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Other name | GGSIPU |
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Former names | Indraprastha University |
| Motto | Jyotivṛṇīta Tamaso Vijānan |
Motto in English | Light of intelligence cleaves the darkness |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1998; 27 years ago (1998) |
| Chancellor | Lieutenant Governor of Delhi |
| Vice-Chancellor | Mahesh Verma[1] |
| Location | ,, 28°35′42″N77°01′08″E / 28.595016°N 77.018942°E /28.595016; 77.018942 |
| Campus | Urban (78 acres) |
| Colours | Maroon and Blue |
| Affiliations | ACU,AIU,UGC,NAAC |
| Website | ipu |
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Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, formerlyIndraprastha University (IP or IPU), is astate university located in Sector 16Dwarka,Delhi, India. The university is organised around fourteen university schools and three university centers that focus on programs inlaw, medicine,technology, education,entrepreneurship,science and business.[2][3]
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was established as Indraprastha University (IPU) on 28 March 1998 by theGovt. of NCT Delhi as a state university under the provisions of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Act, 1998 with its Amendment in 1999.[4] The university is recognised byUniversity Grants Commission (India), under section 12B of theUGC Act.[5] The university was named after the ancient city ofIndraprastha, which features prominently in the epicMahabharata.[6] In 2001, the university was officially renamed as Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) afterGuru Gobind Singh.[7]
The university has 14 university schools (colleges of the university), 12 of them are on the campus in Dwarka and 2 schools, USAR and USDI are on the newEast Delhi campus.[8] There are 4 centers within the university for research in Disaster Management Studies, Pharmaceutical Sciences (CEPS), Human Values & Ethics and a center for Incubation-cum-Technology Commercialization (UCITC). Three of these centers are in the campus in Dwarka while UCITC is in the East Delhi campus.
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University has 14 university schools (colleges), 12 of them are on the main campus in Dwarka and 2 colleges, USAR and USDI are on the new campus at East Delhi.[9]
There are more than 120 affiliates of the university, which are run according to the rules and regulations set by the university.[10]
The University is ranked 1001-1200 in the QS rankings 2025.[11]
| University rankings | |
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| General – India | |
| NIRF (Overall) (2023)[12] | 101-150 |
| NIRF (Universities) (2023)[13] | 74 |
| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF (2024)[14] | 89 |
| Medical – India | |
| NIRF (2023)[15] | 66 |
| Law – India | |
| NIRF (2024)[16] | 17 |
| Business/Management – India | |
| NIRF (2024)[17] | 65 |
| Architecture – India | |
| NIRF (2024)[18] | 29 |
The university was ranked 66 among Indian universities by theNational Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2019[19] and 95 in the overall category.[19] The University School of Engineering & Technology was ranked 73 by NIRF engineering ranking[19] and the University School of Management Studies was ranked 62 in the management ranking.[19]
TheQS World University Rankings ranked the university 320th in Asia in 2025.[20]
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