Top University colleges in Karnataka: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Karnataka University colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Karnataka University ranking list
Avg score 48.681 Indian Institute of Science 82.67 0
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 1
- 2019: rank 1
- 2020: rank 1
- 2021: rank 1
Lower rank is better.
Held the #1 position across 4 published years.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
7 MAHE Manipal 60.58 1
- 2017: rank 18
- 2018: rank 11
- 2019: rank 9
- 2020: rank 8
- 2021: rank 7
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 11 places from #18 in 2017 to #7 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
19 Mysore University 52.68 8
- 2017: rank 36
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 54
- 2020: rank 27
- 2021: rank 19
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 17 places from #36 in 2017 to #19 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
34 JSS AHER 48.79 1
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 37
- 2019: rank 34
- 2020: rank 33
- 2021: rank 34
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #37 in 2018 to #34 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
69 Bangalore University 41.98 1
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 68
- 2021: rank 69
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #68 in 2020 to #69 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
77 NITTE 41.04 3
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 77
- 2019: rank 70
- 2020: rank 74
- 2021: rank 77
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #77 in both 2018 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
81 Kuvempu University 40.40 8
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 78
- 2019: rank 73
- 2020: rank 73
- 2021: rank 81
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 3 places from #78 in 2018 to #81 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
82 Visvesvaraya Technological University 40.37 2
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 80
- 2021: rank 82
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #80 in 2020 to #82 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
91 KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research 39.44 21
- 2017: rank 62
- 2018: rank 57
- 2019: rank 69
- 2020: rank 70
- 2021: rank 91
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 29 places from #62 in 2017 to #91 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
99 Jain university 38.89 14
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 85
- 2021: rank 99
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 14 places from #85 in 2020 to #99 in 2021.
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 2021?
Indian Institute of Science is the top Karnataka entry, ranked #1 with a score of 82.67.
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 2021 list?
10 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.