Lok Sabha Question No. 1366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Number of Universities to Provide Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.09.2020

## Number of Universities to Provide Higher Education

## †1366. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Universities to provide higher education in the Country State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether these Universities have facilities equivalent to foreign universities; and
- (c)  the  number  of  students  studying  in  Arts,  Science,  Commerce,  Medical  Faculties  of Indian Universities for higher education?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that as on 11.09.2020, there are  955  Universities  in  the  country  under  its  purview.  State/UT-wise  list  is  available  at Annexure . As per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 2019-20, which is yet to be released, 1043 Universities to provide higher education in the country have registered on the portal.
- (b): Specific survey or study for comparing facilities of foreign educational institutions and Indian  educational  institutions  (HEIs)  has  not  been  conducted.  However,  some  worldrenowned  university  rankings'  publications  such  as  Times  Higher  Education  World Ranking 2021 have more than 30 plus Indian institutions / universities amongst top 1000. Further,  for  internationalization  of  education  in  India  and  making  India  a  preferred destination  for  foreign  students,  the  Study  in  India  programme  has  been  launched  on 18.04.2018. For enabling Higher Educational Institutions to become world-class teaching and research institutions, the UGC has notified 'UGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017' and UGC (Declaration of Government Educational Institutions as Institutions of Eminence) Guidelines, 2017.
- (c):  The  UGC  has  informed  that  the  number  of  students  enrolled  in  Arts,  Science, Commerce, Medical Faculties during 2018-19 are as follows:

| Faculty     | Students Enrolment   |
|-------------|----------------------|
| Arts*       | 12,004,666           |
| Science**   | 6,410,931            |
| Commerce    | 4,417,823            |
| Medicine*** | 1,409,273            |

(

Source AISHE portal: 2018-19

)

- *Arts includes Humanities, Social Science & Languages etc.
- **Science includes Home Science, Computer Science/ Computer Applicatiion.
- ***Medicine  includes  Ayurveda,  Dentristry,  Homeopathy,  Nursing,  Pharmacy,  Public Health/ Social Preventive Medicine, Unani, Tibbia, Physiotherapy, Naturotherapy etc.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1366  FOR  19.09.2020  ASKED  BY  SHRI ANURAG  SHARMA,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT,  REGARDING NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION

| S. No   | Name of State/UT            |   Number of Universities |
|---------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                       00 |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh              |                       35 |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh           |                       10 |
| 4.      | Assam                       |                       25 |
| 5.      | Bihar                       |                       30 |
| 6.      | Chandigarh                  |                       02 |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh                |                       27 |
| 8.      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |                       00 |
| 9.      | Daman & Diu                 |                       00 |
| 10.     | Delhi                       |                       23 |
| 11.     | Goa                         |                       01 |
| 12.     | Gujarat                     |                       76 |
| 13.     | Haryana                     |                       50 |
| 14.     | Himachal Pradesh            |                       24 |
| 15.     | Jammu & Kashmir             |                       11 |
| 16.     | Jharkhand                   |                       28 |
| 17.     | Karnataka                   |                       66 |
| 18.     | Kerala                      |                       17 |
| 19.     | Lakshadweep                 |                       00 |
| 20.     | Madhya Pradesh              |                       64 |
| 21.     | Maharashtra                 |                       64 |
| 22.     | Manipur                     |                       09 |
| 23.     | Meghalaya                   |                       09 |
| 24.     | Mizoram                     |                       02 |
| 25.     | Nagaland                    |                       04 |
| 26.     | Odisha                      |                       30 |
| 27.     | Puducherry                  |                       02 |
| 28.     | Punjab                      |                       28 |
| 29.     | Rajasthan                   |                       84 |
| 30.     | Sikkim                      |                       06 |
| 31.     | Tamil Nadu                  |                       52 |
| 32.     | Telangana                   |                       23 |
| 33.     | Tripura                     |                       03 |
| 34.     | Uttar Pradesh               |                       74 |
| 35.     | Uttarakhand                 |                       34 |
| 36.     | Ladakh                      |                       02 |
| 37.     | West Bengal                 |                       40 |
| Total   | Total                       |                      955 |