Top University colleges in Karnataka: NIRF ranking 2020
Explore Karnataka University colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2020 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Karnataka University ranking list
Avg score 49.311 Indian Institute of Science 84.18 0
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 1
- 2019: rank 1
- 2020: rank 1
Lower rank is better.
Held the #1 position across 3 published years.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
8 MAHE Manipal 61.51 1
- 2016: rank 32
- 2017: rank 18
- 2018: rank 11
- 2019: rank 9
- 2020: rank 8
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 24 places from #32 in 2016 to #8 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
27 Mysore University 51.84 27
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 36
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 54
- 2020: rank 27
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 9 places from #36 in 2017 to #27 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
33 JSS AHER 50.20 1
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 37
- 2019: rank 34
- 2020: rank 33
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 4 places from #37 in 2018 to #33 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
68 Bangalore University 43.33 NEW
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 68
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #68 in both 2020 and 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
70 KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research 43.10 1
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 62
- 2018: rank 57
- 2019: rank 69
- 2020: rank 70
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 8 places from #62 in 2017 to #70 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
73 Kuvempu University 42.45 0
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 78
- 2019: rank 73
- 2020: rank 73
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 5 places from #78 in 2018 to #73 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
74 NITTE 42.19 4
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 77
- 2019: rank 70
- 2020: rank 74
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #77 in 2018 to #74 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
80 Visvesvaraya Technological University 41.63 NEW
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 80
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #80 in both 2020 and 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
85 Jain university 41.03 NEW
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 85
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #85 in both 2020 and 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
86 Yenepoya 40.99 9
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 92
- 2019: rank 95
- 2020: rank 86
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 6 places from #92 in 2018 to #86 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ownership labels apply only to institutions classified in the NIRFRank database.
Karnataka ranking questions
Which is the top University college in Karnataka as per NIRF 2020?
Indian Institute of Science is the top Karnataka entry, ranked #1 with a score of 84.18.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Karnataka colleges are in the NIRF 2020 list?
11 ranked colleges are shown across 9 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF University rank across the latest available editions.