India’s Top 10 Private Higher Education Institutions

India’s higher education system includes / both public and private universities.Both provide high-quality education and a range of courses. There are 388 private UGC-registered institutions in India, according to reports dated August 6, 2021. These UGC-regulated universities are essential to the development of priceless human resources.

List of universities

According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework’s (NIRF) 2021 ranking, India’s top 10 private universities are as follows here – 

1. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

The private deemed university Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is situated in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. In 1994, the university was founded. It has NAAC accreditation and is connected to both AICTE and UGC. The university received the fifth-place ranking in the 2021 NIRF list with a total score of 61.23/100. The university was granted Institutes of Eminence designation by UGC in 2019.

Below are specifics on a few of the university’s popular courses –

Courses	Fees	Median Salary

B.E./B.Tech.	Rs. 9.6 L – 13.1 L	Rs. 4.5 LPA
M.E./M.Tech	Rs. 3.12 L – 3.66 L	Rs. 4.8 – 4.85 LPA
MD	Rs. 9 L – 90.98 L	Rs. 9.5 – 9.6 LPA
DM	Rs. 84 L	–
MBA/PGDM	Rs. 2.2 L – 10.6 L	–
MBBS	Rs. 81 L	Rs. 5.5 LPA
MDS	Rs. 14.79 L – 38.79 L	Rs. 13 LPA

Services and Infrastructure

The facilities of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is rated 4.1 out of 5 stars. A library, a hostel, sports complex, labs, gym, convenience store, medical facility,/ canteen, auditorium / , banks /, ATMs,/ guest house, etc. are among the amenities the university provides to its students.

Placements

Engineering was the largest domain in 2022. This year’s top employers include Amazon, Zoho, Deloitte, Federal Bank, Naukri, Asian Paints, Infosys, Intel, IBM, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, Cerner, Bosch, Cognizant, Accenture, UST Global, and more.

2. Manipal University – Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Manipal institution is situated in Manipal, Karnataka, and is a private deemed institution. The institution was founded by T. M. A. Pai in 1953. It has ties to AIU, PCI, ACU, and UGC. The NAAC has granted Manipal University its accreditation. The university secured the seventh position in the 2021 NIRF list with a final score of 60.58 out of 100.

Courses, Fees, and Salary

Courses	Fees	Median Salary

MHA	Rs. 3.78 L	Rs. 4.08 LPA
B.Sc.	Rs. 2.1 L – 7.36 L	Rs. 3.5 – 6.3 LPA
M.Sc.	Rs. 38.5 K – 9.5 L	Rs. 3.72 – 10 LPA
MCA	Rs. 3.06 L – 3.68 L	Rs. 4 LPA
BOPTM	Rs. 5.89 L – 6.16 L	–
BBA	Rs. 4.69 L	Rs. 4.4 LPA
Certificate	Rs. 7 K – 11 L

Services and Infrastructure

anipal University’s facility has received a rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars. The university provides various facilities to maintain this rating. These facilities are library, in-campus hostel, sports complex, gym, labs, convenience store, A/C classrooms, music room, auditorium, moot court, Wi-Fi campus, hospital, shuttle service, cafeteria, bank, ATM, digital classrooms, etc.

Placements

Engineering, management, pharmaceuticals, and biomedical were the fields with the greatest placement rates in 2020. ITC, Microsoft, Dell, Amazon, E&Y, My Gate, Cisco, Accenture, SAP Labs, HDFC Bank, Federal Bank, Pinclick, Apollo Munich, Western Digital, Deloitte, Infosys, Thomson Reuters, Reliance, Nucleus Software, and others are some of the year’s top recruiters.

3. VIT Vellore – Vellore Institute of Technology

The private deemed university VIT Vellore is situated in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. G. Viswanathan founded the university in 1984. In addition to being accredited by the NAAC, NBA, ABET, ACBSP, and ACCA, it is associated with UGC. With a total score of 56.63/100, the university was ranked 13th in the 2021 NIRF list.

Courses, Fees, and Salary

Courses	Fees	Median Salary

B.Tech.	Rs. 4.89 L – 7.92 L	Rs. 5.5 – 6.5 LPA
B.Arch.	Rs. 14.28 L	Rs. 3.25 LPA
BCA	Rs. 1.67 L	Rs. 2.01 LPA
MBA	Rs. 7 L	Rs. 4.5 LPA
M.Tech.	Rs. 2.99 L – 4.89 L	Rs. 5.52 – 6 LPA
MCA	Rs. 2.77 L	Rs. 5.52 LPA

Services and Infrastructure

VIT Vellore’s infrastructure has a 4.6 out of 5 star grade. 

The university offers a number of amenities, including a library, canteen, dormitory, sports complex, gym, shuttle service, hospital, auditorium, conference hall, guest home, convenience shop, / research centers, / seminar hall, / book store, / post office, counseling hall, discussion room, etc.

Placements

The IT industry offered the greatest number of placements in 2020. Microsoft, Wipro, Tata Motors, HP, Morgan Stanley, Qualcomm, Ashok Leyland, Intel, Hitachi, Honda, eBay, DE Shaw & Co., Dell, Amazon, GE, Texas Instruments, and others were among the year’s top recruiters.

4. BITS Pilani – Birla Institute of Technology and Science

The private deemed university BITS Pilani is situated in Pilani, Rajasthan. In 1964, the university was founded. It has affiliations with AIU, ACU, PCI, and UGC. BITS has NAAC accreditation. With a total score of 54.74/100, the university was ranked 17th in the 2021 NIRF list.

Courses, Fees, and Salary

Courses	Fees	Median Salary

B.Tech.	Rs. 4.62 L – 19.19 L	Rs. 14 LPA
B.Pharma	Rs. 16.41 L – 19.19 L	Rs. 8.15 LPA
MBA/PGDM	Rs. 2.31 L – 11.62 L	Rs. 8.33 LPA
M.Tech.	Rs. 2.31 L – 8.92 L	Rs. 12.5 LPA
M.Pharma	Rs. 8.92 L	Rs. 4.2 LPA
Ph.D.	Rs. 78.57 K	–

Services and Infrastructure

BITS has an overall facilities rating of 4.5 out of 5. 

The university is renowned for a number of amenitie_, including_ its_ library,_ separate facilities for males and females, sports complex&, labs, campus Wi-Fi, gym, air-conditioned classrooms, medical center, digital classrooms, theater, etc.

Placements

The fields with the highest placement rates in 2020 were engineering, computer technology, and business development. Commvault Systems, Toyota, KPMG, Accenture, SBI,_ LinkedIn, +Google, / HSBC, -Microsoft, RBL, HUL, Adobe, TCS, UCO Bank, Oracle India, FMC, Bharti Airtel, Facebook, Bank of America, Maruti Suzuki, and others were among the year’s top recruiters.

5. Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar

A private deemed university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, is called SOA. In 1995, Manojranjan Nayak created it. AICTE, BCI, DCI, PCI, NMC, INC, ICAR, UGC, and AICTE are all associated with SOA. It has NBA and NAAC accreditation. With a total score of 52.34/100, the university was ranked 20th in the 2021 NIRF list.

Courses, Fees, and Salary

Courses	Fees	Median Salary

B.Phrama	Rs. 6.1 L	Rs. 3.6 LPA
M.Pharma	Rs. 3.1 L	Rs. 3.5 LPA
MBA/PGDM	Rs. 1.8 L – 7.6 L	Rs. 3.5 LPA
B.Tech.	Rs. 3.96 L – 10.1 L	Rs. 3.6 LPA
BDS	Rs. 22 L	Rs. 5.4 LPA
M.Tech.	Rs. 2.56 L – 3.1 L	Rs. 3.5 LPA

Services and Infrastructure

The infrastructure of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan is rated 4.3 out of 5 stars. 

The institution offers its students a number of facilities, such as a sports complex, dorm, design studio, theater, labs, library, cafeteria, medical center, air-conditioned classrooms, gym, etc.

Placements

In 2021, Dell Technologies, Accor Hotels, Cognizant, HP, Hilton, ADP, Infosys, Nestle, OYO, Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Informatica, Hettich, HCL, Collabera, Coforge, Black Knight, Deloitte, CGI, Bosch, Atmecs, Amazon, Mahindra, Mindtree, and Reliance Industries Ltd. are a few of the top employers. 

6. KIIT University – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

The private deemed university known as KIIT University is situated in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It was founded by Achyuta Samanta in 1992. KIIT has ACU and NAAC accreditations and is associated with UGC. With a total score of 52.06/100, the university was ranked 21st in the 2021 NIRF list.

Courses, Fees, and Salary

Courses	Fees	Median Salary

MBA/PGDM	Rs. 5.33 L – 18.99 L	Rs. 6 – 9 LPA
BBA	Rs. 9.27 L	–
MHA	Rs. 3.83 L	Rs. 8 LPA
MBBS	Rs. 72 L	Rs. 10.08 LPA
M.Tech.	Rs. 4.68 L – 15.95 L	Rs. 8 LPA
B.Arch.	Rs. 15.95 L	Rs. 10 LPA

Services and Infrastructure

KIIT’s overall infrastructure ranking is 4.7 out of 5. A library,/ cafeteria, hostel, sports complx, labs, moot court, Wi-Fi campus, convenience store, shuttle service, auditorium, gym, design studio, medical facilities, A/C classrooms, conference and banquet halls, open-air theaters, convention center, guest house, post office, banks, ATMs, animal houses, etc.

Placements

Amazon, Wipro, Dell, TVS, Infosys, Quikr, , DBS, ZS, Directi, Endurance, Adobe, Cognizant, DBS, Accenture, and others were among the top recruiters in 2019. and also Hyundai, Deloitte, SAP, Novartis, Microsoft.

7. SASTRA University Thanjavur – Shanmugha Arts Science Technology Research and Academy

SASTRA University was founded in 1984 and is a private deemed university situated in Thirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. It has a connection to UGC. With a total score of 51.83/100, the university was ranked 22nd in the 2021 NIRF list.

Courses, Fees, and Salary

Courses	Fees	Median Salary

MBA/PGDM	Rs. 81 K – 2.58 L	Rs. 3.5 LPA
M.Tech.	Rs. 2.98 L – 7.71 L	Rs. 3.5 – 4 LPA
BOPTM	Rs. 4.6 L	Rs. 5 LPA
MCA	Rs. 85.6 K – 1.78 L	Rs. 3.5 LPA
B.Ed.	Rs. 2.34 L	Rs. 3.5 – 4 LPA
MFA	Rs. 81 K – 1.05 L	Rs. 3.5 LPA

Services and Infrastructure

SASTRA’s total infrastructure assessment is 4.2 out of 5 stars. Students at the institution have access to a variety of amenities, including a library, dorm, sports complex, labs, cafeteria, convenience store, hospital, Wi-Fi campus, gym, moot court, theater, campus shuttle, bank, seminar hall, senate hall, guest house, post office, and more.

Placements

In 2020, education was the most popular domain, followed by research. Hindustan Uniliver Ltd., TVS, Accenture, Idea, Oracle, ICICI Bank, CITI, Maruti Suzuki, Standard Chartered, KLA Tencor, Sterlite Technologies, Cognizant, TCS, Microsoft, Cisco, Coreel Technologies, and others were among the significant employers of the year.

8. Amity University, Noida

Amity institution is situated in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and is a private research institution. It was founded by Ashok Chauhan in 2005. Amity has ties to WASC, AIU, ACU, and UGC. It holds accreditation from WSCUC, NAAC, IET, BCI, DEB, and ACBSP. With a total score of 50.9/100, the university was ranked 25th in the 2021 NIRF list.

Courses, Fees, and Salary

Courses	Fees	Median Salary

MBA/PGDM	Rs. 2.1 L – 15.4 L	–
MHA	Rs. 5.18 L	–
MCA	Rs. 3.92 L – 6.36 L	–
B.P.Ed	Rs. 1.6 L – 6.36 L	–
M.Pharma	Rs. 2.44 L	–
M.Ed.	Rs. 1.28 L – 2.44 L	–

Services and Infrastructure

The infrastructure rating for Amity is 4.5 out of 5. 

The institution provides a number of amenities to its students, including a library, , a dance area, an auditorium, a design studio, an air-conditioned classroom, a convenience store, and more.canteen, dorm, sports complex, labs, a gym, a moot court, Wi-Fi on campus, a music room, a shuttle service, medical facilities

Placements

Business development was the largest domain in 2021, with sales coming in second. Google, Cisco, Reliance, Deloitte, Birlasoft, Cognizant, Goldman Sachs, TCS, L&T Infotech, SAP Labs, VMWare, Optum, Capgemini, Hexaware, DXC Technology, Accenture, Ernst & Young, Tech Mahindra, Microsoft, Genpact, IBM, Amazon, American Express, HCL Technologies, EY, Wipro, and others are some of the leading agencies that recruit.

9. Thapar University – Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Karam Chand Thapar founded TIET, a private deemed university, in Patiala, Punjab, in 1956. It has a connection to UGC. With a final score of 50.65 out of 100, the university was ranked 26th in the 2021 NIRF list.

Courses, Fees, and Salary

Courses	Fees	Median Salary

MBA/PGDM	Rs. 8.28 L – 17.36 L	–
M.Tech.	Rs. 3.41 L – 3.78 L	Rs. 8 LPA
Ph.D.	Rs. 1.68 L – 4.59 L	–
MCA	Rs. 3.89 L	Rs. 3.75 LPA
BBA	Rs. 12.14 L	–
B.Tech.	Rs. 8.85 L – 17.36 L	Rs. 6.3 – 8.1 LPA

Services and Infrastructure

Thapar’s facilities is rate at 4.5 out of 5 stars. A library, dorm, , waiting lounge, seminar halls, outdoor theater, courier booth, dining options, meeting spa.sports complex, labs, cafeteria, hospital, auditorium, gym, Wi-Fi campus, convenience store, post office, banking facility, laundry ces, etc. are just a few of the amenities the university offers its students

Placements

Engineering was the largest domain in 2020, followed by the business development and operations sectors, in that order. Havells, Indian Oil, Asian Paints, Cognizant, Bosch, CapGemini, Texas Instruments, Tata, Reliance Industries Ltd., LT, JSW Steel Ltd., Siemens, Vedanta, Samsung Engineering, Tata Consultancy Services, Schnieder Electric, and JP Morgan were among the year’s top recruiters.

10. SIMATS Chennai – Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences

Founded in 2005, SIMATS is a private deemed university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is accredited by NAAC and has ties to the National Medical Commission. With a total score of 50.36 out of 100, the university was ranked 29th in the 2021 NIRF list.

Courses, Fees, and Salary

MBBS	Rs. 1.11 Cr	–
BPT	Rs. 3.15 L	–
MD	Rs. 15 L – 1.05 Cr	–
M.Tech.	Rs. 1.2 L – 1.8 L	Rs. 4.5 LPA
DM	Rs. 60 L	–
D.Pharma	Rs. 1.2 L	–

Services and Infrastructure

SIMATS’s infrastructure has a 4.2 out of 5 star grade. A/C classrooms, a library, a separate dorm for boys and girls, a sports complex, labs, a moot court, an auditorium, a shuttle service, medical facilities, campus Wi-Fi, a gym, a canteen, an art studio, a theater, and more are all provided by the university.

Placements

Engineering was the largest domain in 2020. 

Amazon, Infosys, IBM, Wipro, Apollo Hospitals, Cognizant, Tech Mahindra, HCL, CapGemini, Tata Consultancy Services, Airtel, Ashok Leyland, Axis Bank, Flipkart, Forbes India, Cisco System, TCS, and others are some of the year’s top recruiters.