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AISHE: India's Annual Higher-Education Survey
The All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) is the Ministry of Education's yearly count of the country's higher-education institutions, their students and their teachers. Its 2023-24 figures, set out against 2014-15 in August 2026, show 4.50 crore students, a gross enrolment ratio of 30.0% and women ahead of men for a seventh straight year.
Last updated 21 October 20265 min read
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Gathers the survey's 2023-24 figures into one card: enrolment and GER, gender and category shares, disability, teachers, STEM and campus facilities, each set against 2014-15.
- AISHE
- gross enrolment ratio
- Gender Parity Index
- higher education enrolment
- STEM enrolment
- Ministry of Education
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