Presenting the Top 20 of 100 science colleges as per India Today's findings.



1. Miranda House, Delhi

Overall score: 1,830.9/2,000

Founded in 1948, the college offers graduate, post graduate and add on courses in social sciences, humanities and basic sciences.



2. Hindu College, Delhi

Overall score: 1,770.6

The Ministry of Science and Technology of India recently awarded 'star college' status to the biotechnology department of this college.

Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest colleges in the state.



3. St Stephen's College, Delhi

Overall score: 1,768.6

Established 1881, St Stephen's is one of the oldest colleges for arts and science in India. Among its famous alumni include bureaucrats, journalists, actors and entrepreneurs like Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Arun Shourie, Barkha Dutt, Rahul Bajaj and Kabir Bedi.



4. Kirori Mal College, Delhi

Overall score: 1,725.6

Started in 1954, the college has a long list of successful alumni including Amitabh Bachchan, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik and director Kabir Khan.



5. Loyola College, Chennai

Overall score: 1,714.1

Founded in 1925, Loyola has 10 departments in arts and seven in science running a total of 107 undergraduate and post graduate programmes.

Its distinguished alumni includes Verghese Kurien, father of White Revolution, former finance minister P Chidambaram and tennis icon Vijay Amritraj.



6. Madras Christian College, Chennai

Overall score: 1,702.5

One of Chennai's oldest colleges -- it was started in 1837 -- has produced civil servants, entrepreneurs and world leaders.

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, Padma Shri Raja Ramanna, Gemini Ganesan are among its notable alumni.



7. Hansraj College, Delhi

Overall score: 1,672.7

The college was set up in memory of Mahatma Hansraj on July 26, 1948.

It intakes over 4,000 students in its undergraduate courses and over 800 students for its post graduate programmes.

Shah Rukh Khan, Naveen Jindal and Anurag Kashyap have studied here.



8. Department of Sciences, Christ University, Bengaluru

Overall score: 1,671.7

With multiple campuses, Christ University offers courses in chemistry, computer science, life sciences, mathematics and statistics, physics and electronics.

It was established in 1969 and gained autonomy status in 2004.



9. Stella Maris College, Chennai

Overall score: 1,616.1

The minority college, affiliated to the University of Chennai was established in 1947 with just 32 students.

Today it offers courses in science, arts, commerce and information technology.

Preetha Reddy, managing director of Apollo Hospitals and Samantha Ruth Prabhu are among its notable alumni.



10. Women's Christian College, Chennai

Overall score: 1,592.7

The government aided minority institute started its academic journey in 1915 with 41 students.

Currently, it caters to over 2,700 students across its undergraduate and post graduate programmes.



11. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, New Delhi

Overall score: 1,568.7

Started in 1990 in a school building, the DDUC is now fully funded by the government.

In the national rankings released by the HRD ministry, it was positioned at number 8.

Besides specialised courses and sports facilities, it has a library spread across three floors for the benefit of students.



12. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, New Delhi

Overall score: 1,568.6

The college established in 1959, also featured among the top five colleges in India in the HRD university rankings released this year.

It offers courses in science, commerce, arts, physical science and computer science.



13. Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru

Overall score: 1,561.4

The autonomous institution, established 1948, is affiliated to Bangalore University.

Former Miss Earth Nicole Faria, badminton player Aparna Popat, Deepika Padukone have all studied here.



14. Gargi College, New Delhi

Overall score: 1,554.7

Started in 1967, it admits approx 4,000 students across its undergraduate and post graduate programmes in science, commerce, arts and education.

Huma Qureshi, Sanya Malhotra and former Miss India Universe Urvashi Rautela have studied here.



15. St Joseph's College, Bengaluru

Overall score: 1,548.1

One of the oldest colleges in Karnataka, St Joseph's, established 1882, has over 5,000 students on its roll.

Besides pure sciences, arts and commerce, it offers courses in visual communication and big data analytics as well.



16. Mithibai College, Mumbai

Overall score: 1,545.8

Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science was started in 1961.

Over 35,000 students have passed out of the college so far.

Ekta Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerj -- it has an endless list of celebrities.



17. St Xavier's College, Mumbai

Overall score: 1,527.6

The autonomous institution named after Francis Xavier, a 16th century Spanish saint was established in 1869.

Besides undergraduate and postgraduate, the college offers diploma and certificate courses in science, arts, commerce and management.

The institute boasts of a long list of distinguished alumni including Wipro chairman Azim Premji, Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani, author Amish Tripathy, actors Anil Kapoor, Vidya Balan and late Smita Patil among others.



18. Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College, Chandigarh

Overall score: 1,517.9

Spread over 16 acres of land, this college is affiliated to Punjab university.

It provides general, vocational and professional courses at undergraduate and post graduate level.



19. Maharaja Agrasen College, New Delhi

Overall score: 1,516.2

Established 1994, it is among the youngest colleges to feature in the Top 20.

Its 10-acre campus offers facilities like language laboratory, an open university and research centre, library and conference hall.



20. Acharya Narendra Dev College, New Delhi

Overall score: 1,514.1

The college, funded by the government of India, is named after educationist Acharya Narendra Dev.

It offers courses in biomedical sciences, chemistry, physical sciences and life sciences at