Bihar is home to 8 Institutes of National Importance, 4 Central Universities, 20 State Universities, 7 Private Universities, 1 Deemed University and 4 Centrally Funded Eminent Institutes. The following is a list of institutions of higher education in Bihar, India.
Institutes of national importance
Central universities
State universities
Private universities
Deemed university
Centrally funded eminent institutes
Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology, Hajipur (CIPET Hajipur)
Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur (IRIMEE Jamalpur)
Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Hajipur
National Institute of Fashion Technology Patna (NIFT Patna)
Medical colleges
As of June 2018, Bihar had 14 functional medical colleges, of which 9 were owned by the state government, 3 were private medical colleges affiliated with BUHS [1] and two autonomous organisations – IGIMS and AIIMS Patna.
Ayurvedic, unani and homeopathy medical colleges affiliated BUHS
[2]
Dental colleges affiliated BUHS
[20]
Pharmacy colleges affiliated BUHS
[26]
MBA colleges
B. Ed. government college
Other degree colleges
Colleges under Bihar Agricultural University
The university has ten colleges:
Fashion, art and design
A N College, Patna
Footwear Design and Development Institute, Patna (FDDI Patna)
National Institute of Fashion Technology, Patna (NIFT Patna)
Hotel management
Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Hajipur
Institute of Hotel Management, BodhGaya
Law institutes
Chanakya National Law University
Central university of South Bihar (school of law and governance), GAYA
R.M.M. Law College, Saharsa
Anugrah Memorial Law college, Gaya
B.M.T. Law College, Purnea
Bidheh Law College, Madhubani
Bihar Institute of Law, Patna
Chanakya National Law University, Patna
Mahadeo Singh Law College, Bhagalpur
S.K.J. Law College, Muzaffarpur
Samastipur Law College, Samastipur
Vishwanath Singh Law College, Munger
Narayan School of Law, Jamuhar, Sasaram
Research institutes
Jagjivan Ram Institute of Parliamentary Studies & Political Research, Patna (JRIPSPR Patna)
A N Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna (ICSSR - ANSISS Patna)
Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna (ICMR - RMRIMS)
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Patna (C-DAC Patna)
Centre for Development Practice and Research, Patna (TISS - CDPR Patna)
Government engineering colleges under Bihar Engineering University
There are a total of 38 government engineering colleges, located in each of the 38 districts of Bihar.
State government-aided engineering colleges
BIT Mesra Extension Centre, Patna
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Women's Institute of Technology, Darbhanga
Private engineering colleges
Buddha Institute of Technology, Gaya
Maulana Azad College of Engineering and Technology, Patna
Millia Institute of Technology, Purnea
Moti Babu Institute of Technology, Forbesganj
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Bihta
Patna Sahib College of Engineering & Technology, Vaishali
R.P. Sharma Institute of Technology, Patna
Vidya Vihar Institute of Technology, Purnea
Vidyadaan Institute of Technology and Management, Buxar