UGC List of Fake Universities in India

List of Fake Universities in India - The University Grants Commission (UGC) has black-listed as many as 32 institutions and tagged them as 'Fake Universities’. Careers360 brings you the list of ‘Fake Universities in India’ in accordance with the UGC list 2026. The most number of UGC fake universities are from Delhi, with a staggering number of 12. Many institutions use the word 'University', despite UGC prohibiting the same unless an institution fits into a defined set of criteria. The UGC defines a University to be the one established by a Central/State/Provincial Act or an ‘institution Deemed to be University’ under section 3 or an institution specially empowered by an Act of Parliament to confer UGC specified degrees under section 22(3) of the Act.

Moreover, the UGC Act prohibits the use of the word ‘University’ by any institution other than a University established as defined above. After due verification, the UGC has listed a total of 32 operating institutions as fake Universities. The UGC has also stated that “such self-styled, unrecognized Universities which are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act has been declared as fake and not entitled to confer any degrees."

The UGC's Fake Universities list carries a number of 4 institutions from Uttar Pradesh followed by 12 institutions from Delhi. Further, other states including Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal have institutions listed as a fake university by UGC. The tables below in this page list out such technical institutions across the nation which have been de-recognised or are 'fake technical institutions' according to AICTE.