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Higher Education in India

India’s higher education is the most developed and the third largest in the world. Education in India is seen as a stepping stone to a bright career and one of the ways to upward social mobility. There has been considerable improvement in this respect and has globally acclaimed importance.

The Indian Institute of Technology and Management rank among the best higher educational institutes of the world. The Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Indian Institutes of management, Birla institute of Technology and Science (Pilani), the Indian School of Business (Hyderabad) and All India Institutes of Medical Science have been recognized among the best institutes in the world. As a result, students from different parts of the world are coming to grab these opportunities in India. A special feature of Indian higher Education system is distance learning institutes and Open University.

The University Grants Commission, Govt. of India is the main governing body responsible for coordinating, determination and maintenance of the standards of higher educational scenario in India. Apart from this, Distance Education Council, the All India Council for Technical Education, Medical Council of India and National Council for Teacher Education etc are responsible for monitoring, providing grants, recognizing courses and promoting professional institutes to various undergraduate programmes. The higher education in India is monitored and indirectly controlled by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

Presently India has a large number of government recognized Universities, out of which some are central universities, Open Universities, deemed universities and the rest of them are state universities. Other than these a large number of private institutes also offers various professional courses.

The IIT-JEE, CAT, CPMT and AIEEE are all-India common admission tests required for admission to all professional education colleges in India. A small percentage of seats are reserved for foreign students in most of the institutions.