List of higher education institutions in Maharashtra

In Maharashtra there is a central university, nineteen state universities and twenty-one deemed universities.

The University of Mumbai, established 1856, is the oldest university in Maharashtra; the photo is from the 1870s.

Main building of the University of Pune

Main building of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, one of 21 deemed universities in Maharashtra

Universities

Universities of Maharashtra

University	Location	Type	Established	Specialization	Sources
Bharati Vidyapeeth	Pune	Deemed	1964 (1996)	General	[1]
Central Institute of Fisheries Education	Mumbai	Deemed	1961 (1989)	Fisheries science	[2]
Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute	Pune	Deemed	1821 (1990)	Archeology, linguistics	[3]
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology	Pune	Deemed	1952 (2000)	Arms technology	[4]
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	Aurangabad	State	1958	General	[5]
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University	Lonere	State	1989	Technology	[6]
Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth	Dapoli	State	1972	Agriculture	[7]
Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth	Akola	State	1969	Agriculture	[8]
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics	Pune	Deemed	1930 (1993)	Economics	[9]
Homi Bhabha National Institute	Mumbai	Deemed	2005	Science, technology	[10]
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research	Mumbai	Deemed	1987 (1995)	Economics	[11]
Institute of Chemical Technology	Mumbai	Deemed	1933 (2008)	Chemical engineering	[12]
International Institute for Population Sciences	Mumbai	Deemed	1956 (1985)	Population studies	[13]
Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University	Ramtek, Nagpur	State	1997	Sanskrit
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University	Nagpur	State	2000	Veterinary, Fishery, Dairy	[14]
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	Nashik	State	2000	Healthcare	[15]
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya	Wardha	Central	1997	Hindi	[16]
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth	Rahuri	State	1968	Agriculture	[17]
Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University	Parbhani	State	1972	Agriculture	[18]
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai	Deemed	1981 (2003)	Business management	[19]
North Maharashtra University	Jalgaon	State	1991	General	[20]
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University	Nagpur	State	1923	General	[21]
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Amravati	State	1983	General	[22]
Shivaji University	Kolhapur	State	1962	General	[23]
National Backward Krushi Vidyapeet Solapur	Solapur	State	2014 (2012)	Agriculture Education	[24]
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University	Mumbai	State	1916 (1951)	Women's only	[25]
Solapur University	Solapur	State	2004	General	[26]
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University	Nanded	State	1995	General	[27]
Symbiosis International University	Pune	Deemed	1971 (2002)	General	[28]
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Mumbai	Deemed	1945 (2002)	Pure research	[29]
Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Mumbai	Deemed	1936 (1964)	Social sciences	[30]
Tilak Maharashtra University	Pune	Deemed	1921	General	[31]
University of Mumbai	Mumbai	State	1857	General	[32]
Savitribai Phule Pune University	Pune	State	1949	General	[33]
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University	Nashik	State	1990	Distance education	[34]

granted university/deemed university status | ^[34]

Autonomous education institutions

• Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai
• Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Research, Aurangabad
• College of Engineering, Pune
• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
• Indian Institute of Management Nagpur
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
• Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur
• Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune
• Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai
• Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur
• National Institute of Bank Management
• National Civil Defence College, Nagpur
• National Fire Service College, Nagpur
• National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai
• National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Nagpur (yet to be started)
• National Insurance Academy
• National Power Training Institute, Nagpur
• Regional Institute of Paramedical Science, Nagpur (yet to be started)
• St. Joseph’s Technical Institute, Pune
• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Other institutions

• National School of Leadership

See also

• List of colleges in Mumbai

References