Data Science
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Partial: read from 12,371 of 13,928 institutions (88.8%). Every total here is a floor and will grow.
4,635
Seats approved by AICTE
Sanctioned intake for 2024-2025, not seats filled
109
Institutions offering it
Distinct AICTE-approved institutions
111
Separate approvals
One institution can run it at several levels and shifts
By level
- UNDER GRADUATE2,310 seats
- POST GRADUATE1,515 seats
- POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA600 seats
- DIPLOMA210 seats
Where the seats are
Within the institutions read so far — this ordering will shift as the rest are read.
- Maharashtra1,572
- Telangana600
- Madhya Pradesh564
- Andhra Pradesh352
- Karnataka308
- Uttar Pradesh270
- Tamil Nadu198
- Rajasthan177
- Haryana80
- Jharkhand78
- West Bengal78
- Chhattisgarh69
Largest approved intakes for this branch
Ranked by sanctioned seats in this one branch. Capacity, not quality — a large intake says nothing about how good a college is.
- Sybmbiosis Centre For Distance LearningMaharashtra600
- Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandals Narsee Monjee Institute OF Management Studies Deemed TO BE University Svkms NmimsMaharashtra120
- S.R.M. Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai, Tamil Nadu120
- Auroras Technological AcademyTelangana120
- Auroras Technological Institute Begumpet HyderabadTelangana120
- Auroras Engineering College Abids HyderabadTelangana120
- Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal's Institute OF Technology, DhuleMaharashtra120
- International School OF Technology And Sciences For WomenAndhra Pradesh120
- P. G. College OF Engineering And TechnologyMaharashtra120
- Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationAndhra Pradesh100
- Auroras Technological And Research AcademyTelangana90
- Government Polytechnic Hardoi SandilaUttar Pradesh90
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page is a sum over AICTE’s own approved-course register for 2024-2025 — one row per programme AICTE approved at one institution. Nothing is estimated, weighted or scored.
Spellings counted as this branch
Institutions write the same course several ways. These were grouped together; genuinely different courses, including named specialisations, were not.
- DATA SCIENCES · 68
- DATA SCIENCE · 43
Example of the exact response a row was read from: https://facilities.aicte-india.org/dashboard/pages/php/approvedcourse.php?method=fetchdata&aicteid=1-43656183035&year=2024-2025
AICTE regulates technical education. Medicine, law and general degree courses are approved by other bodies and are not counted here. CompetitionBazaar is not affiliated with AICTE.