This is a list of education institutions in Delhi , India.
In Delhi there are 2 Institutes of Eminence, 7 central universities, [1] 10 state universities [2] and 11 deemed universities[ citation needed ]. The status of one institute, the National School of Drama, is unclear. Delhi also has an international university established by the eight member nations of South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC).
University | Location | Type | Established | Specialization | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIIMS | New Delhi | Autonomous | 1956 | Medicine | |
Ambedkar University | New Delhi | State | 2007 | Social sciences, humanities | [3] |
DPSRU | New Delhi | State | 1964 (2015†) | Pharmaceutical science | [4] |
NSUT | Delhi | State | 1983 (2018†) | Technology | [5] |
DTU | Delhi | State | 1941 (2009†) | Technology | [6] |
GGSIU | Delhi | State | 1998 | General | [7] |
ICAR IARI | New Delhi | Deemed | 1902 (1958†) | Agriculture | [8] |
IGDTUW | Delhi | State | 1998 (2013†) | Women's only, technology University | [9] |
IIFT | New Delhi | Deemed | 1963 (2002†) | Foreign trade | [10] |
IIMC | Delhi | Autonomous | 1965 | Mass Communication | |
IIT | Delhi | Autonomous | 1961 | Technology, Engineering, Science and Management | |
DSEU | Delhi | State | 2020 | General | [11] |
ILI | New Delhi | Deemed | 1956 (2004†) | Legal | [12] |
ISI | New Delhi | Deemed | 1974 | Formal Sciences and economics | |
IGNOU | Delhi | Central | 1985 | Distance education | [13] |
IIIT | Delhi | State | 2008 | Information technology | [14] |
ILBS | Delhi | Deemed | 2009 | Hepatology | [15] |
Jamia Hamdard | Delhi | Deemed | 1906 (1989†) | General | [16] |
JMI | Delhi | Central | 1920 (1988†) | General | [17] |
JNU | New Delhi | Central | 1969 | General | [18] |
NIEDSSU | New Delhi | Autonomous | 2013 | Physical Education, Sports Training | |
NIFT | New Delhi | Deemed | 1986 | Fashion technology | |
NIT Delhi | New Delhi | Autonomous | 2010 | Engineering, Humanities and Management | |
NLU | Delhi | State | 2008 | Legal | [19] |
NMI | New Delhi | Deemed | 1983 (1989†) | Arts | [20] |
NSD | New Delhi | Unclear‡ | 1959 | Drama | [21] |
NUEPA | New Delhi | Deemed | 1962 (2006†) | Education administration | [22] |
CSU | New Delhi | Central | 1970 (2002†) | Sanskrit | [23] |
SPA | New Delhi | Deemed | 1959 (1979†) | Architecture | [24] |
SLBSNSU | New Delhi | Central | 1962 (1987†) | Sanskrit | [25] |
SAU | New Delhi | Central | 2010 | General | [26] |
DU | New Delhi | Central | 1922 | General | [27] |
See also List of colleges under Delhi University
See also list of colleges under Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Jamia Millia Islamia is a public and research university located in Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in 1935. It was given the deemed status by the University Grants Commission in 1962. Jamia Millia Islamia became a central university by an act of the Indian parliament which was passed on 26 December 1988.
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, formerly Indraprastha University, is a state university located in Dwarka, Delhi, India. The university is organized around fourteen university schools and three university centers that focus on programs in law, medicine, technology, education, entrepreneurship, science and business.
Jamia Hamdard is an institute of higher education deemed to be university located in New Delhi, India. Established in 1989 by Hakim Abdul Hameed, it is a government-funded university. In 2019, it was awarded Institute of Eminence status by Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Education, that oversees higher education in India.
Central universities in India are public universities established by an Act of Parliament and are under the purview of the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education, except for nine universities which are under the purview of other ministries. In general, universities in India are recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which draws its power from the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. In addition, 15 Professional Councils are established, controlling different aspects of accreditation and coordination. Central universities, in addition, are covered by the Central Universities Act, 2009, which regulates their purpose, powers, governance etc., and established 12 new universities. As of June 2023, the list of central universities published by the UGC includes 56 central universities.
Dwarka is a neighbourhood located in Southwestern edge of Indian Capital New Delhi in South West Delhi district of the NCT of Delhi. The district court that functions under the Delhi High Court for South West Delhi is located in Dwarka.
Satya Vrat Shastri was an Indian Sanskrit scholar, writer, grammarian and poet. He wrote three Mahakavyas, three Khandakavyas, one Prabandhakavyas and one Patrakavya and five works in critical writing in Sanskrit. His important works are Ramakirtimahakavyam, Brahattaram Bharatam, Sribodhisattvacharitam, Vaidika Vyakarana, Sarmanyadesah Sutram Vibhati, and "Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures" in seven volumes.
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW), is an all women's university located in Delhi, India on the heritage campus at Kashmere Gate, Delhi. It was founded as the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology in 1998. In May 2013 it gained autonomy and became the first women's technical university in India established by Govt. of Delhi. The university offers BBA and BTech, MTech, and PhD programs in four branches of engineering i.e. in the field of Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical and Automation Engineering and Information Technology. The university also offers 5 years program in Bachelors of Architecture (B.Arch.) and a 2-year post graduate program in M. Plan.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The ministry is further divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary, secondary and higher secondary education, adult education and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with university level education, technical education, scholarships, etc.
Education is based on three-tier model which includes primary schools, followed by secondary and higher-secondary schools and tertiary education at universities or other higher education institutions. The Education Department of the Government of Delhi is a premier body which looks into educational affairs. The RTE Act right to education states that children from the age of 6 to 14 have to compulsorily be educated. 25% of the seats in all private schools are also reserved for the under-privileged children. Tertiary education is administrated by the Directorate of Higher Education.
University School of Biotechnology (USBT) is a constituent institute of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. The school offers a full-time Bachelor of Technology, Master of Engineering, as well as PhD programs.
Mohammad Amin was an Indian historian. He was the vice chancellor of Jamia Hamdard; taught History at St. Stephen's College, Delhi University for four decades; and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2010.
Anil Kumar Tyagi is former Vice Chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Delhi. Prior to this he was co-ordinator of UGC- SAP Programme and head of Department of Biochemistry at South Campus of Delhi University and was Vice President of the Society of Biological Chemists, India from the year 2004 to 2006.