National institutes on the UGC list

These are institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology and AIIMS. Each is created by an Act of Parliament and awards its own degrees. The UGC website shows them in a separate group, and shows only some of them, so an institute missing from this page is not thereby unrecognised.

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

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.

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