Official UGC list · read 24 Oct 2026

UGC-approved universities in Bihar

34 universities in Bihar are on the official UGC list: 4 central, 21 state, 8 private and 1 deemed. 1 of them are approved by UGC-DEB for online or distance programmes in 2026-27. No fake university in Bihar is on the UGC list.

UGC-recognised universities in Bihar
University	Type	12(B)	Online/ODL 2026-27
Al-Karim University	State Private University	No	No
Amity University	State Private University	No	No
Aryabhatta Knowledge University	State University	No	No
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University	State University	Yes	No
Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University	State University	Yes	No
Bihar Agricultural University	State University	No	No
Bihar Animal Sciences University	State University	No	No
Bihar Engineering University	State University	No	No
Bihar Sports University	State University	No	No
Bihar University of Health Sciences	State University	No	No
Central University of South Bihar	Central University	Yes	No
Chanakya National Law University	State University	Yes	No
Dr C. V. Raman University	State Private University	No	No
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University	Central University	Yes	No
Gopal Narayan Singh University	State Private University	No	No
Jai Prakash University	State University	Yes	No
K K University	State Private University	No	No
Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya	State University	Yes	No
Lalit Narayan Mithila University	State University	Yes	No
Magadh University	State University	Yes	No
Mahatma Gandhi Central University	Central University	Yes	No
Mata Gujri University	State Private University	No	No
Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic & Persian University	State University	No	No
Munger University	State University	No	No
Nalanda Open University	State University	No	Yes
Nalanda University	Central University	Yes	No
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara	Deemed-to-be University	No	No
Patliputra University	State University	No	No
Patna University	State University	Yes	No
Purnea University	State University	No	No
Sandip University	State Private University	No	No
T.M. Bhagalpur University	State University	Yes	No
Veer Kunwar Singh University	State University	Yes	No
Xavier University, Digha Ghat	State Private University	No	No