Higher Education Council India

Universities and its constituent colleges are the main institutes of higher education in India. Higher Education in India is one of the most developed in the entire world. In fact, there has been considerable improvement in the higher education scenario of India in both quantitative and qualitative terms.

In technical education, the IITs, and in management, the IIMs have already marked their names among the top higher educational institutes of the world. Jawaharlal University and Delhi University are also regarded as major landmarks for doing postgraduates courses and research in science, humanities and social sciences. Students from various parts of the world are come here for higher education in India.

Higher Education system in India

Higher education in India starts after passing the higher secondary education or the 12th standard. Depending on the stream chosen by the student, doing graduation in India can take three to five years. Students can opt for engineering which takes four years or he may go for other graduation programs like B.A, BSc, B.Com, BCA and many others. Delhi University alone offers more than 50 different graduation programs, so one can imagine how vast higher education system in India is.

Post graduate courses are generally of two to three years of duration. After completing post graduation, scope for doing research in various educational institutes also remains open. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Indian Institutes of Science, National Law Schools, Jawaharlal Nehru University are some such institutes who have not only made their mark on world map but are efficient of providing world-class higher education to the students.