How many teachers each Central University has, how senior they are, how many hold a PhD, and how many students there are for every teacher, from the faculty lists the universities filed with NIRF.

At a glance

Most teachers: BHU 1,891, DU 1,242, JMI 715, JNU 713, Allahabad 594.
Fewest students per teacher (1,000+ students): CAU 8, CUG 9, BBAU 10, Sikkim Univ 11, JNU 11.

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1	BHUBanaras Hindu University	1,891	550	280	1,044	78%	28%	17
2	DUUniversity of Delhi	1,242	410	206	620	93%	39%	18
3	JMIJamia Millia Islamia	715	319	121	249	84%	32%	15
4	JNUJawaharlal Nehru University	713	290	175	248	98%	30%	11
5	AllahabadAllahabad University	594	108	81	374	95%	29%	47
6	CSUCentral Sanskrit University	586	81	24	462	94%	22%	12
7	VBUVisva-Bharati University	483	111	83	275	80%	23%	16
8	PondicherryPondicherry University	454	158	111	154	96%	34%	23
9	GGVGuru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya	441	87	106	246	81%	25%	24
10	University of HyderabadUniversity of Hyderabad	437	187	98	152	96%	25%	13
11	HNBGUHemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University	419	98	32	284	92%	28%	28
12	BBAUBabasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University	415	60	38	317	94%	29%	10
13	CAUCentral Agricultural University	382	104	50	219	94%	36%	8
14	Manipur UnivManipur University	369	79	65	126	95%	35%	16
15	MANUUMaulana Azad National Urdu University	333	69	54	209	98%	25%	13
16	NEHUNorth Eastern Hill University	302	115	76	110	94%	27%	18
17	IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University (open university, distance learners)	290	119	78	93	94%	46%	-
18	Tezpur UnivTezpur University	290	88	45	140	97%	28%	18
19	MZUMizoram University	255	73	46	129	92%	25%	12
20	IGNTUIndira Gandhi National Tribal University	229	45	31	153	93%	18%	19
21	Tripura UnivTripura University	223	46	31	105	78%	28%	20
22	CUPCentral University of Punjab	215	30	45	125	97%	25%	12
23	CUHCentral University of Haryana	214	49	30	135	94%	25%	22
24	RGURajiv Gandhi University	198	53	28	117	92%	22%	18
25	CUHPCentral University of Himachal Pradesh	190	43	35	108	93%	22%	13
26	CUTNCentral University of Tamil Nadu	187	32	17	122	98%	28%	12
27	CUJCentral University of Jammu	182	35	34	112	95%	32%	14
28	CURAJCentral University of Rajasthan	181	30	29	122	96%	24%	13
29	Sikkim UnivSikkim University	176	31	24	121	85%	32%	11
30	CU KeralaCentral University of Kerala	175	36	33	96	95%	33%	14
31	RPCAUDr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University	157	31	51	75	95%	27%	12
32	CU JharkhandCentral University of Jharkhand	143	15	19	108	88%	20%	20
33	CUGCentral University of Gujarat	137	33	19	84	96%	31%	9
34	MGAHVMahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya	124	14	22	68	89%	24%	14
35	RLBCAURani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University	122	3	16	45	97%	20%	3
36	CUOCentral University of Odisha	109	4	14	53	83%	19%	12
37	CUAPCentral University of Andhra Pradesh	39	4	3	31	97%	33%	27

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Teachers working at the university as listed in its NIRF return (regular, contract and visiting). Students per teacher counts UG, PG and PhD students.

Not in the table (20): AMU, AUS, CTUAP, CU Karnataka, CUK, CUSB, DHSGU, EFLU, GSV, IMU, MGCU, Nagaland Univ, Nalanda, NSU, NSU Manipur, RGNAU, SSCTU, SLBSNSU, Sindhu CU, SAU. These universities have not published a NIRF data return we could read on their own website, or are too new to file one.

Sources: the data return of each university (37 PDFs)

Allahabad (NIRF 2026) · BBAU (NIRF 2026) · BHU (NIRF 2026) · CAU (NIRF 2026) · CSU (NIRF 2026) · CUAP (NIRF 2026) · CUG (NIRF 2026) · CUH (NIRF 2026) · CUHP (NIRF 2026) · CUJ (NIRF 2026) · CU Jharkhand (NIRF 2026) · CU Kerala (NIRF 2026) · CUO (NIRF 2026) · CUP (NIRF 2026) · CURAJ (NIRF 2026) · CUTN (NIRF 2026) · RPCAU (NIRF 2026) · GGV (NIRF 2026) · HNBGU (NIRF 2026) · IGNOU (NIRF 2026) · IGNTU (NIRF 2026) · JMI (NIRF 2026) · JNU (NIRF 2026) · MGAHV (NIRF 2026) · Manipur Univ (NIRF 2026) · MANUU (NIRF 2026) · MZU (NIRF 2025) · NEHU (NIRF 2026) · Pondicherry (NIRF 2025) · RGU (NIRF 2026) · RLBCAU (NIRF 2026) · Sikkim Univ (NIRF 2026) · Tezpur Univ (NIRF 2026) · Tripura Univ (NIRF 2026) · DU (NIRF 2026) · University of Hyderabad (NIRF 2026) · VBU (NIRF 2026)

Faculty at Central Universities: Teachers and Students per Teacher

At a glance