Education in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad is an important seat of learning in southern India. The city hosts three central universities, three deemed universities, and six state universities. Osmania University is one of the oldest universities in India. Many institutes for education like University of Hyderabad, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, International Institute of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Hyderabad, Sri Sarada Institute of Science and Technology and medical colleges like Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences are located there. Also based in the city are the Institute of Public Enterprise and the National Academy of Legal Studies & Research (NALSAR). Hyderabad has various research institutes such as the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology. It is also the home of Maulana Azad National Urdu University as well as Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University.

Among management schools Hyderabad boasts of two out of India's only fourteen AACSB-accredited business schools -- Indian School of Business and ICFAI Business School Hyderabad.^[1][2] This educational infrastructure attracts students from all over India and some international students (especially from Africa and the Middle East). Most prolific business school in India Nmims is also expanding its roots in Hyderabad.^[3]

Hyderabad has many institutions that ranked high on the Government of India's National Institutional Ranking Framework started in 2016. However, in the 2020 NIRF rankings released on June 11, 2020, most of them slipped in the rankings, with the exception of IIT, Hyderabad (in Overall category) and ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education and IMT, Hyderabad (in Management category). NALSAR managed to hold on to its third position in Law in the 2020 NIRF rankings.^[4]