State private universities in India are regulated under the UGC (Establishment and Maintenance of Standards in Private University) Regulations, 2003. Per these regulations, state private universities are established by an Act of a State Legislative Assembly and listed by the UGC in the Gazette upon receiving the Act. The UGC sends committees to inspect the state private universities and publishes their inspection report.
The UGC publishes and regularly updates the lists of state private universities. The earliest date of notification is that of Sikkim Manipal University, 11 October 1995. State private universities were established in 26 of the 28 states of India and in none of the 8 union territories.
Section 12 (B) of the UGC Act of 1956 also grants the UGC the right to "allocate and disburse, out of the Fund of the Commission, grants to Universities..." As such, the UGC may declare a state private university as "Included under 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956". Updates to these declarations are done in meetings of the UGC and published in the minutes.
In the list below, the year of establishment is the year stated by the UGC as "Date of Notification". Cases where this year is different than the year stated by the university are noted. Differences in title are also noted, except minor typographical errors and "University of X"/"X University" differences. Inspection report data is from the lists of state private university per state and individual reports are sourced where available.
There are 11 state private universities in Andhra Pradesh.
There are eight state private universities in Arunachal Pradesh.
There are nine state private universities in Assam, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are seven state private universities in Bihar.
There are 17 state private universities in Chhattisgarh, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are 66 state private universities in Gujarat, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are 25 state private universities in Haryana, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are 17 state private universities in Himachal Pradesh.
There are 18 state private universities in Jharkhand.
There are 29 state private universities in Karnataka, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are 54 state private universities in Madhya Pradesh.
There are 33 state private universities in Maharashtra, one of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are four state private universities in Manipur.
There are nine state private universities in Meghalaya.
There is one state private university in Mizoram.
There are four state private universities in Nagaland.
There are eleven state private universities in Odisha, three of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are 18 state private universities in Punjab, two of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are 53 state private universities in Rajasthan, four of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are ten state private universities in Sikkim.
There are four state private universities in Tamil Nadu.
There are Ten state private universities in Telangana.
There is Five state private university in Tripura.
There are 48 state private universities in Uttar Pradesh, seven of which were declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are 27 state private universities in Uttarakhand, 12 of which was declared fit under Section 12 (B).
There are 11 state private universities in West Bengal.