Top 25 Universities in India: India Rankings 2016

While Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc) tops the list, institutions such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Hyderabad Central University (HCU) have also fared well

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry’s ‘India Ranking Report 2016’ has released the top universities, management, engineering and pharmacy colleges list. This first-of-its-kind indigenous ranking framework for higher education institutions is in response to global rankings in which Indian universities and colleges usually do not fare too well.

The ‘India Rankings 2016’ were put together with the participation of 3,500 private and public institutions, which were ranked by National Bureau of Accreditation (NBA) based on five criteria — teaching and learning resources, graduation outcome, perception, outreach and inclusivity and research productivity. All institutions were judged based on self-disclosure of information.

While Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc) tops the list, institutions such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Hyderabad Central University (HCU), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Visva-Bharati, which have been at the centre of major controversies, have also fared well.

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Check out the list of top 25 universities in India

Name	Est.	City	Weighted Score	Rank
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore	1909	Bengaluru	91.81	1
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai	1933	Mumbai	87.58	2
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi	1969	New Delhi	86.46	3
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad	1974	Hyderabad	85.45	4
Tezpur University, Tezpur	1994	Tezpur	84.31	5
University of Delhi, Delhi	1922	Delhi	83.19	6
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi	1916	Varanasi	81.22	7
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram	2007	Thiruvananthapuram	78.83	8
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani	1964	Pilani	76.85	9
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh	1920	Aligarh	76.62	10
Visva Bharati, Kolkata	1922	Kolkata	76.11	11
Panjab University, Chandigarh	1882	Chandigarh	76.07	12
Pondicherry University, Puducherry	1985	Puducherry	74.44	13
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore	1982	Coimbatore	74.32	14
North Eastern Hill University, Shillong	1973	Shillong	72.42	15
King Georges Medical University, Lucknow	1905	Lucknow	72.24	16
Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai	2005	Mumbai	72.09	17
Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi	1989	New Delhi	71.46	18
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore	2003	Coimbatore	71.03	19
Goa University, Goa	1985	Goa	69.90	20
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi	1998	New Delhi	69.64	21
Gauhati University, Guwahati	1948	Guwahati	68.57	22
International Institute of Information Technology,Hyderabad	1998	Hyderabad	68.36	23
Guru Jambeshwar University of Science & Technology,Hissar	1995	Hissar	67.46	24
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar	1969	Amritsar	67.32	25

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