Dataset · Education
Every Kerala university, college and standalone institution registered with AISHE, with district, type, management, year founded and affiliating university
The first 5 of 2,307 rows
| period | period_type | geo_level | geo_code | geo_name | aishe_code | institution_name | institution_kind | institution_type | management | management_printed | established | location | university_code | university | university_type | website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | year | district | 588 | Alappuzha | C-43711 | Bishop Moore College, Mavelikkara, Alappuzha | college | Affiliated College | private_aided | Private Aided (Government Aided) | 1964 | rural | U-0260 | University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram | State Public University | https://bishopmoorecollege.ac.in/ |
| 2026 | year |
One row per higher education institution in Kerala registered with the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE): 2,307 institutions, of which 25 universities, 1,725 colleges and 557 standalone institutions (teacher training 190, diploma nursing 149, polytechnics 96, paramedical 53 and others). Each row gives the AISHE code, district (LGD code), type, management, year founded, rural or urban location and, for colleges, the affiliating university. Most colleges are private unaided (1,060), followed by state government (259) and private aided (234); Ernakulam (292 institutions) and Thiruvananthapuram (275) have the most, Wayanad (57) the fewest. Colleges are affiliated mostly to Calicut (464), the Kerala University of Health Sciences (376), Mahatma Gandhi (297), Kerala (246), KTU (164) and Kannur (122). Use it to count and map institutions by district, type and management, or to look up an AISHE code; the universities' own affiliated college lists, with programmes and seats, are PRI-EDU-0051 and PRI-EDU-0052.
1. PRI read the AISHE directory's university, college and standalone institution lists for Kerala on 29 October 2026, one request each, from the JSON service behind the directory page (dashboard.aishe.gov.in/hedirectory). The service only accepts query values encrypted the way the page's own script encrypts them; PRI reproduced that step. There is no login or captcha. 2. The lists also carry a free-text address, which sometimes starts with a person's designation; it was read in memory and not kept. 3. Districts were coded with LGD codes, management labels mapped to codes (the printed label is kept beside them), a founding year of 0 treated as not given, and the table validated with pandera (one row per AISHE code).
The directory is AISHE's current register, not the data of a survey year, and carries no 'as on' date: closed, merged or de-affiliated institutions may still be listed and new ones appear before they report (the page's survey year setting does not change the lists). It therefore counts more colleges than the universities' own lists: Calicut 464 against 430, Mahatma Gandhi 297 against 268, Kerala 246 against 204 (Kannur 122 in both; PRI-EDU-0051), because recognised centres, constituent units and off-campus centres are registered as colleges too. Schools, ITIs and institutions outside AISHE's scope are not included. Management is not given for universities and for 41 colleges and standalone institutions; 77 institutions have no founding year. Names, types and websites are as registered by the institutions and not checked. Only Kerala is covered.
| Column | Label | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
period | Period | 2026: the year PRI captured the directory | |
period_type | Period type | year (capture year of the directory) | |
geo_level | Geography level | district (every row is one institution, placed in its district) | |
geo_code | LGD code | Local Government Directory code of the institution's district |
Please cite this dataset when you use it:
Policy and Research Initiative (2026). Universities, colleges and standalone higher education institutions in Kerala by district, type and management, AISHE directory 2026 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Original data: Ministry of Education, Government of India (All India Survey on Higher Education). /data/aishe-higher-education-institutions-kerala
| district |
| 588 |
| Alappuzha |
| C-43675 |
| Buddha College of Teacher Education, Muthukulam North, Alappuzha |
| college |
| Affiliated College |
| private_unaided |
| Private Un-Aided |
| 2005 |
| rural |
| U-0260 |
| University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram |
| State Public University |
| http://www.bcte.in |
| 2026 | year | district | 588 | Alappuzha | C-71450 | CAPE COLLEGE OF NURSING ALAPPUZHA | college | Affiliated College | state_govt | State Government | 2023 | rural | U-0630 | KERALA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES | State Public University | www.capecnalpy.in |
| 2026 | year | district | 588 | Alappuzha | C-54244 | CARMEL COLLEGE | college | Affiliated College | private_unaided | Private Un-Aided | 2014 | rural | U-0260 | University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram | State Public University | www.carmelcollege.edu.in |
| 2026 | year | district | 588 | Alappuzha | C-51002 | CARMEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY | college | Affiliated College | private_aided | Private Aided (Government Aided) | 2014 | rural | U-0786 | A P J ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY | State Public University | www.carmelcet.in |
geo_name | District | District name in LGD spelling |
aishe_code | AISHE code | The institution's AISHE code: U- university, C- college, S- standalone institution |
institution_name | Institution | Name as registered with AISHE (often in capitals, sometimes with the place) |
institution_kind | Kind | university, college or standalone (an institution not affiliated to a university, such as a polytechnic or nursing school) |
institution_type | Type | AISHE type: for universities the university type (State Public University, Institute of National Importance ...), for colleges Affiliated College, Constituent / University College, Recognized Center, PG Center / Off-Campus Center or Autonomous College, for standalone institutions the kind of institute (Teacher Training, Nursing (Diploma), Technical/Polytechnic ...) |
management | Management | state_govt, central_govt, local_body, private_aided (government aided), private_unaided or university (run by a university) |
management_printed | Management as printed | The directory's own label (for example 'Private Aided (Government Aided)') |
established | Year founded | Year of establishment as registered | year |
location | Rural or urban | rural or urban, as registered |
university_code | Affiliating university code | AISHE code of the university a college is affiliated to or part of |
university | Affiliating university | Name of that university as registered |
university_type | Affiliating university type | Type of that university (State Public University, Deemed University-Private ...) |
website | Website | Website as registered, unchecked |
