All India Survey on Higher Education

Minsitry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

About AISHE

To portray the status of higher education in the country, Ministry of Human Resource Development has endeavoured to conduct an annual web-based All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) since 2010-11.

The survey covers all the Institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education. Data is being collected on several parameters such as teachers, student enrolment, programmes, examination results, education finance, infrastructure. Indicators of educational development such as Institution Density, Gross Enrolment Ratio, Pupil-teacher ratio, Gender Parity Index, Per Student Expenditure will also be calculated from the data collected through AISHE. These are useful in making informed policy decisions and research for development of education sector.

Data is being collected on following broad items

Institution's Basic Details
Teacher's Details
Details of Non-Teaching Staff
Programme conducted under various Faculties/Schools & Departments/Centres
Students enrolled in these Programme
Examination result of terminal year of each Programme
Financial Information such as Receipt and Expenditure under various heads
Availability of Infrastructure
Scholarships, Loans & Accreditation

An Appeal

All Principals of the affiliated colleges are hereby requested to upload your college information at the earliest once the AISHE portal opens.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
Albert Einstein, Physicist

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is there any specific software requirement for filling up of the form?

Adobe 10 or above (preferably Adobe 10.0.1) should necessarily be installed on the system as it is a prerequisite for proper functioning of the Form. Form should be opened only in Adobe and in no other software.

Which Role is to be selected by the Institution for registration?

University/University Level Institution (IITs, NITs etc.): University Officer, Colleges/Institutions attached to the University: College Officer, Stand Alone Technical Institutions: Institute-STB/DTE-Officer, Stand Alone Nursing Institutions: Institute-SNB-Officer, Stand Alone Teacher Training Institutions: Institute-SCERT-Officer, Stand Alone PGDM Institutions: PGDM, and Institutes under Central Ministries: Institutes under Ministries.

How the registration of the College/Institution is to be approved by the University/State Nodal Officer for accessing the portal?

All the colleges/ Institutions attached to the University have to register on the portal by selecting the role as “College Officer” and their registration is to be approved by a competent authority.

Institute/College registration can be seen under the link: USER MANAGEMENT. By clicking on user id, details of nodal officer may be seen which can be verified before giving approval. Approval can be given just by clicking 'X' button. Once approved it will show 'tick' mark.

What is the Reference Period for filling up the various Blocks of the Form? ?

Reference date for filling up the Data Capture Formats is 30th September of the academic year. The number of institutions, teachers and students will be recorded on the basis of their actual number as on 30th September for the academic year. For AISHE 2015-16, the reference date would be 30th September 2016. Information in respect of Examination Result will be collected for the students passed out/awarded degree for the past academic year declared on or before 31st December. For AISHE 2015-16, the results declared on or before 30th December 2016 for the academic year 2014-15. Financial Information will be recorded for the financial year i.e. 1st April to 31st March. For AISHE 2015-16, the reference period would be 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016.