Top Online Distance Courses in India 2025

In 2025, the top Online/Distance Courses in India are setting high standards in education. Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad; Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL), Pune; School of Business Management, SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai; XLRI Jamshedpur; and Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Pune are the top in India Rankings and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) Stanford, Imperial College London are the top in World Ranking.

The complete list of IIRF Online/Distance Courses Ranking 2025 is mentioned below:

India Ranking

Rank	Name of Institute (Private / Autonomous)	State
1	Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad	Telangana
2	Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL), Pune	Maharashtra
3	School of Business Management, SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai	Maharashtra
4	XLRI Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
5	Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Pune	Maharashtra
6	SP Jain School of Global Management, Mumbai	Maharashtra
7	MICA, Ahmedabad	Gujarat
8	Great Lakes, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
9	Amity Online, Noida	U.P
10	Institute of Management Technology Centre for Distance Learning, Ghaziabad	U.P
11	National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) Pune	Maharashtra
12	National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Calicut	Kerela
13	TimesPro, Mumbai	Maharashtra
14	Unacademy, Bangalore	Karnataka
15	Jaro Education, Mumbai	Maharashtra
16	Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida	U.P
17	Aptech Learning, Mumbai	Maharashtra
18	Pearl Academy, Mumbai	Maharashtra
19	ISBM - Indian School of Business Management and Administration	Maharashtra
20	IMI Kolkata, Kolkata	W.B
21	Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa	Goa
22	Great Learning, Bengaluru	Karnataka
23	Pearl Academy, Bengaluru	Karnataka
24	TCS - Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai	Maharashtra
25	Talentedge, Gurgaon	Haryana
26	upGrad, Mumbai	Maharashtra
27	TAPMI Manipal	Karnataka
28	ISTM-Indian School of Technology and Management, Mumbai	Maharashtra
29	IMI Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar	Odisha
30	National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), New Delhi	Delhi
31	TalentSprint, Hyderabad	Telangana
32	Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Digital Technologies, Hyderabad	Telangana
33	UPES Online (UPES CCE), Dehradun	Uttarakhand
34	TechnoBridge, Pune	Maharashtra
35	Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Healthcare, New Delhi	Delhi
36	Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai	Tamil Nadu
37	National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE), Mumbai	Maharashtra
38	NIIT Institute of Finance, Banking and Insurance, Gurugram	Haryana
39	Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS), Harihar	Karnataka
40	International School of Management Excellence (ISME), Mumbai	Maharashtra
41	MDI Murshidabad	W.B
42	N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research (NLDIMSR) Mumbai	Maharashtra
43	Indian Institute of Finance (IIF), Greater Noida	U.P
44	IIFT Bengaluru - Indian Institute of Fashion Technology, Indiranagar	Karnataka
45	Amity University e-learning, Greater Noida	U.P
46	CIEL - Centre for Investment Education and Learning, Mumbai	Maharashtra
47	DigiGrad, Bengaluru	Karnataka
48	Boston Institute of Analytics (BIA), Banjara Hills	Telangana
49	Geethanjali Institute of Science and Technology, Nellore	A.P
50	Department of Library and Information Science (Somaiya Vidyavihar University), Mumbai	Maharashtra
51	Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Delhi	Delhi
52	Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Healthcare, Mumbai	Maharashtra
53	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune	Maharashtra
54	Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Healthcare, Pune	Maharashtra
55	Pearl Academy, South Delhi Campus, New Delhi	Delhi
56	TechnoStruct Academy, Gurugram	Haryana
57	Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Digital Technologies, Mohali	Punjab
58	Manipal Institute of Communication (MIC), MAHE	Karnataka
59	Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai	Maharashtra
60	XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Delhi NCR, Jhajjar	Haryana
61	Skillslash, Gurugram	Haryana
62	Uptop Career, Dharuhera	Uttarakhand
63	TCS iON, Thane	Maharashtra
64	Pearl Academy, West Delhi	Delhi
65	Talent Shiksha, New Delhi	Delhi
66	National Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi	Delhi
67	SkillsDA, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
68	IIDE - The Digital School, Mumbai	Maharashtra
69	IFMC - Institute of Financial Market Courses, Delhi	Delhi
70	Imarticus Learning, Mumbai	Maharashtra
71	ICRI - Institute of Clinical Research India, Delhi	Delhi
72	Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Healthcare, Mohali	Punjab
73	IALM - Indian Academy of Law & Management, New Delhi	Delhi
74	Internshala, Gurugram	Haryana
75	Coding Ninjas, New Delhi	Delhi
76	DataMites, Bangalore	Karnataka
77	Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Visakhapatnam	A.P
78	CADD Centre, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
79	CloudxLab, Bangalore	Karnataka
80	Digital Vidya, Gurugram	Haryana
81	Schoolnet India Limited, Noida	U.P
82	SkillUp Online	U.P
83	UNext Learning, Bangalore	Karnataka
84	UNIVO Education, Noida	U.P
85	VCNow, Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra
86	Zell Education, Mumbai	Maharashtra
87	Vepsun, Bangalore	Karnataka
88	Digital Academy 360, Bangalore	Karnataka
89	Fintram Global, New Delhi	Delhi
90	Veranda HigherEd, Gurugram	Haryana
91	PaperLive, Bengaluru	Karnataka
92	ZeroIn Academy, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
93	Academy of Pastry and Culinary Arts, Gurugram	Haryana
94	Besant Technologies, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
95	Edu Plus Now, Pune	Maharashtra
96	FITA Academy, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
97	Greens Technology, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
98	GroTechMinds, Bangalore	Karnataka
99	IMS Proschool, Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra
100	Jainx Academy, Bangalore	Karnataka
101	Newton School, Bangalore	Karnataka
102	Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Digital Technologies, Visakhapatnam	A.P
103	Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (MGMCRI), Pondicherry	Puducherry
104	Hindustan Institute of Capital Market (HICM), Bengaluru	Karnataka

World Ranking

Rank	Name of Institute / University	City	Country
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge	Cambridge	United States
2	Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), Stanford	Stanford	United States
3	Imperial College, London	London	United Kingdom
4	Harvard Business School (HBS), Boston	Boston	United States
5	Stanford University, California	California	United States
6	Harvard University, Cambridge	Cambridge	United States
7	London Business School, London	London	United Kingdom
8	Columbia Business School, New York	New York	United States
9	University of Cambridge, Cambridge	Cambridge	United Kingdom
10	California Institute of Technology (Caltech), California	California	United States
11	INSEAD, Fontainebleau	Fontainebleau	France
12	University of Chicago (Chicago)	Chicago	United States
13	National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore	Singapore	Singapore
14	University of Pennsylvania (Penn)	Penn	United States
15	Cornell University, Ithaca	Ithaca	United States
16	University of California (UC), Berkeley	Berkeley	United States
17	Imperial College Business School, London	London	United Kingdom
18	Yale School of Management (SOM), New Haven	New Haven	United States
19	Princeton University, Princeton	Princeton	United States
20	Yale University, New Haven	New Haven	United States
21	NUS Business School, Singapore	Singapore	Singapore
22	The University of Sydney, Sydney	Sydney	Australia
23	Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg	Frederiksberg	Denmark
24	Kingâs College London (KCL), London	London	United Kingdom
25	The University of Manchester, Manchester	Manchester	United Kingdom
26	Monash University, Melbourne	Melbourne	Australia
27	The University of Tokyo, Tokyo	Tokyo	Japan
28	Columbia University, New York	New York	United States
29	Australian National University, Canberra	Canberra	Australia
30	University of British Columbia, Vancouver	Vancouver	Canada
31	Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul	Seoul	South Korea
32	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
33	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	Los Angeles (UCLA)	United States
34	Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	United States
35	New York University (NYU), New York	New York	United States
36	University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	United States
37	The University of Queensland, Brisbane	Brisbane	Australia
38	Kyoto University, Kyoto	Kyoto	Japan
39	Duke University, Durham	Durham	United States
40	University of California (UC), San Diego	San Diego	United States
41	Brown University, Providence	Providence	United States
42	Babson College, Wellesley	Wellesley	United States
43	University of Texas, Austin	Austin	United States
44	Leeds University Business School, Leeds	Leeds	United Kingdom
45	University of Washington (UW), Washington	Washington	United States
46	Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo	Tokyo	Japan
47	University of Southampton, Southampton	Southampton	United Kingdom
48	Boston University (BU), Boston	Boston	United States
49	Purdue University, West Lafayette	West Lafayette	United States
50	Durham University, Durham	Durham	United Kingdom
51	Osaka University, Osaka	Osaka	Japan
52	University of Nottingham, Nottingham	Nottingham	United Kingdom
53	University of Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Denmark
54	Queen Mary University of London, London	London	United Kingdom
55	Rice University, Houston	Houston	United States
56	Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Georgia	Georgia	United States
57	University of North Carolina (UNC-Chapel Hill)	Chapel Hill	United States
58	University of Cape Town (UCT Cape Town)	Cape Town	South Africa
59	Lancaster University, Lancaster	Lancaster	United Kingdom
60	Hanyang University, Seoul	Seoul	South Korea
61	University of Barcelona, Barcelona	Barcelona	Spain
62	Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business, East Lansing	East Lansing	United States
63	University of York, York	York	United Kingdom
64	Arizona State University (ASU), Arizona	Arizona	United States
65	Curtin University, Perth	Perth	Australia
66	Deakin University, Melbourne	Melbourne	Australia
67	The University of Newcastle, Newcastle	Newcastle	Australia
68	Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid	Madrid	Spain
69	University of Massachusetts - College of Engineering, Amherst	Amherst	United States
70	Griffith University, Brisbane	Brisbane	Australia
71	Swiss School of Business and Management (SSBM), Geneva	Geneva	Switzerland
72	University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Charlottesville	Charlottesville	United States
73	Georgetown University (GU), Washington	Washington	United States
74	University of Colorado (CU), Boulder	Boulder	United States
75	Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi	Shaanxi	China
76	St George's University of London, London	London	United Kingdom
77	University of Leicester, Leicester	Leicester	United Kingdom
78	George Washington University (GW), Washington	Washington	United States
79	Dublin City University, Dublin	Dublin	Ireland
80	University of California (UC), Riverside	Riverside	United States
81	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Moscow	Moscow	Russian Federation
82	University of Georgia (UGA), Athens	Athens	United States
83	University of Texas (UT), Arlington	Arlington	United States
84	Asian Institute of Management, Makati	Makati	Philippines
85	Deakin University - Deakin Business School, Burwood	Burwood	Australia
86	Goldsmiths University of London, London	London	United Kingdom
87	De Montfort University, Leicester	Leicester	United Kingdom
88	Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
89	Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool	Liverpool	United Kingdom
90	Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), New York	New York	United States
91	University of Baltimore, Baltimore	Baltimore	United States
92	Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona	Barcelona	Spain
93	UC Berkeley School of Information (I School), Berkeley	Berkeley	United States
94	iSchool, Cairo	Cairo	Egypt
95	UC Davis Graduate School of Management, California	California	United States
96	Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge	Cambridge	United Kingdom
97	MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge	Cambridge	United States
98	MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge	Cambridge	United States
99	University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, Cambridge	Cambridge	United Kingdom
100	Graduate School of Business, Cape Town	Cape Town	South Africa
101	Pritzker School of Law - Northwestern University, Chicago	Chicago	United States
102	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon	Daejeon	South Korea
103	Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Edinburgh	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
104	Kellogg School of Management, Evanston	Evanston	United States
105	Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Evanston	Evanston	United States
106	The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston	Galveston	United States
107	Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki	Helsinki	Finland
108	University of Maryland Global Campus, Largo	Largo	United States
109	University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool	Liverpool	United Kingdom
110	London School of Economics (LSE), London	London	United Kingdom
111	The Chartered College of Teaching, London	London	United Kingdom
112	University of London, London	London	United Kingdom
113	Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester	Manchester	United Kingdom
114	University of Maryland (UMD), Maryland	Maryland	United States
115	American Institute of Business and Economics, Moscow	Moscow	Russian Federation
116	National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Moscow	Moscow	Russian Federation
117	Parsons School of Design - The New School, New York City	New York City	United States
118	Said Business School, Oxford	Oxford	United Kingdom
119	IMT Paris, Paris	Paris	France
120	The Wharton School, Philadelphia	Philadelphia	United States
121	Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Queenstown	Queenstown	Singapore
122	Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU), Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	Russian Federation
123	Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore	Singapore	Singapore
124	Singapore Management University, Singapore	Singapore	Singapore
125	SP Jain School of Global Management, Singapore	Singapore	Singapore
126	Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney	Sydney	Austrailia
127	The College of Law, Sydney	Sydney	Austrailia
128	Martin J Whitman School of Management, Syracuse	Syracuse	United States