List of institutions of higher education in Maharashtra

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

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

The main building of the University of Pune, established in 1948.

Universities

Central University

• Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha.^[1]

State Universities

University	Location	Establishment	Specialisation	Sources
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	Aurangabad	1958	General	[2]
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University	Lonere, Dist-Raigad	1989	Technology	[3]
Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth	Dapoli, Dist-Ratnagiri	1972	Agriculture	[4]
Gondwana University	Gadchiroli	2011	General
Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University	Ramtek, Nagpur District	1997	Sanskrit
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University	Nagpur	2000	Veterinary, Fishery, Dairy	[5]
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	Nashik	2000	Healthcare	[6]
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth	Rahuri, Ahmednagar	1968	Agriculture	[7]
Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University	Jalgaon	1991	General	[8]
Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth	Akola	1969	Agriculture	[9]
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University	Nagpur	1923	General	[10]
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Amravati	1983	General	[11]
Savitribai Phule Pune University	Pune	1949	General	[12]
Shivaji University	Kolhapur	1962	General	[13]
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University	Mumbai	1916 (1951†)	Women's only	[14]
Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University	Solapur	2004	General	[15]
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University	Nanded	1995	General	[16]
University of Mumbai	Mumbai	1857	General	[17]
Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University	Parbhani	1972	Agriculture	[18]
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University	Nashik	1990	Distance education	[19]
MIT Vishwaprayag University	Solapur	2020	General	[20]

^† granted university / State university status | ^[19]

National Law Universities

University	Location	Estd	Specialisation	Type	Website
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai	Mumbai	2015	Law	Government	nlumumbai.edu.in
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur	Nagpur	2016	Law	Government	nlunagpur.ac.in
Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad	Aurangabad	2017	Law	Government	mnlua.in

Deemed Universities

University	Location	Estd	Specialisation	Sources
Bharati Vidyapeeth	Pune	1964 (1996)	General	[21][22]
Central Institute of Fisheries Education	Mumbai	1961 (1989)	Fisheries science	[23][24]
Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth	Mumbai	2017	Indic Studies	[25]
D. Y. Patil Education Society	Kolhapur	1987 (2005)	Medicine	[26][27]
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences	Wardha	1950 (2005)	Medical science	[28][29]
Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute	Pune	1821 (1990)	Archeology, linguistics	[30][31]
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology	Pune	1952 (2000)	Arms technology	[32][33]
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	Pune	1996 (2003)	Medical science	[34][35]
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics	Pune	1930 (1993)	Economics	[36][37]
Homi Bhabha National Institute	Mumbai	2005	Science, Technology	[38][39]
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research	Mumbai	1987 (1995)	Economics	[40][41]
Institute of Chemical Technology	Mumbai	1933 (2008)	Chemical engineering	[42][43]
International Institute for Population Sciences	Mumbai	1956 (1985)	Population studies	[44][45]
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences	Satara	1982 (2005)	Medical science	[46][47]
MGM Institute of Health Sciences	Navi Mumbai	1982 (2006)	Healthcare	[48][49]
SVKM's NMIMS	Mumbai	1981 (2003)	General	[50][51][52]
Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences	Ahmednagar	1976 (2003)	Medical science	[53][54]
Symbiosis International (Deemed University)	Pune	1971 (2002)	General	[55][56]
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Mumbai	1945 (2002)	Pure research	[57][58]
Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Mumbai	1936 (1964)	Social sciences	[59][60]
Tilak Maharashtra University	Pune	1921 (1987)	General	[61][62]

Private Universities

Private universities are approved by the UGC. They can grant degrees but they are not allowed to have off-campus affiliated colleges.^[63][64]

• Universal Ai University, Karjat
• DY Patil Agriculture and Technical University Talsande Kolhapur ( First State private agriculture University in Maharashtra).

Central Government

• Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar
• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
• Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur
• Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
• National Fire Service College, Nagpur^[65]
• National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar
• Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai
• National Power Training Institute, Nagpur
• Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur
• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur
• Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Chandrapur

Government of Maharashtra

Government of Maharashtra's Engineering Colleges

College	Location	Type	Autonomy Status	Affiliation	Estd	Website
College of Engineering, Pune	Pune	Government	Autonomous	Savitribai Phule Pune University	1854	coep.org.in
Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad	Aurangabad	Government	Autonomous	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	1960	geca.ac.in
Government College of Engineering, Karad	Karad	Government	Autonomous	Shivaji University	1960	gcekarad.ac.in
Government College of Engineering, Amravati	Amravati	Government	Autonomous	Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	1964	gcoea.ac.in
Government College of Engineering, Jalgaon	Jalgaon	Government	Autonomous	North Maharashtra University	1996	gcoej.ac.in
Government College of Engineering, Chandrapur	Chandrapur	Government	Non-Autonomous	Gondwana University	1996	gcoec.ac.in
Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari	Avasari (Khurd), Pune district	Government	Non-Autonomous	Savitribai Phule Pune University	2009	gcoeara.ac.in
Government College of Engineering, Nagpur	Nagpur	Government	Non-Autonomous	Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University	2016	gcoen.ac.in
Government College of Engineering, Yavatmal	Yavatmal	Government	Non-Autonomous	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University	2018	gcoey.ac.in

Government of Maharashtra's-Aided Engineering Colleges

College	Location	Type	Autonomy Status	Affiliation	Estd	Website
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute	Mumbai	Government-Aided	Autonomous	University of Mumbai	1887	vjti.ac.in
Walchand College of Engineering	Sangli	Government-Aided	Autonomous	Shivaji University, Kolhapur	1947	walchandsangli.ac.in
Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology	Nanded	Government-Aided	Autonomous	Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University	1981	sggs.ac.in
Sardar Patel College of Engineering	Mumbai	Government-Aided	Autonomous	University of Mumbai	1995	spit.ac.in

University managed

College	Location	Type	Autonomy Status	Affiliation/University Department of	Estd	Website
Laxminarayan Institute of Technology	Nagpur	State University Department	Non-Autonomous	Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University	1942	litnagpur.in
University Department of Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Amravati	State University Department	Non-Autonomous	Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	1993	sgbau.ac.in
University Institute of Chemical Technology, North Maharashtra University	Jalgaon	State University Department	Non-Autonomous	North Maharashtra University	1994	nmu.ac.in/udct/
University Department of Chemical Technology, Aurangabad	Aurangabad	State University Department	Non-Autonomous	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	1998	bamu.ac.in
Department of Technology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur	Kolhapur	State University Department	Non-Autonomous	Shivaji University, Kolhapur	2006	apps.unishivaji.ac.in
H.P.T Arts and R.Y.K. Science College	Nashik	State University Department	Non-Autonomous	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune	1924	hptrykcollege

College	Location	Type	Autonomy Status	Affiliation/Managed by University	Estd	Website
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University	Lonere, Dist-Raigad	State University Managed	Autonomous	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University	1989	dbatu.ac.in
Usha Mittal Institute of Technology	Mumbai	State University Managed (Un-Aided)	Non-Autonomous	SNDT Women's University	1997	umit.ac.in

Deemed University (State funded)

University	Location	Type	Autonomy Status	Estd	Website
Institute of Chemical Technology	Mumbai	State funded - Deemed University	Autonomous	1933	ictmumbai.edu.in

Medical

Central government

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

State government

College	Location	Affiliation	Estd	Website
Armed Forces Medical College (India)	Pune	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1948	afmc.nic.in
B. J. Medical College	Pune	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1946	bjmcpune.org
Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences	Mumbai	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1985	bombayhospital.com
Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College	Nanded	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1988	drscgmcnanded.com
Dr. Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College	Solapur	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1963	vmgmc-hsolapur.org
ESI-PGIMSR (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science & Research)	Andheri(E), Mumbai	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	2011	esipgimsrandherimumbai.gov.in
ESI-PGIMSR (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science & Research)	Parel, Mumbai	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	2011	esipgimsrmgmhparelmumbai.gov.in
Government Medical College	Nagpur	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1947	gmcnagpur.gov.in
Government Medical College	Aurangabad	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1956	gmcaurangabad.com
Government Medical College	Miraj, Dist-Sangli	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1962	gmcmiraj.co.in
Government Medical College	Akola	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	2002	gmcakola.in
Government Medical College	Latur	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	2002	www.gmclatur.org
Government Medical College	Chandrapur	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	2015	gmcchandrapur.org
Government Medical College	Gondia	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	2016	gmcgondia.in
Grant Medical College	Mumbai	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1845	gmcjjh.org
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College	Nagpur	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1968	iggmc.org
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital	Mumbai	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1964	ltmgh.com
R.C.S.M. Govt Medical College and CPR Hospital, Kolhapur	Kolhapur	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	2000	rcsmgmc.ac.in
Rajiv Gandhi Medical College	Thane	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1992	-
King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College	Mumbai	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1926	kem.edu
Shri Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule	Dhule	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1989	sbhgmc.org
Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College	Yavatmal	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	2000	vngmcytl.org
Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Medical College	Ambajogai	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1975	srtrmca.org
Tata Memorial Centre	Mumbai	Homi Bhabha National Institute	1941	tmc.gov.in
Topiwala National Medical College	Mumbai	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	1964	tnmcnair.com

Agriculture

• Central Institute of Cotton Research, Nagpur
• National Research Centre for Citrus, Nagpur
• Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola

Vasantrao naik marathwada agriculture University

DY Patil Agriculture and Technical University Talsande Kolhapur

Armed force academies

Sainik School

• Sainik School, Satara
• Sainik School , Chandrapur

Tri-service Institutes

• National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla

Indian Army

• Army Institute of Technology
• Army Law College
• College of Military Engineering, Pune
• Defence Institute of Advanced Technology

Medical Personnel

• Armed Forces Medical College

Other institutions

• National School of Leadership

See also

• List of institutions of higher education in Goa

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