About Us
O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary and research oriented university founded in 2009. JGU was established as a philanthropic initiative of its Founding Chancellor, Mr. Naveen Jindal in memory of his father, Mr. O.P. Jindal.
JGU has 16,000+ students, 1100+ full-time faculty members, and 2900+ administrative staff in its fully residential campus. JGU’s twelve schools focus on Law, Business & Management, International Affairs, Public Policy, Liberal Arts & Humanities, Journalism, Art & Architecture, Banking & Finance, Environment & Sustainability, Psychology & Counselling, Languages & Literature and Public Health & Human Development. Over the last decade, JGU has grown into an institution that brings full-time faculty from 50+ countries in the world, students from 100+ countries and has collaborated with 575+ leading institutions in 80+ countries which makes the learning experience truly international.
JGU is ranked Number 1 in the world with the highest overall score amongst all universities and awarded ‘Gold’ by the Times Higher Education (THE) Online Learning Rankings 2024. JGU has been ranked as India’s Number 1 Private University for three years in a row by the prestigious QS World University Rankings 2023. JGU has been recognised among the Top 150 universities globally under the age of 50 years by the QS Young University Rankings. JGU has also been recognised in the Top 500 Universities as per the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.
The Jindal Global Law School, has retained its number one rank in India for six consecutive years and remains the only Indian law school listed in the Global Top 100 by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025. Furthermore, JGU holds the distinction of being India’s top private university for Arts & Humanities and Politics & International Studies (within the Top 201-250 globally). It ranks among the top two private universities in India for Economics & Econometrics, among the top three private universities in India (Top 274 in the world) for Social Sciences & Management, and among the top six private universities in India for Business & Management Studies (Top 500 in the world) as per the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025. In 2020, JGU was recognised as an ‘Institution of Eminence’ by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
