Universities in Rajasthan

Mainly there are around 22 universities in Rajasthan at present, offering all kinds of Graduate, Post-Graduate degrees, professional and vocational courses. Most of the universities are members of the Association of Indian Universities. Some of them are the state universities, while others are the deemed universities.

State Universities

State universities in the state are run and administered by the Government of Rajasthan. The University Grants Commission, however, allocates funds for the development of the universities. The names of these state universities are as below:

Banasthali Vidhyapith, Banasthali

Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur

Kota Open University, Kota

Maharana Pratap University of Agrilcuture & Technology, Udaipur

Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer

Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur

National Law University, Jodhpur

Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner

Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur

University of Bikaner, Bikaner

University of Kota, Kota

University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Rajasthan Technical University, Kota

Vardhman Mahaveer Open University (1987)
Deemed Universities

Deemed University is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various universities in India. It is granted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India. There are 8 deemed universities in Rajasthan as listed below:

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Sardarshahr

Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, Nagaur

LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur

Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur

Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Mody Institute of Technology and Science, Sikar

Rajasthan Ayurveda University, Jodhpur
Private Universities

The Government of Rajasthan has put forward one more step for the betterment of educational infrastructure in the state. The Rajasthan Private University Act, 2005 has opened the gates for Self-Financed Universities to come here and set up their campuses. Till now the Government of Rajasthan has issued letters of intent to seven such universities. The ordinance regarding setting up of four universities has been approved by the Governor Shilendra Kumar and ordinance for remaining private universities is expected to be approved very soon.

The state is expected to attract investment of Rs 350 crore while generating 3,500 direct jobs from these four universities. Around 20 universities are in queue to get the letters of intent by the Government. Private universities have proposed to start job-oriented courses including advertising, architecture, event management, fashion design, nanotechnology and tourism.

The Self-Financed Universities that have been approved by the Governor are as following:

Amity University (Jaipur)
Jaipur National University (Jaipur)
Sir Padampad Singhania University (Udaipur)
Singhania University (Jhunjhunu)