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Universities in Maharashtra

Maharashtra is one of the top destinations for Education in India. With numerous schoosl, colleges and other educational institutions operating in the state, Maharashtra is flocked by students from all over the country for pursuing a career in their chosen field. Pune is a hub for popular colleges and institutions in Maharashtra. Other cities in Maharashtra that are known for having a sound educational base include Mumbai, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Aurangabad and Nagpur.

Maharashtra hosts numerous colleges offering range of courses in the field of science, commerce as well as arts academic programs. Some excellent institutes in Maharashtra include Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Mumbai), Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute (Pune), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai), Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (Aurangabad), Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai), Institute of Armament Technology (Pune), NMIMS University (Mumbai), Shivaji University (Kolhapur), Symbiosis International Education Centre (Pune), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Mumbai), University of Mumbai (Mumbai), etc.

According to the statistics of Census 2011, the literacy rate in the state of Maharashtra is 82.91%. The male literacy rate is 89.82% and female literacy rate is 75.48%.

The “private entities” are allowed by the government to form new universities in the state. This measure was taken to bring in more investors to the state.

Find below exclusive details about Universities in Maharashtra:

1. Ajeenkya DY Patil University
2. Armed Forces Medical College
3. All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
4. Agharkar Research Institute
5. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
6. Central Institute of Fisheries Education
7. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj University
8. Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth
9. Flame University
10. G H Raisoni University Amravati
11. IIIT Pune
12. IIM Nagpur
13. Indian Institute of Packaging
14. International Institute for Population Sciences
15. IISER Pune
16. IIT Bombay
17. Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre
18. Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University
19. Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Viswavidyalaya
20. MIT World Peace University
21. Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai
22. Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth
23. National Civil Defence College
24. National Fire Service College Nagpur
25. National Institute of Securities Markets
26. National Law University Nagpur
27. Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth
28. Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research
29. Sandip University
30. TISS - Tata Institute of Social Sciences
31. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
32. Dr. B.V. Rao Institute of Poultry Management and Technology
33. Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth
34. Western Regional Instrumentation Centre