Delhi, which is the capital of India and one of the largest metropolitan areas of the world, has also special distinction in area of education too. As being recognized as world city has a number of reputed centres of education either being operated by NCT government or privately operated college and institutions in Delhi. If we talk elaborately about the education standard and total number of educational institutions in Delhi then to a latest information Delhi has nearly 2470 primary, 715 middle, 1576 secondary level and 131 graduated colleges in Delhi.

Among the 131 Under Graduate Colleges in Delhi there are 5 medical and 8 engineering colleges are within the national capital Delhi. Apart from that within Delhi all the colleges are constituted and are operating in the framework of Four Universities, Seven Deemed Universities and One Open University.

Among its undergraduate colleges, Delhi has many of good number of colleges which has been covered in herein on this website. The Universities in Delhi are Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

Other colleges of International reputation in Delhi are The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT), Delhi School of Economics, Shri Ram College of Commerce,Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology , Delhi College of Engineering and St Stephen's College.