	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Film and Television Institute of India Pune	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics Pune	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Homi Bhabha National Institute, Regd. Office Anushaktinagar	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Mumbai	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
International Institute for Population Sciences Mumbai	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth Distt. Satara	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
MGM Institute of Health Sciences Kamothe	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Vile Parle	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences Loni	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Sir J.J.School of Art, Architecture & Design, Mumbai Fort Mumbai	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
SMBT Educational Campus Nashik	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Symbiosis International University District: Pune	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Thakur College of Engineering and Technology (TCET) Mumbai	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth Pune	Maharashtra	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar	Odisha	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences Bhubaneswar	Odisha	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan Bhubaneswar	Odisha	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Pondicherry	Puducherry	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Ropar	Punjab	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology Distt. Sangrur	Punjab	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology Patiala	Punjab	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Banasthai Vidyapith Aliyabad	Rajasthan	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani	Rajasthan	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
IIS Jaipur	Rajasthan	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Institute of Advanced Studies in Education Dist: Churu	Rajasthan	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Jain Vishva Bharati Institute Dist. Nagaur	Rajasthan	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth Udaipur	Rajasthan	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
National Institute of Ayurveda Jaipur	Rajasthan	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
The LNM Institute of Information Technology District:-Jaipur	Rajasthan	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Academy of Maritime Education and Training Kanathur	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
B.S. Abdur Rahman Institute of Science and Technology Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Chennai Mathematical Institute Kelambakkam	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE) Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Institute of Research and Technology (DSIRT) Perambalur	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Not listed
Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Institute of Science and Research Perambalur	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education Srivilliputhur	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Karpaga Vinayaga Educational Lore for Learning	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR) Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education Kanyakumari District	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
P K Das Institute of Social Sciences, Health Sciences and Technology	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology (PMIST) Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science & Technology (PRIST) Cafe road	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
PSN Institute of Higher Education and Research Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Rathinam Global Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
S.R.M Institute of Science and Technology Chengalpattu District	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology Sriperumbudur	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya Kanchipuram	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Sri Krishna Knowledge Foundation	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
St. Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
The Gandhiigram Rural Institute Chinnalapatti	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Vellore Institute of Technology	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
VELS Institute of Science Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS) Tindivanam	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B Category-I	Website
Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation Salem	Tamil Nadu	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Aurora Higher Education and Research Academy Hyderabad	Telangana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Chaitanya Distt-Warangal	Telangana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Heartfulness Academy of Research and Innovation (HARI) Ranga Reddy District	Telangana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education Hyderabad	Telangana	Deemed to be university	Section-III & Category-I	Website
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad	Telangana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Malla Reddy (MR) Malkajgiri District	Telangana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Malla Reddy Vishwavidyapeeth	Telangana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
PHFI Institute of Public Health Sciences Hyderabad	Telangana	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Dayalbagh Educational Institute Agra	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Indian Veterinary Research Institute Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Kendriya Hindi Sansthan Agra	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Krishna Institute of Engineering & Technology (KIET) Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Nehru Gram Bharati Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Santosh Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Shobhit Institute of Engineering & Technology Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Forest Research Institute Dehradun	Uttarakhand	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Graphic Era Dehradun	Uttarakhand	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Gurukul Kangri Vidyapeeth Haridwar	Uttarakhand	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) Kolkata	West Bengal	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR) Kolkata	West Bengal	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute Dist. Howrah	West Bengal	Deemed to be university	Section-III & 12B	Website
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) Kolkata	West Bengal	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website
TCG CREST Kolkata	West Bengal	Deemed to be university	Section-III	Website

What "UGC status" means

2(f): the university is on the UGC's list under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act.
12B: it has also been declared fit to receive central grants under Section 12B.
Section-III: it is a deemed to be university, declared under Section 3 of the Act.

These are the UGC's own labels, shown as on its website. They say that the university is recognised. They do not rate its quality.

Questions people ask

How many deemed to be universities are there in India?

The UGC website lists 164 as on 11 November 2026.

Which state has the most?

Tamil Nadu (36), then Maharashtra (25), then Karnataka (18), among the 24 states and union territories that have at least one.

Source and date. The lists are those published on the website of the University Grants Commission (ugc.gov.in), read on 11 November 2026. A university can be added, renamed or removed at any time. Before you take admission or pay a fee, check the institution yourself on ugc.gov.in. This is not a government site.

Other kinds

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