How many students each Central University teaches, how many are women, how many come from other states and abroad, and how many are PhD scholars, from the data each university reported to NIRF.
At a glance
| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University (open university, distance learners) | 11,52,809 | 11,51,768 | 1,041 | 51% | - | - | 50% |
| 2 | BHUBanaras Hindu University | 32,334 | 29,243 | 2,455 | 49% | 49% | 674 | 64% |
| 3 | AllahabadAllahabad University | 27,724 | 26,218 | 1,506 | 39% | 14% | 1 | 82% |
| 4 | DUUniversity of Delhi | 22,959 | 19,523 | 3,436 | 47% | 83% | 392 | 57% |
| 5 | HNBGUHemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University | 11,758 | 11,095 | 663 | 49% | 21% | 0 | 34% |
| 6 | GGVGuru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya | 10,699 | 9,807 | 892 | 41% | 40% | 0 | 65% |
| 7 | JMIJamia Millia Islamia | 10,481 | 8,810 | 1,671 | 51% | 93% | 670 | 91% |
| 8 | PondicherryPondicherry University | 10,220 | 8,441 | 1,779 | 47% | 71% | 13 | 69% |
| 9 | VBUVisva-Bharati University | 7,821 | 6,817 | 1,004 | 55% | 18% | 90 | 48% |
| 10 | JNUJawaharlal Nehru University | 7,807 | 4,521 | 3,286 | 44% | 95% | 30 | 73% |
| 11 | CSUCentral Sanskrit University | 6,985 | 6,354 | 631 | 45% | 27% | 0 | 46% |
| 12 | Manipur UnivManipur University | 6,023 | 4,768 | 1,255 | 53% | 2% | 9 | 85% |
| 13 | University of HyderabadUniversity of Hyderabad | 5,575 | 4,086 | 1,489 | 45% | 74% | 62 | 73% |
| 14 | NEHUNorth Eastern Hill University | 5,490 | 4,688 | 802 | 56% | 24% | 4 | 33% |
| 15 | Tezpur UnivTezpur University | 5,120 | 4,035 | 1,085 | 43% | 16% | 17 | 54% |
| 16 | CUHCentral University of Haryana | 4,667 | 3,983 | 684 | 44% | 50% | 0 | 74% |
| 17 | Tripura UnivTripura University | 4,439 | 3,921 | 518 | 56% | 11% | 5 | 75% |
| 18 | MANUUMaulana Azad National Urdu University | 4,345 | 3,689 | 656 | 46% | 81% | 15 | 91% |
| 19 | IGNTUIndira Gandhi National Tribal University | 4,338 | 3,538 | 800 | 45% | 36% | 0 | 78% |
| 20 | BBAUBabasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University | 4,252 | 3,374 | 878 | 63% | 77% | 77 | 89% |
| 21 | RGURajiv Gandhi University | 3,582 | 2,896 | 686 | 50% | 13% | 0 | 96% |
| 22 | MZUMizoram University | 3,166 | 2,302 | 864 | 48% | 20% | 6 | 94% |
| 23 | CAUCentral Agricultural University | 2,891 | 2,714 | 177 | 58% | 81% | 0 | 87% |
| 24 | CU JharkhandCentral University of Jharkhand | 2,851 | 2,525 | 326 | 47% | 59% | 0 | 42% |
| 25 | CUPCentral University of Punjab | 2,615 | 1,856 | 759 | 53% | 94% | 18 | 63% |
| 26 | CUJCentral University of Jammu | 2,611 | 2,282 | 329 | 51% | 38% | 0 | 40% |
| 27 | CUHPCentral University of Himachal Pradesh | 2,563 | 1,871 | 692 | 57% | 31% | 0 | 52% |
| 28 | CU KeralaCentral University of Kerala | 2,432 | 1,923 | 509 | 67% | 24% | 1 | 71% |
| 29 | CURAJCentral University of Rajasthan | 2,341 | 1,911 | 430 | 40% | 46% | 1 | 75% |
| 30 | CUTNCentral University of Tamil Nadu | 2,297 | 1,914 | 383 | 61% | 56% | 0 | 78% |
| 31 | Sikkim UnivSikkim University | 1,919 | 1,398 | 521 | 57% | 46% | 4 | 69% |
| 32 | RPCAUDr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University | 1,909 | 1,836 | 73 | 40% | 59% | 1 | 70% |
| 33 | MGAHVMahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya | 1,718 | 1,553 | 165 | 33% | 91% | 0 | 53% |
| 34 | CUOCentral University of Odisha | 1,294 | 1,170 | 124 | 55% | 6% | 0 | 61% |
| 35 | CUGCentral University of Gujarat | 1,248 | 829 | 419 | 51% | 83% | 0 | 57% |
| 36 | CUAPCentral University of Andhra Pradesh | 1,046 | 1,034 | 12 | 51% | 65% | 0 | 68% |
| 37 | RLBCAURani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University | 349 | 326 | 23 | 39% | 94% | 0 | 65% |
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Students in the programmes each university runs itself, for the academic year of its latest return (2024-25 for most). Students of affiliated colleges that report separately are not included. Women, other states and SC/ST/OBC or low-income ("economically backward" in the NIRF return) are shares of UG and PG 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)