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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.

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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 6 Standalone 4

Affiliated College6 Technical/Polytechnic2 Hotel Management and Catering Institute1 Standalone Institution Under Ministry1

Who runs it

Central Government10

Private Un-Aided

State Government1

Education loan available PM Vidyalakshmi

Accreditation

Assessed by NAAC 7,973

Current Lapsed

State

Madhya Pradesh40 Uttar Pradesh39 Delhi35 Maharashtra34 Karnataka33 West Bengal33 Rajasthan26 Kerala25 Telangana24 Tamil Nadu22 Assam21 Odisha20 Gujarat16 Haryana14 Jammu and Kashmir13 Punjab10 Goa10 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu10 Manipur9 Himachal Pradesh9 Jharkhand9 Bihar8 Meghalaya8 Uttarakhand8 Andhra Pradesh7 Andaman and Nicobar Islands6 Chhattisgarh6 Tripura6 Puducherry5 Chandigarh5 Ladakh4 Mizoram4 Arunachal Pradesh3 Nagaland3 Lakshadweep2 Sikkim1

District

Patiala2 Ludhiana2 Jalandhar1 Rupnagar1 S.A.S Nagar1 Amritsar1 Sangrur1 Gurdaspur1

10 colleges foundPunjab ✕Central Government ✕Education loan (PM Vidyalakshmi) ✕Clear allAccreditation Name Newest assessment

Central Institute of HAND TOOLS, Jalandhar

Jalandhar district · Punjab

Technical/Polytechnic · Central Government · est. 1983

Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Amritsar

Amritsar district · Punjab

Standalone Institution Under Ministry · Central Government · est. 1989

Central Tool Room, Ludhiana

Ludhiana district · Punjab

Technical/Polytechnic · Central Government · est. 1981

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Mohali

S.A.S Nagar district · Punjab

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1989

ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana

Ludhiana district · Punjab

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 2025

Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital

Sangrur district · Punjab

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 2015

Institute of Hotel Management

Gurdaspur district · Punjab

Hotel Management and Catering Institute · Central Government · est. 1994

N.I.S., Patiala

Patiala district · Punjab

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1961

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, NIELIT

Rupnagar district · Punjab

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1978

Netaji Subhas Institute of Sports, Moti Bagh, Patiala