Colleges · Karnataka
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Disha Stars lists 7,968 colleges, universities and standalone institutes in Karnataka: 29 verified Disha profiles and 7,939 listings from official registers. Of these, 1,307 are government, 6,381 private and 65 deemed; for 215 no register states the management. The register listings are 119 universities, 5,314 colleges and 2,506 standalone institutes. 82 are ranked in NIRF 2025. Register data as of 6 October 2026, mostly from AISHE, AICTE 2025-26 and UGC 2(f).
- Institutions
- 7,968
- Verified profiles
- 29
- Government
- 1,307
- NIRF 2025 ranked
- 82
Top 10 on this list
| Institution | Place | Management | NIRF 2025 | Registers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore) Verified profile | Bengaluru | Government | Management 2 | AISHE listed |
| National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal Verified profile | Mangaluru | Government | Engineering 17 | AISHE listed |
| Christ University Verified profile | Bengaluru | Deemed | Law 24 | AISHE listed, UGC listed |
| Visvesvaraya Technological University Verified profile | Belagavi | Government | University 101-150 | AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC listed |
| KLE Technological University Verified profile | Hubballi | Private | Engineering 151-200 | AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC listed |
| Akash Institute of Commerce and Management Verified profile | Bangalore | Private | Not ranked | AICTE approved |
| Bengaluru City University Verified profile | Bengaluru | Government | Not ranked | AISHE listed, UGC listed |
| Canarabank School of Management Studies BCU Campus Verified profile | Bengaluru | Government | Not ranked | AICTE approved |
| Christ Deemed to Be University Kengeri Campus Verified profile | Bengaluru | Deemed | Not ranked | AICTE approved |
| Dayananda Sagar University Verified profile | Bengaluru | Private | Not ranked | AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC listed |
Which are the government colleges in Karnataka?
1,307 on this list have government management, as the register or the verified profile states it. The first 10 in list order:
- Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore), Bengaluru
- National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangaluru
- Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi
- Bengaluru City University, Bengaluru
- Canarabank School of Management Studies BCU Campus, Bengaluru
- Government Polytechnic Haliyal, Haliyal
- Government Tool Room and Training Centre, Bengaluru
- Government Tool Room and Training Centre Devanahalli, Devanahalli
- Government Tool Room and Training Centre Udupi, Udupi
- Govt Tool Room and Training Centre Koppal, Koppal
Which colleges in Karnataka are ranked in NIRF 2025?
82 appear in the official India Rankings 2025 (NIRF), best rank in any category first.
- Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, University 1
- National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, Law 1
- Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore), Management 2
- Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, Open University 2
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal, University 3
- Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Dental 5
- A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Dental 6
- JSS College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy 7
- National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Medical 7
- Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, Pharmacy 8
Colleges by course in Karnataka
- Diploma colleges in Karnataka1,550
- Nursing colleges in Karnataka1,357
- Arts, science and commerce colleges in Karnataka1,286
- BCA colleges in Karnataka976
- BBA colleges in Karnataka847
- Paramedical colleges in Karnataka839
- B.Ed colleges in Karnataka633
- Polytechnic colleges in Karnataka580
- MBA colleges in Karnataka384
- MCA colleges in Karnataka267
- B.Tech colleges in Karnataka230
- Law colleges in Karnataka194
- M.Tech colleges in Karnataka179
- AYUSH colleges in Karnataka148
- Physiotherapy colleges in Karnataka140
- B.Pharm colleges in Karnataka95
- MBBS colleges in Karnataka76
- BDS colleges in Karnataka58
- Architecture colleges in Karnataka44
- Hotel management colleges in Karnataka27
- PhD colleges in Karnataka11
- Design colleges in Karnataka10
- M.Pharm colleges in Karnataka9
- Veterinary colleges in Karnataka9
Cities and districts in Karnataka
- Bengaluru1,881
- Belagavi482
- Kalaburagi457
- Mangaluru404
- Bidar396
- Dharwad313
- Vijayapura306
- Mysuru299
- Tumakuru254
- Raichur242
- Bagalkote229
- Bengaluru Rural221
- Kolar204
- Chitradurga192
- Ballari180
- Davanagere168
- Yadgir164
- Shivamogga153
- Hassan152
- Gadag144
- Udupi143
- Mandya138
- Koppal130
- Uttara Kannada119
- Haveri117
- Chikkaballapura102
- Bengaluru South100
- Chamarajanagar67
- Chikkamagaluru65
- Kodagu47
- Vijayanagara27
All colleges in Karnataka
Showing 1 to 50 of 7,968
- 1.Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore)
BengaluruGovernmentVerified Disha profileNIRF 2025 Management 2Registers: AISHE listed
- 2.National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
MangaluruGovernmentVerified Disha profileNIRF 2025 Engineering 17Registers: AISHE listed
- 3.Christ University
BengaluruDeemedVerified Disha profileNIRF 2025 Law 24Registers: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 4.Visvesvaraya Technological University
BelagaviGovernmentVerified Disha profileNIRF 2025 University 101-150Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 5.KLE Technological University
HubballiPrivateVerified Disha profileNIRF 2025 Engineering 151-200Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 6.Akash Institute of Commerce and Management
BangalorePrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved
- 7.Bengaluru City University
BengaluruGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 8.Canarabank School of Management Studies BCU Campus
BengaluruGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved
- 9.Christ Deemed to Be University Kengeri Campus
BengaluruDeemedVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved
- 10.Dayananda Sagar University
BengaluruPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 11.Government Polytechnic Haliyal
HaliyalGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved
- 12.Government Tool Room and Training Centre
BengaluruGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 13.Government Tool Room and Training Centre Devanahalli
DevanahalliGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 14.Government Tool Room and Training Centre Magadi
MagadiPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved
- 15.Government Tool Room and Training Centre Udupi
UdupiGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 16.Govt Tool Room and Training Centre Koppal
KoppalGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 17.K.S. School of Engineering and Management
BengaluruPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 18.Karnataka Samskrit University
BengaluruGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: UGC listed
- 19.Karnataka State Law University
HubballiGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 20.Kishkinda University
KoppalPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 21.Koppal University
KoppalGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 22.Rai Technology University
BangalorePrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 23.Rani Channamma University
BelagaviGovernmentVerified Disha profileRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 24.Sapthagiri Institute of Management
BengaluruPrivateVerified Disha profile
- 25.Sapthagiri NPS University
BengaluruPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 26.Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University
DharwadPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 27.Sindhi Institute of Management
BengaluruPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 28.Ssim-Iibs
BangalorePrivateVerified Disha profile
- 29.St. Claret College
BengaluruPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 30.Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
BengaluruDeemedUniversityNIRF 2025 University 1Registers: UGC listed, AISHE listed
- 31.National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
BengaluruGovernmentUniversityNIRF 2025 Law 1Registers: UGC listed, AISHE listed
- 32.Karnataka State Open University, Mysore
MysuruGovernmentUniversityNIRF 2025 Open University 2Registers: UGC listed, AISHE listed
- 33.Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal
ManipalDeemedUniversityNIRF 2025 University 3Registers: UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 34.Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal
ManipalDeemedCollegeNIRF 2025 Dental 5Registers: AISHE listed, NDC listed
- 35.A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences
MangaluruManagement not statedCollegeNIRF 2025 Dental 6Registers: NDC listed
- 36.JSS College of Pharmacy
MysuruPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 Pharmacy 7Registers: PCI approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 37.National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore
BengaluruManagement not statedUniversityNIRF 2025 Medical 7Registers: AISHE listed
- 38.Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
UdupiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 Pharmacy 8Registers: PCI approved, AISHE listed
- 39.JSS Dental College and Hospital
MysuruPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 Dental 10Registers: AISHE listed, NDC listed
- 40.Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
ManipalPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 Medical 10Registers: NMC permitted, AISHE listed
- 41.Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore
MangaluruDeemedCollegeNIRF 2025 Dental 11Registers: AISHE listed, NDC listed
- 42.University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
BengaluruGovernmentUniversityNIRF 2025 Agriculture 11Registers: UGC listed, AISHE listed
- 43.Alliance University
BengaluruPrivateUniversityNIRF 2025 Law 20Registers: UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 44.BMS College of Architecture
BengaluruPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 Architecture 20Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, COA approved 2026-27
- 45.Mysore University
MysuruGovernmentUniversityNIRF 2025 State Public University 20Registers: UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 46.JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research
MysuruDeemedUniversityNIRF 2025 University 21Registers: UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 47.M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
BengaluruPrivateUniversityNIRF 2025 Dental 22Registers: UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 48.SDM College of Dental Sciences & Hospital
DharwadPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 Dental 25Registers: AISHE listed, NDC listed
- 49.Bangalore University
BengaluruGovernmentUniversityNIRF 2025 State Public University 26Registers: UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 50.Manipal School of Architecture and Planning, Mahe
UdupiDeemedCollegeNIRF 2025 Architecture 27Registers: AISHE listed, COA approved 2026-27
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How this list is built
- A listing in the AISHE directory of the Ministry of Education is not a recognition. Each row names the regulator lists it appears in, so check the approval for your course with that regulator.
- Government or private is the management a register states. Where no register states it, the row says so.
- Order: verified Disha profiles first, then institutions ranked in NIRF 2025 (best rank in any category), then the rest, those named by more official registers first, then A to Z. This is not a quality ranking.
Read the methodology or report a correction.
Sources and last updated
- Listed in the AISHE directory of higher education institutions, Ministry of Education (a listing is not a recognition) (7,224 on this list)
- Approved by AICTE for 2025-26 (1,615 on this list)
- College recognised by the University Grants Commission under section 2(f), or 2(f) and 12B (562 on this list)
- Approved by the Pharmacy Council of India (322 on this list)
- University recognised by the University Grants Commission (92 on this list)
- Ranked in the official India Rankings 2025 (82 on this list)
- Permitted by the National Medical Commission to teach MBBS (75 on this list)
- Listed on the permitted seats register of the National Dental Commission (formerly the Dental Council of India) (47 on this list)
- Approved by the Council of Architecture for 2026-27 (35 on this list)
- Given permission or conditional permission for 2026-27 by the National Commission for Homoeopathy (17 on this list)
- Listed by the Veterinary Council of India as a recognised or provisionally recognised college (May 2026) (6 on this list)
- Affiliated to the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (3 on this list)
Register data as of . AISHE HE Directory read on . Verified profiles updated .
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