Top 10 Universities in India 2024: NIRF Ranking and Courses

India is home to several top universities that provide students with top-notch education and well-recognized facilities. Being a student whether Indian or International, you want to have a dream university to study your preferred field. Here you can gather all the information related to various universities that rank among the top universities in India. As you know the Indian Education System works rapidly to develop the academic and extracurricular environment of the universities so every student can get the best education under the Government of India. 

Top 10 universities in India, which hold positions under this tag consistently hold ranks on a national and international basis, attracting youth to pursue their next education destination in one of these universities. 

List of the top 10 universities in India 2024

From the oldest university to the best university in India, this list contains public, private, state, deemed, and other universities. With a diverse range of courses, these universities offer engineering, humanities, management, social sciences, and medicine courses to cater to the needs of students with varied interests. 

1. Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore

This year, IISc (Indian Institute of Sciences) holds the first rank in the list of NIRF Ranking 2024. This institution is situated in Bangalore and offers several courses to engage the students.

1. General management, 
2. Astronomy, 
3. Aerospace engineering, 
4. Chemical engineering, 
5. Civil engineering, 
6. Computer science engineering, 
7. Electrical engineering, 
8. Materials science and technology,  
9. Electronics and communication engineering
10. Manufacturing engineering
11.  Communication engineering
12. Transportation engineering

Being the top 1st university in India, this university has an excellent infrastructure and it also offers various extracurricular activities to its students with academics.

2. Jawaharlal Nehru University

After the name of India’s first Prime Minister “Jawaharlal Nehru”, this university was established in the year of 1969. Holding second position in the NIRF Ranking 2024, this university is considered an ideal place for students to study bachelor’s degree in foreign languages. Criteria for admission in both the postgraduate & undergraduate are based on the entrance examination of CUET (Common University Entrance Test).

3. Jamia Millia Islamia

Ranked in the 3rd position of the NIRF Ranking in the year 2024, JMI (Jamia Millia Islamia) offers 200+ courses to its students. On various levels such as undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, certificate, and doctoral, JMI provides courses on various platforms also as regular, distance, and online modes of learning. Some of the popular courses are:

1. BA in Mass Media
2. BA in Turkish Language
3. BA Honors in Arabic Language
4. MA in History
5. MA in Arabic
6. MA in English
7. MA in Islamic Studies

These courses are more popular than other courses at JMI University.

4. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Situated in the state of Karnataka, MAHE (Manipal Academy of Higher Education) ranks 4 in the NIRF Ranking 2024. This university offers 300+ courses in various disciplines and here are some disciplines listed that are popular in the university:

1. Health Sciences
2. Science & Technology
3. Technology & Management
4. Humanities
5. Liberal Arts
6. Social Sciences

The majority of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and other courses are offered in these disciplines.

5. Banaras Hindu University

In the year of 1916, BHU was founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya offering various undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the streams of Commerce, Science, and Arts. List of the programs BHU offers:

1. B.Sc Industrial Microbiology 
2. M.Com.
3. M.Lib.I.Sc
4. M.C.A, 
5. M.P.Ed, 
6. M.Tech Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
7. M.Ed Special Education 

These courses are the specialty of Banaras Hindu University and instead of these courses various more courses are also offered by BHU.

6. University of Delhi

Considered one of the top government universities in India, the University of Delhi holds the position of 6th among the NIRF Ranking 2024. Containing several colleges under its head Delhi University provides various courses of undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, diploma, M.Phil, and other certifications. A list of colleges comes under DU:

1. SRCC
2. Lady Shri Ram College of Commerce
3. Satyawati College
4. Hindu College
5. Kirori Mal College
6. Miranda House
7. Daulat Ram College
8. Rajdhani College
9. Hansraj College
10. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College

7. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeth University

In diverse fields of arts and science, Ayurveda, agriculture, business/management, biotechnology, dentistry, engineering, medicine, mass communication, and nursing, this university provides courses that are beneficial to its students. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeth University ranked at the 7th position in the list of NIRF Ranking 2024. This university has 7 campuses in the country named:

1. Amritapuri, 
2. Amaravati, 
3. Bengaluru, 
4. Chennai, 
5. Coimbatore, 
6. Kochi, and 
7. Mysuru

8. Aligarh Muslim University

Being a central university which is owned by the Government, Aligarh Muslim University was established in the year of 1920. This university provides 100+ courses on different levels of Diploma, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Certificate. Holding a campus area of 1155, 1197 faculties, and more than 26,000 students, Aligarh Muslim University shines among the universities in India. 

9. Jadavpur University

Jadavpur University offers more than 150+ courses in various fields of study and at different levels like undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, and certification. On both the level of platform full-time and part-time, this university has some best courses like Bachelor of Pharma, Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Architecture, and Bachelor of Science, etc. 

10. Vellore Institute of Technology

66 Undergraduate, 57 postgraduate, 15 Integrated programs, 2 research programs, and 2 M.Tech industrial programs, are the courses which are offered by the VIT (Vellore Institute of Technology). To gain admission in the courses VIT conducts entrance examinations for some professionals but for other courses, VIT can accept the admission on the basis of merit. 

1. B.Tech/B.Sc Fashion Designing 
2. BA LLB/BBA LLB
3. PG Science/MBA/MCA/M.Tech/LLM

These above-given courses are some professional courses for which VIT conducts entrance examinations.