NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission has released a list of 32 fake universities operating across the country as of February 2026. Delhi continues to top this infamous list with 12 such universities. The fake universities are spread across 12 States.
These universities do not have the authority to award degrees under the UGC Act of 1956. The Commission has cautioned students from taking admission in them stating the degrees do not have any professional value.
The following 12 universities in Delhi figure in the fake category – World Peace of United Nations University (in Pitampura); Institute of Management and Engineering (Mubarakpur); All India Institute of Public & Physical Health Sciences State Government University (Alipur); Commerical University (Daryaganj); United Nations University; Vocational University; ADR Centric Juridical University (Rajendra Place); Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi; Viswakarma Open University for Self-Employment (Sanjay Enclave); Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Rohini); National Institute of Management Solution (Janakpuri) and Mountain Institute of Management and Technology (Nehru Place).
Uttar Pradesh holds the second spot with four such universities.
In October 2025, the UGC had released a list of 22 fake universities and Delhi had ten of them. In March 2023, the UGC had released a list of 20 fake institutions and Delhi topped the list during that time with eight of them. The overall number of fake universities have now shot up by 12 within nearly three years. The Commission had also written letters to the Education departments of various States asking them to take appropriate action against them.
The other fake universities are as follows:
Andhra Pradesh - Christ New Testament Deemed University, Bible Open University of India; Arunachal Pradesh – Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine; Haryana – Magic & Art University; Jharkhand – Daksha University; Karnataka – Global Human Peace University in Bengaluru; Kerala – St John’s University in Kishanattam and International Islamic University of Prophetic Medicince in Kozhikode; Maharashtra – Raja Arabic University in Nagpur; National Backward Krushi Vidyapeeth in Solapur; Puducherry – Usha Latchumanan College of Education in Vazhapadiyar Nagar and Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education in Vazhuthavoor Road; Rajasthan – Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management in Alwar; Uttar Pradesh – Gandhi Hindi Vidyapeth in Pragyaraj; Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University in Aligarh; Bharatiya Shiksha Parishad in Lucknow, Mahamaya Technical University in Noida; West Bengal – Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine in Kolkata and Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research, also in Kolkata.