How do you access AISHE data?

AISHE is labeled “Public dashboard” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.

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AISHE

All India Survey on Higher Education

Name: All India Survey on Higher Education
Creator: Ministry of Education

AISHE is used to study higher-education institutions, enrolment, teachers, and programme capacity.

Public dashboardLarge

education

Host / institution

Ministry of Education · Ministry of Education

Geography

India, state, institution

Time coverage

Since 2010–11

Update frequency

Annual

What this is best for

Institution-level higher education system statistics

Main limitations

Less granular on learning outcomes than school assessments

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is AISHE used for?: Institution-level higher education system statistics
How do you access AISHE data?: AISHE is labeled “Public dashboard” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does AISHE cover?: Geography: India, state, institution. Time coverage: Since 2010–11.
What are the main limitations of AISHE?: Less granular on learning outcomes than school assessments

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

1 link

PortalAISHE portalaishe.gov.in/

Variables7

Live-fetched aishe.gov.in (2026-07-09): Homepage | AISHE | India. Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

Sourced from live host documentation

Open official dictionary

Name / code	Description	Group
Institution ID	Higher education institution code	IDs
Teachers	Faculty counts and ranks	Faculty
Student enrolment	Enrolment by programme and gender	Students
Programmes	Programme offerings and levels	Programmes
Exam results	Examination outcome fields	Outcomes
Finance	Institution finance items	Finance
Infrastructure	Campus infrastructure	Infrastructure

Formats

portal · reports

Technical tags

dashboardannualadministrative data

Example uses

University capacity, GER in higher education

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

3 verified sources

Scholarly works3

Journal articleAnalyzes data
The underrepresentation of women in STEM disciplines in India: a secondary analysis
Nithiya Amirtham S, Amardeep Kumar · International Journal of Science Education · 2023
Analyzes AISHE data in the context of: "The underrepresentation of women in STEM disciplines in India: a secondary analysis".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
Gender parity in STEM higher education in India: a trend analysis
Nithiya Amirtham S, Amardeep Kumar · International Journal of Science Education · 2021
Analyzes AISHE data in the context of: "Gender parity in STEM higher education in India: a trend analysis".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
All India Survey on Higher Education Report 2018-19
New Delhi · 2019
Analyzes AISHE data in the context of: "All India Survey on Higher Education Report 2018-19".

Scholarly checked:: 10 Sept 2026
Web checked:: Not checked yet

Open access portal

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.