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Pune has over a hundred educational institutes and more than nine deemed universities apart from the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU; formerly University of Pune), which is the second largest University in the country (based on total number of colleges),[187] students from all over the world studying at the colleges of the SPPU.

Basic and special education
Public schools (known locally as "municipality schools") are run by the PMC, and are affiliated with the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Private schools are run by educational trusts or individuals. Pune is the largest centre for Japanese learning in India.[188] Other languages taught in the city include German, which is taught at the Goethe-Institut, and French, which is taught at Alliance Française.

University education
Most colleges in Pune are affiliated to SPPU, established in 1948. Seven other universities have also been established in the city.[189]

National Chemical Laboratory
The College of Engineering Pune, now an autonomous institute of the government of Maharashtra, founded in 1854, is the third oldest engineering college in Asia. The Deccan Education Society was founded by several local citizens in 1884, including social and political activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak,[190] and was responsible for founding Fergusson College in 1885.
Symbiosis International University, which operates 33 colleges and institutions in the city, includes colleges such as Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM, Pune), Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS),





Savitribai Phule Pune University



Armed Forces Medical College, Pune


(SCMHRD),Symbiosis Law School (SLS) and Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB) which are ranked among the top management and law institutes in the country,[191][192] and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR) which is one of the few colleges in India that promotes open source technology. Pune is also home to Symbiosis Institute of Technology of the Symbiosis family.[193]
ILS Law College, established by the Indian Law Society, is one of the top ten law schools in India.[194] Established medical schools such as the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) and Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College train students from all over Maharashtra and India and are among the top medical colleges in India. The AFMC consistently ranks among the top five medical colleges in India.[195] The Film and Television Institute of India, one of only three Indian institutions in the global CILECT film school network, is located on Law College Road.
The Lalit Kala Kendra is an undergraduate department of Music, Dance and Drama on the Savitribai Phule Pune University campus that has been operational since 1987. This department features a combination of Gurukul and formal education systems.[196]

Research Institutes[edit]

Pune is home to some of India's important research institutes. Some of the major research centres are:



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