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India has one of the largest higher education systems in the world, after the USA and China. Out of the top ten, seven are IITs and the others are Indian Institute of Science Banglore (IISc Bangalore), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Here is a list of the best institutes to study in India. 

Top 100 Institutes in India

NameCityStateScoreRank
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu 83.88 1
Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru Karnataka 82.28 2
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi Delhi 78.69 3
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra 78.62 4
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur West Bengal 74.31 5
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 69.07 6
Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi Delhi 68.68 7
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee Uttarakhand 67.68 8
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati Assam 65.47 9
Banaras Hindu University Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 64.55 10
University of Hyderabad Hyderabad Telangana 61.85 11
Calcutta University Kolkata West Bengal 60.87 12
Jadavpur University Kolkata West Bengal 60.53 13
Anna University Chennai Tamil Nadu 60.35 14
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 59.22 15
Manipal Academy of Higher Education Manipal Karnataka 58.50 16
Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune Maharashtra 58.40 17
Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Uttar Pradesh 58.36 18
Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi Delhi 58.07 19
University of Delhi Delhi Delhi 57.59 20
Bharathiar University Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 57.23 21
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Hyderabad Telangana 56.92 22
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Pune Pune Maharashtra 54.48 23
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 54.32 24
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad Dhanbad Jharkhand 53.40 25
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Kolkata West Bengal 52.68 26
Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai Maharashtra 52.62 27
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 52.49 28
Andhra University Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 52.11 29
Homi Bhabha National Institute Mumbai Maharashtra 51.95 30
Jamia Hamdard New Delhi Delhi 51.73 31
Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Tamil Nadu 51.44 32
University of Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu 51.34 33
Panjab University Chandigarh Chandigarh 51.25 34
Kerala University Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 51.21 35
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur West Bengal 50.96 36
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Bhopal Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 50.88 37
National Institute of Technology Rourkela Rourkela Odisha 50.75 38
Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani Rajasthan 50.53 39
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata Mohanpur West Bengal 50.44 40
Siksha `O` Anusandhan Bhubaneswar Odisha 50.31 41
King George`s Medical University Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 49.91 42
Osmania University Hyderabad Telangana 49.86 43
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi Mandi Himachal Pradesh 49.40 44
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) Patiala Punjab 49.27 45
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar Odisha 48.73 46
Alagappa University Karaikudi Tamil Nadu 48.54 47
Tezpur University Tezpur Assam 48.47 48
Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam Kerala 48.08 49
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar Odisha 47.97 50
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Gandhinagar Gujarat 47.85 51
SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai Tamil Nadu 47.80 52
National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal Karnataka 47.37 53
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research Chennai Tamil Nadu 47.34 54
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research Mysore Karnataka 46.97 55
Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai Maharashtra 46.82 56
Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research Chennai Tamil Nadu 46.32 57
Indian Institute of Technology Patna Patna Bihar 46.28 58
Visva Bharati Santiniketan West Bengal 46.27 59
G. B. Pant Universtiy of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar Uttarakhand 46.09 60
National Institute of Technology Warangal Warangal Telangana 46.06 61
North Eastern Hill University Shillong Meghalaya 45.99 62
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy Thanjavur Tamil Nadu 45.80 63
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology Chennai Tamil Nadu 45.58 64
Gauhati University Guwahati Assam 45.57 65
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Mohali Mohali Punjab 45.43 66
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences Chennai Tamil Nadu 45.42 67
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 45.41 68
Madurai Kamraj University Madurai Tamil Nadu 45.20 69
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Pune Maharashtra 45.11 70
Delhi Technological University New Delhi Delhi 44.89 71
Pondicherry University Puducherry Pondicherry 44.88 72
Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati Andhra Pradesh 44.88 72
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) Vaddeswaram Andhra Pradesh 44.70 74
Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana Punjab 44.66 75
PSG College of Technology Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 44.46 76
Shiv Nadar University Dadri Uttar Pradesh 44.45 77
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu 44.35 78
University of Kashmir Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir 44.19 79
Mysore University Mysore Karnataka 44.06 80
Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar Punjab 43.69 81
Symbiosis International Pune Maharashtra 43.65 82
SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Mumbai Maharashtra 43.63 83
Amity University Gautam Budh Nagar Uttar Pradesh 43.53 84
Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi Jharkhand 43.49 85
Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 43.41 86
Banasthali Vidyapith Banasthali Rajasthan 43.22 87
Bharati Vidyapeeth Pune Maharashtra 42.89 88
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar Haryana 42.36 89
Calicut University Malappuram Kerala 42.22 90
College of Engineering Pune Maharashtra 42.11 91
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences Wardha Maharashtra 41.73 92
National Institute of Technology Durgapur Durgapur West Bengal 41.59 93
Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin Kerala 41.42 94
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University New Delhi Delhi 41.21 95
Anand Agricultural University Anand Gujarat 41.20 96
Periyar University Salem Tamil Nadu 40.99 97
KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research Belagavi Karnataka 40.92 98
Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University Chennai Tamil Nadu 40.88 99
NITTE Mangaluru Karnataka 40.88 99
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