Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2026: Top 75 State Public Universities

Are you looking for the top State Public Universities in India? Check out Outlook-ICARE's annual ranking of India’s top 75 State Public Universities for 2026 to make an informed choice based on multiple parameters.

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Updated on: 30 July 2026 3:26 pm

RANK 2026	UNIVERSITY NAME	STATE	ACADEMIC & RESEARCH EXCELLENCE 400	INDUSTRY INTERFACE & PLACEMENT 200	INFRASTRUCTURE & FACILITIES 150	GOVERNANCE & EXTENSION 150	DIVERSITY & OUTREACH 100	TOTAL SCORE 1000
1	JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY KOLKATA	West Bengal	387.45	196.33	128.03	127.08	89.12	928.01
2	CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY KOLKATA	West Bengal	377.65	185.63	143.85	136.61	82.28	926.02
3	SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY PUNE	Maharashtra	384.71	191.02	120.68	136.68	86.28	919.37
4	BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY COIMBATORE	Tamil Nadu	365.56	193.97	139.15	126.75	88.3	913.73
5	VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (VTU) BELAGAVI	Karnataka	385.58	191.7	113.34	128.88	89.47	908.97
6	ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	385.48	186.43	139.96	118.61	76.55	907.03
7	ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY ANNAMALAINAGAR	Tamil Nadu	387.71	168.65	135.99	136.32	77.72	906.39
8	MYSORE UNIVERSITY MYSORE	Karnataka	387.25	169.35	136.81	117.23	93.65	904.29
9	ANDHRA UNIVERSITY VISAKHAPATNAM	Andhra Pradesh	386.05	188.04	131.91	124.7	71.42	902.12
10	GUJARAT UNIVERSITY AHMEDABAD	Gujarat	395.45	180.73	117.11	118.78	88.92	900.99
11	UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	386.46	175.8	140.66	130.64	65.89	899.45
12	KERALA UNIVERSITY THIRUVANANTHAPURAM	Kerala	381.09	182.34	116.54	133.65	74.35	887.97
13	OSMANIA UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD	Telangana	377.22	183.74	128.91	117.49	77.49	884.85
14	ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY KARAIKUDI	Tamil Nadu	380.42	187.2	123.85	110.88	81.66	884.01
15	COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COCHIN	Kerala	356.35	185.56	123.23	146.58	71.39	883.11
16	GAUHATI UNIVERSITY GUWAHATI	Assam	367.25	172.07	138.83	113.12	91.75	883.02
17	UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR SRINAGAR	Jammu and Kashmir	366.98	174.24	121.52	136.83	81.58	881.15
18	GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY AMRITSAR	Punjab	389.15	189.47	102.68	130.2	64.99	876.49
19	SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI	Andhra Pradesh	370.08	183.73	114.14	121.2	86.09	875.24
20	BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI	Tamil Nadu	373.31	194.65	119.69	108.5	79.04	875.19
21	UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT CALICUT	Kerala	354.93	183.44	115.77	123.29	95.18	872.61
22	MADURAI KAMRAJ UNIVERSITY MADURAI	Tamil Nadu	381.39	158.93	147.44	110.36	74.48	872.6
23	UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU JAMMU TAWI	Jammu and Kashmir	371.86	171.44	104.55	133.42	85.71	866.98
24	BANGALORE UNIVERSITY BENGALURU	Karnataka	354.74	180.11	137.75	103.34	90.46	866.4
25	GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY NEW DELHI	Delhi	386.02	171.43	113.32	107.79	84.79	863.35
26	MUMBAI UNIVERSITY MUMBAI	Maharashtra	366.77	188.78	111.54	130.11	66.07	863.27
27	PERIYAR UNIVERSITY SALEM	Tamil Nadu	362.55	166.66	123.57	133.05	77.27	863.1
28	DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY AURANGABAD	Maharashtra	374.46	162.52	139.21	103.46	82.19	861.84
29	MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK	Haryana	368.96	171.55	118.32	111.57	89.55	859.95
30	KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY SHIMOGA	Karnataka	358.01	192.97	109.49	110.04	89.14	859.65
31	THE UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN BARDDHAMAN	West Bengal	381.28	161.56	128.63	113.13	73.19	857.79
32	UTKAL UNIVERSITY BHUBANESWAR	Odisha	397.07	161.71	110.25	110.89	77.64	857.56
33	GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HISAR	Haryana	358.34	174.32	136.7	118.79	69.23	857.38
34	MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA VADODARA	Gujarat	354.74	181.64	125.16	112.88	81.02	855.44
35	GOA UNIVERSITY GOA	Goa	371.98	172.8	106.73	123.14	80.28	854.93
36	MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY KOTTAYAM	Kerala	391.59	157.82	113.4	100.12	89.45	852.38
37	DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA INDORE	Madhya Pradesh	376.93	164.83	122.6	113.07	71.31	848.74
38	DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY DIBRUGARH	Assam	351.19	194.24	113.98	115.5	71.6	846.51
39	KALYANI UNIVERSITY KALYANI	West Bengal	351.21	178.58	128.41	112.3	74.81	845.31
40	SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY KOLHAPUR	Maharashtra	377.75	156.98	126.71	109.56	74.21	845.21
41	SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY KATRA	Jammu and Kashmir	362.51	179.99	108.42	117.38	76.11	844.41
42	YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY KADAPA	Andhra Pradesh	366.01	184.66	117.6	96.89	76.96	842.12
43	ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY GUNTUR	Andhra Pradesh	366.11	172.96	116.94	104.54	78.43	838.98
44	MANGALORE UNIVERSITY MANGALAGANGOTRI	Karnataka	359.48	185.54	121.12	103.19	68.93	838.26
45	MOHANLAL SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY UDAIPUR	Rajasthan	353.47	179.92	105.61	112.08	84.75	835.83
46	NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY UMAVINAGAR	Maharashtra	353.87	173.13	109.78	126.72	69.87	833.37
47	PANJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA	Punjab	359.39	168.72	122.24	108.07	72.38	830.8
48	RAYALASEEMA UNIVERSITY KURNOOL	Andhra Pradesh	361.71	177.52	103.21	120.29	67.08	829.81
49	SREE SANKARACHARYA UNIVERSITY OF SANSKRIT KALADY	Kerala	363.3	158.63	133.07	106.65	67.9	829.55
50	SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR	Andhra Pradesh	357.7	160.36	118.39	120.81	70.13	827.39
51	SRI PADMAVATHI MAHILA VISVA VIDYALAYAM TIRUPATHI	Andhra Pradesh	356.26	162.27	116.81	119.19	67.94	822.47
52	THE RASHTRASANT TUKADOJI MAHARAJ NAGPUR UNIVERSITY NAGPUR	Maharashtra	354.26	161.5	117.32	119.28	66.29	818.65
53	TUMKUR UNIVERSITY TUMKUR	Karnataka	356.1	159.71	115.35	121.17	66.18	818.51
54	UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW LUCKNOW	Uttar Pradesh	351.67	160.6	116.14	120.38	64.58	813.37
55	VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY MIDNAPORE	West Bengal	352.87	158.19	114.29	119.89	63.28	808.52
56	J.C. BOSE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FARIDABAD	Haryana	351.88	155.73	112.97	119.15	64.92	804.65
57	KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA	Haryana	351.81	155.23	111.32	120.36	63.38	802.1
58	SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY SAMBALPUR	Odisha	350.35	156.49	113	118.99	59.75	798.58
59	PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY LUDHIANA	Punjab	349.56	155.36	111.58	119.42	61.7	797.62
60	G. B. PANT UNIVERSTIY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY PANTNAGAR	Uttarakhand	348.94	156.01	110.06	121.23	61.23	797.47
61	MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY TIRUNELVELI	Tamil Nadu	350.18	154.43	110.14	119.13	61.85	795.73
62	UNIVERSITY OF KERALA TRIVANDRUM	Kerala	347.77	154.31	112.71	119.31	61.37	795.47
63	VEER SURENDRA SAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY BURLA	Odisha	347.57	154.5	109.01	120.39	63.49	794.96
64	HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY SHIMLA	Himachal Pradesh	347.91	151.83	107.88	119.65	61.61	788.88
65	TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY COIMBATORE	Tamil Nadu	346.89	150.53	109.05	117.63	59.02	783.12
66	UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES DHARWAD	Karnataka	344.99	151.59	107.64	118.53	58.88	781.63
67	TAMIL NADU VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	345.39	149.65	107.75	120.1	57.85	780.74
68	KARNATAKA UNIVERSITY DHARWAD	Karnataka	346.3	147.61	105.79	120.84	55.37	775.91
69	SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY VALLABH VIDYANAGAR ANAND	Gujarat	344.4	147.87	105.08	121.07	56.85	775.27
70	ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND	Gujarat	344.33	145.22	106.11	121.77	54.74	772.17
71	PROFESSOR JAYASHANKAR TELANGANA STATE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD	Telangana	345.63	142.99	104.3	122.19	56.23	771.34
72	ACHARYA N G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY GUNTUR	Andhra Pradesh	345.22	142.57	102.89	123.42	56.2	770.3
73	CHAUDHARY SARWAN KUMAR HIMACHAL PARDESH KRISHI VISHVAVIDYALAYA KANGRA	Himachal Pradesh	346.22	140.85	100.35	120.9	57.79	766.11
74	DR. Y. S. PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY SOLAN	Himachal Pradesh	345.97	137.89	100.7	117.92	59.09	761.57
75	GONDWANA UNIVERSITY GADCHIROLI	Maharashtra	345.95	136.32	102.22	117.12	58.23	759.84

(This story appeared in Outlook magazine’s August 17 issue, 'Parliament on Street', which takes an incisive look at the student protests against recurring examination paper leaks, the zing of Gen-Z politics and the Jantar Mantar protest at Delhi which triggered a strong response all across India, sending out a clear reminder that while governments are formed in Parliament, democracies remain alive on the streets)

Published At: 30 July 2026 3:26 pm

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Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2026: Top 75 State Public Universities

Are you looking for the top State Public Universities in India? Check out Outlook-ICARE's annual ranking of India’s top 75 State Public Universities for 2026 to make an informed choice based on multiple parameters.