The Central universities, also known as union universities are those universities that work under Department of Higher Education in Union HRD ministry. In India, all the universities are recognized by a committee called as University Grants Commission (UGC). According to a report by UGC, India has as many as 47 Central Universities. Below is the list of them.
Sl No. | Name | Location | Field |
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1 | Rajiv Gandhi University | Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh | General |
2 | Assam University | Silchar, Assam | General |
3 | Tezpur University | Tezpur, Assam | General |
4 | Central University of Bihar | Gaya, Bihar | General |
5 | Mahatma Gandhi Central University | Motihari, Bihar | General |
6 | Central University of Karnataka | Gulbarga, Karnataka | General |
7 | Nalanda University | Rajgir, Bihar | Postgraduate |
8 | Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya | Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh | General |
9 | Indira Gandhi National Open University | New Delhi | Distance education |
10 | Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi | General |
11 | Jawaharlal Nehru University | New Delhi | General |
12 | South Asian University | New Delhi | General |
13 | University of Delhi | New Delhi | General |
14 | Central University of Gujarat | Gandhinagar, Gujarat | General |
15 | Central University of Haryana | Mahendragarh, Haryana | General |
16 | Central University of Himachal Pradesh | Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh | General |
17 | Central University of Jammu | Jammu | General |
18 | Central University of Kashmir | Srinagar | General |
19 | Central University of Jharkhand | Ranchi, Jharkhand | General |
20 | Central University of Kerala | Kasaragod, Kerala | Science, fine arts, literature |
21 | Indian Maritime University | Cochin, Kerala | Maritime |
22 | Indira Gandhi National Tribal University | Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh | General |
23 | Central Agricultural University | Manipur | Agriculture |
24 | Manipur University | Manipur | General |
25 | North Eastern Hill University | Shillong, Meghalaya | General |
26 | Mizoram University | Mizoram | General |
27 | Nagaland University | Nagaland | General |
28 | Central University of Orissa | Koraput, Odisha | General |
29 | Pondicherry University | Puducherry | General |
30 | Central University of Punjab | Bathinda, Punjab | General |
31 | Central University of Rajasthan | Rajasthan | General |
32 | Sikkim University | Gangtok, Sikkim | General |
33 | Central University of Tamil Nadu | Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu | Humanities, sciences |
34 | English and Foreign Languages University | Hyderabad, Telangana | Language |
35 | Maulana Azad National Urdu University | Hyderabad, Telangana | Language |
36 | University of Hyderabad | Hyderabad, Telangana | General |
37 | Tripura University | Tripura | General |
38 | Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh | General |
39 | University of Allahabad | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh | General |
40 | Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | General |
41 | Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | General |
42 | Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University | Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh | General |
43 | Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya | Sagar, Madhya Pradesh | General |
44 | Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya | Gandhi Hills, Maharashtra | Language |
45 | Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University | Jhansi, Utter Pradesh | Agriculture |
46 | Visva Bharati | Shantiniketan, West Bengal | General |
47 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University | Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand | General |