Education System in Pune

Pune is the hub of education in India. Jawaharlal Nehru named this city as ‘Oxford of the East’, seeing its vast reserve of educational college and institutes. It has over hundred institutes and nine Universities to offer to students from all over the country and the world.

Schools in Pune are either government schools run by PMC or private schools run by individuals or trusts. Private schools are more popular due to English medium education and better facilities. All private schools are either affiliated with Maharashtra State Secondary Schools Certificate (SSC) Board or with ICSE or CBSE Boards.

All colleges in the city are affiliated to The University of Pune, which boasts of 40 departments. Other than this, there are two more Universities: SNDT Women’s University, a strictly all women university, and the Government College of Engineering, India’s oldest Engineering University.

Pune also has 5 reputed deemed Universities to offer: Bharati Vidyapeeth, the Symbiosis, Gokhale Institute of Economics and Political Science, Deccan College and Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth.

Pune is home to India’s several top colleges and institutions. The Symbiosis is ranked as one of the India’s top university for its Management Colleges. It runs around 33 colleges and institutes in the city. There are a number of Mass Communication Colleges, with Film and Television Institute of India being the most popular throughout the country. The city offers some of the country’s top Medical Colleges, Armed Forces Medical College being one amongst the many.

Pune is the 7th metro city of India. Apart from its natural beauty and educational facilities, it offers a convenient and vivacious lifestyle to its people.