🏛️ Universities & Institutes of National Importance in Hyderabad

Universities, deemed universities and institutes of national importance in Hyderabad — University of Hyderabad, Osmania, JNTU, IIT Hyderabad, IIIT-H, ISB, NALSAR and the private universities.

University of Hyderabad (HCU)

Central university · Institution of Eminence

📍 Gachibowli

Central university founded 1974, ranked among India's top universities; integrated master's, MA/M.Sc, M.Tech and PhD across sciences, humanities and social sciences.

Osmania University

State university · Est. 1918

📍 Amberpet / Tarnaka

One of India's oldest universities, with constituent colleges (Engineering, Technology, Law, Arts, Science, Commerce, Nizam College) and hundreds of affiliated colleges.

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH)

State technical university

📍 Kukatpally

Telangana's technical university (1972) affiliating engineering, pharmacy and management colleges; main campus at Kukatpally.

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H)

Institute of national importance · Engineering & science

📍 Kandi, Sangareddy

Founded 2008; among the fastest-rising IITs, on a 576-acre campus at Kandi off the Mumbai highway.

International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H)

Deemed university · IT & research

📍 Gachibowli

Founded 1998; a top research university in computing, AI and language technologies.

Indian School of Business (ISB)

Business school · PGP

📍 Gachibowli

Founded 2001; India's highest-ranked business school in global rankings, with a second campus at Mohali.

NALSAR University of Law

State university · Law

📍 Shameerpet

National law university (1998); BA LLB (Hons), LLM and PhD, admission through CLAT.

Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)

Central university

📍 Gachibowli

Central university (1998) teaching through Urdu, with schools of arts, sciences, education, technology and a polytechnic.

English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU)

Central university · Languages

Central university (formerly CIEFL, 1958) for English and foreign-language studies, teacher education and linguistics.

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Deemed university · Engineering & science

📍 Shameerpet (Jawahar Nagar)

Hyderabad campus of BITS Pilani, opened 2008.

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE)

Deemed university · IBS Hyderabad

📍 Dontanapally, Shankarpally Road

Deemed university with the ICFAI Business School, law, science and technology faculties.

Mahindra University

Private university

📍 Bahadurpally

Private university (2020) grown out of the Mahindra École Centrale engineering college.

Woxsen University

Private university · Business & design

📍 Kamkole, Sangareddy

Private university (2020) known for its business and design schools.

GITAM Hyderabad

Deemed university

📍 Rudraram, Patancheru

Hyderabad campus of GITAM (Deemed to be University).

Anurag University

Private university

📍 Venkatapur, Ghatkesar

Private university (2020) of the Anurag group.

Malla Reddy University

Private university

📍 Maisammaguda, Dhulapally

Private university (2020) of the Malla Reddy group.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University

State open university · Distance learning

📍 Jubilee Hills

India's first open university (1982), offering distance-learning degrees including B.Ed.

Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University

State university · Telugu language & fine arts

📍 Nampally (Public Gardens)

State university for Telugu language, literature, music, dance and theatre studies.

Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNAFAU)

State university · Architecture, fine arts, design

📍 Masab Tank

State university (2008) for architecture, planning, fine arts, design and animation.

Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University

State agricultural university

📍 Rajendranagar

The state agricultural university with its College of Agriculture at Rajendranagar.

P.V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University

State university · Veterinary

📍 Rajendranagar

State veterinary university with the College of Veterinary Science at Rajendranagar.

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Hyderabad

Institute of national importance · Pharmacy

M.S. (Pharm), M.Tech and PhD in pharmaceutical sciences.

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Hyderabad

Research institute · Sciences

📍 Gopanpally

Hyderabad centre of TIFR for research and PhD in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics.

CSIR — Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

Research institute · Life sciences

Premier CSIR laboratory for molecular biology; PhD through AcSIR.

Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE)

Business school · PGDM

Management institute founded 1964 with AICTE-approved PGDM programmes.

Nizam College (Autonomous)

Autonomous college · Osmania · Est. 1887

📍 Basheerbagh

Historic constituent college of Osmania University in the heart of the city.

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