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UGC list as on February 2026

The 32 fake universities in India.

UGC has declared these entities fake. They are not universities under the UGC Act and cannot award degrees. Copied from the official list on 24 Oct 2026.

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#Name on the UGC listPlaceState
1Christ New Testament Deemed UniversityGunturAndhra Pradesh
2Bible Open University of IndiaVisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh
3Indian Institute of Alternative MedicineItanagarArunachal Pradesh
4Mountain Institute of Management & TechnologyNehru PlaceDelhi
5World Peace of United Nations University (WPUNU)PitampuraDelhi
6Institute of Management and EngineeringKotla MubarakpurDelhi
7National Institute of Management SolutionJanakpuriDelhi
8All India Institute of Public & Physical Health Sciences (AIIPHS)AlipurDelhi
9Commercial University Ltd.DaryaganjDelhi
10United Nations UniversityDelhiDelhi
11Vocational UniversityDelhiDelhi
12ADR-Centric Juridical UniversityRajendra PlaceDelhi
13Indian Institute of Science and EngineeringNew DelhiDelhi
14Viswakarma Open University for Self-EmploymentSanjay EnclaveDelhi
15Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University)RohiniDelhi
16Magic & Art UniversityFaridabadHaryana
17Daksha University (Vocational and Life Skill Education)RanchiJharkhand
18Global Human Peace UniversityBengaluruKarnataka
19Sarva Bharatiya Shiksha PeethTumakuruKarnataka
20International Islamic University of Prophetic Medicine (IIUPM)KozhikodeKerala
21St. John's UniversityKishanattamKerala
22Raja Arabic UniversityNagpurMaharashtra
23National Backward Krushi VidyapeethSolapurMaharashtra
24Usha Latchumanan College of EducationThirukkanurPuducherry
25Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher EducationPuducherryPuducherry
26Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Technology & ManagementBhiwadiRajasthan
27Gandhi Hindi VidyapithPrayagrajUttar Pradesh
28Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University)AligarhUttar Pradesh
29Bhartiya Shiksha ParishadLucknowUttar Pradesh
30Mahamaya Technical UniversityNoidaUttar Pradesh
31Indian Institute of Alternative MedicineKolkataWest Bengal
32Institute of Alternative Medicine and ResearchKolkataWest Bengal

Not on this list does not mean safe.

The fake list is short. Most problems come from real universities selling courses they are not approved to run, or running them outside their state.

If you already paid

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