Education in Maharashtra

The state of Maharashtra has a good educational infrastructure with 1 central university, 19 state universities, 21 deemed universities and more than 75000 primary schools and 19600 secondary schools. The state also boasts of more than 300 engineering/diploma colleges and 600 industrial training institutes. Maharashtra has a literacy rate of 82.91% which is above the national average of the country. The state has some best and oldest universities like the University of Mumbai established in 1857, University of Pune established in 1949 and the University of Nagpur established in 1923.

Following is the list of Universities in Maharashtra: The universities in Bold are state universities and the rest are deemed universities.

University	Location	Specialization
Bharati Vidyapeeth	Pune	General
Central Institute of Fisheries Education	Mumbai	Fisheries science
D. Y. Patil Education Society	Kolhapur	Medicine
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences	Wardha	Medical science
Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute	Pune	Archeology, linguistics
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology	Pune	Arms technology
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	Aurangabad	General
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University	Lonere	Technology
Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth	Dapoli	Agriculture
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	Pune	Medical science
Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth	Akola	Agriculture
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics	Pune	Economics
Homi Bhabha National Institute	Mumbai	Science, technology
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research	Mumbai	Economics
Institute of Chemical Technology	Mumbai	Chemical engineering
International Institute for Population Sciences	Mumbai	Population studies
Kavi Kulguru Kalidas Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya	Nagpur	Sanskrit
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences	Satara	Medical science
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University	Nagpur	Veterinary, fishery
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences	Nashik	Healthcare
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (Central)	Wardha	Hindi
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth	Rahuri	Agriculture
Marathwada Agricultural University	Parbhani	Agriculture
MGM Institute of Health Sciences	Navi Mumbai	Healthcare
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai	Business management
North Maharashtra University	Jalgaon	General
Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	Navi Mumbai	General
Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences	Ahmednagar	Medical science
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University	Nagpur	General
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Amravati	General
Shivaji University	Kolhapur	General
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University	Mumbai	Women's only
Solapur University	Solapur	General
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University	Nanded	General
Symbiosis International University	Pune	General
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Mumbai	Pure research
Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Mumbai	Social sciences
Tilak Maharashtra University	Pune	General
University of Mumbai	Mumbai	General
University of Pune	Pune	General
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University	Nashik	Distance education

Some other notable Institutions and Colleges in Maharashtra:
vernment Polytechnic, Pune

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

International Institute of Information Technology, Pune

K. J. Somaiya Institute, Mumbai

Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla

National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai

National School of Leadership, Pune

Pune Institute of Computer Technology

Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai

Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded

Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art, Mumbai

Sydenham College, Mumbai

Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune

Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, Mumbai

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology, Mumbai

Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli

Last Updated on October 14, 2025