list of colleges for astronomy or astrophysics in INDIA

Candidates may have to appear for national entrances like GATE, JAM, CSIR-NET, IIAST, JEST followed by a personal interview.

• Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences - ARIES, located in Nainital
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics - IIA, located in Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - IISER, located in Pune
• Indian Institute of Science - IISc, located in Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology - IIST, located in Thiruvananthapuram,
• Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics - IUCAA, located in Pune
• National Centre for Radio Astronomy - NCRA, located in Pune
• Physical Research Laboratory - PRL, located in Ahmedabad
• Radio Astronomy Center - RAC, located in Ooty
• Raman Research Institute - RRI, located in Bangalore
• The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics - NCRA, located in Pune
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - TIFR, located in Pune
• S.N. Bose, National Center for Basic Sciences - SNBNCBS, located in Kolkata
• Institute of Mathematical Sciences - IMSc, located in Chennai
• Harish Chandra Research Institute - HRI, Allahabad 
• JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad
• Osmania University University College of Science - OU, Hyderabad
• Cochin University of Science and Technology  Department of Atmospheric Sciences - CUSAT, Kochi
• Savitribai Phule Pune University: Department of Atmospheric And Space Sciences - UNIPUNE, Pune
• Centre for Earth Atmosphere and Weather Modification Technologies (CEA and WMT), Hyderabad
• Shivaji University - SUK, Kolhapur
• MP Birla Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore
• Indian Centre for Space Physics - ICSP, Kolkata
• Indian Institute of Technology IIT Delhi, New Delhi
• Andhra University College of Science and Technology - AU, Vishakapatnam
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