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Prototype. University list and classification from AISHE (aishe.gov.in), rankings from NIRF 2025 (nirfindia.org), accreditation from NAAC's list of institutions holding valid accreditation as on 14 August 2025 (naac.gov.in). Fees, placements, cutoffs and ratings are indicative seed data and should be verified before launch. Sponsored placements are always labelled and never affect rankings or the ShikshaSphere Score.

Colleges in India · ShikshaSphere

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Colleges
in India

Every institution on AISHE's register — what it is, who runs it, which university it answers to, and its NAAC grade where it has one.

68,747Institutions36States & UTs51,520Affiliation known7,973NAAC assessed

What this list covers. All 68,747 institutions on AISHE's register — 51,831 colleges that sit under a university and 16,916 standalone institutions (polytechnics, nursing, teacher training, paramedical and the rest). Of these, 7,973 have been assessed by NAAC — so a college with no grade shown is one NAAC has not assessed, not one we are missing a grade for.

Kind of institution

Under a university 49 Standalone 7

Affiliated College49 Nursing (Diploma) Institute3 Teacher Training Institute2 PGDM Institute1 Technical/Polytechnic1

Who runs it

Private Un-Aided

State Government81

Private Aided (Government Aided)56

Central Government18

University7

Local Body6

Education loan available PM Vidyalakshmi

Accreditation

Assessed by NAAC 7,973

A++ 1 A+ 3 A 7 B++ 6 B+ 7 B 6

Current Lapsed

State

West Bengal56

56 colleges foundKolkata district ✕Private Aided (Government Aided) ✕Clear allAccreditation Name Newest assessment

City College

Kolkata · West Bengal

Affiliated College · Private Aided (Government Aided) · est. 1881

CGPA 2.05 · Valid till 20 Sept 2029

Kidderpore College

Kolkata · West Bengal

Affiliated College · Private Aided (Government Aided) · est. 1966

CGPA 2.37 · Valid till 25 Dec 2029

Maheshtala College

Kolkata · West Bengal

Affiliated College · Private Aided (Government Aided) · est. 1971

CGPA 2.17 · Valid till 26 Feb 2030

SETH Anandram Jaipuria College

Kolkata · West Bengal

Affiliated College · Private Aided (Government Aided) · est. 1945

CGPA 2.12 · Valid till 11 Oct 2028

St. PAUL's Cathedral Mission College

Kolkata · West Bengal

Affiliated College · Private Aided (Government Aided) · est. 1865

CGPA 2.1 · Lapsed 7 Jan 2025

Surendranath Evening College

Kolkata · West Bengal

Affiliated College · Private Aided (Government Aided) · est. 1961

CGPA 2.04 · Valid till 26 Feb 2030