List of institutions of higher education in Bangalore

Bangalore University, established in 1886, provides affiliation to over 500 colleges, with a total student enrolment exceeding 300,000. The university has two campuses within Bangalore – Jnanabharathi and Central College.[1] University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering was established in the year 1917, by Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya, At present, the UVCE is the only engineering college under the Bangalore University. Bangalore also has many private Engineering Colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University.

National Law School of India University, a premier law university known as 'Harvard of the East'

Christ University

Some of the institutes in Bangalore which are the premier institutes for scientific research and study in India are:

• Indian Institute of Science, which was established in 1909 in Bangalore
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS).
• National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS),
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR),
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
• Raman Research Institute, and
• International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Nationally renowned professional institutes located in Bangalore include

• National Law School of India University (NLSIU),
• University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (UASB),
• National Institute of Design(NID),
• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT),
• Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B),
• Institute of Wood Science and Technology,
• Indian Statistical Institute and
• International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B)

Private universities in Bangalore include institutes like Jain University, Christ University, Azim Premji University and PES University. Bangalore medical colleges include St. John's Medical College (SJMC) and Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI).[2][3] The M. P. Birla Institute of Fundamental Research has a branch located in Bangalore.[4]

Bengaluru has a range of educational institutions from schools to Aerospace Engineering, Agriculture, Animation&Design, Biotechnology, Business Management, to Nanotechnology institutes.