State private universities in India are regulated under the UGC (Establishment and Maintenance of Standards in Private University) Regulations, 2003.^[1] Per these regulations, state private universities are established by an Act of aState Legislative Assembly and listed by the UGC in theGazette upon receiving the Act. The UGC sends committees to inspect the state private universities and publishes their inspection report.

The UGC publishes and regularly updates the lists of state private universities.^[2] The earliest date of notification is that ofSikkim Manipal University, 11 October 1995. State private universities were established in 26 of the 28states of India and in none of the 8union territories.

Section 12 (B) of the UGC Act of 1956 also grants the UGC the right to "allocate and disburse, out of the Fund of the Commission, grants to Universities..."^[3] As such, the UGC may declare a state private university as "Included under 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956". Updates to these declarations are done in meetings of the UGC and published in the minutes.^[4]

In the list below, the year of establishment is the year stated by the UGC as "Date of Notification".^[5] Cases where this year is different than the year stated by the university are noted. Differences in title are also noted, except minortypographical errors and "University of X"/"X University" differences. Inspection report data is from the lists of state private university per state^[2] and individual reports are sourced where available.

There are 11 state private universities inAndhra Pradesh.

There are eight state private universities inArunachal Pradesh.

There are nine state private universities inAssam, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are seven state private universities inBihar.

There are 17 state private universities inChhattisgarh, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are 66 state private universities inGujarat, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are 25 state private universities inHaryana, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are 17 state private universities inHimachal Pradesh.

There are 18 state private universities inJharkhand.

There are 29 state private universities inKarnataka, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are 54 state private universities inMadhya Pradesh.

There are 33 state private universities inMaharashtra, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are four state private universities inManipur.

There are nine state private universities inMeghalaya.

There is one state private university inMizoram.

There are four state private universities inNagaland.

There are eleven state private universities inOdisha, three of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are 18 state private universities inPunjab, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are 53 state private universities inRajasthan, four of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are ten state private universities inSikkim.

There are four state private universities inTamil Nadu.

There are Ten state private universities inTelangana.

There is Five state private university inTripura.

There are 48 state private universities inUttar Pradesh, seven of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are 27 state private universities inUttarakhand, 12 of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).

There are 11 state private universities inWest Bengal.

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