According to the census conducted in the year 2001, the state of Madhya Pradesh had a literacy rate of 63.74% and the state acts as the home for many premier educational and research institutions in the nation and some of the popular institutions in the city are:

• Indian Institute of Technology Indore

• Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior

• School of planning and architecture, Bhopal

• Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior

• Indian Institute of Management, Indore

• Indian Institute of Forest Management

• National Law Institute University, Bhopal

• Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal

• Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior

• Indian Institute of Soil Science

• Indian Institute of Hotel Management, Bhopal

• Samrat Ashok Technological Institute Vidisha

• Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) Gwalior

• Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science, Indore

• Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication, Bhopal

In addition to these important institutions, the state also has several other small colleges for offering education in different disciplines.

Science education in Madhya Pradesh:

The state of Madhya Pradesh has many science college and of these colleges some has earned great credibility among the students and their parents with respect to qualify of education. This is because many science institutes are offering education for decades in such a way that three generation students has so far been graduated by some of the old and popular science institutions in the state.

List of science colleges in Madhya Pradesh:

• Government MH College of Home Science & Science

• St Francis De Sales College, Nagpur

• Centum Learning Limited - Kamptee, Nagpur

• Government P. G. College Neemuch, Neemuch

• Danielson Degree College, Chhindwara

• Government P. G. College Sagar, Sagar

• Government P. G. College Bhopal, Bhopal

• Government P. G. College Indore, Indore

• Government Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya, Bhopal

• Government Nehru Post Graduate College, Sagar

• Government P. G. College Khargone, Indore

• Government P. G. College Pipariya, Hoshangabad

• Government Madhav Vigyan Mahavidyalaya, Ujjain

• Bonnie Foi College, Bhopal

• Government Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Post Graduate College, Hoshangabad

• Government Model Autonomous Holkar Science College, Indore

• Government Model Science College (Autonomous), Jabalpur

• Government Girls P. G. College (Autonomous), Indore

• Government Girls P. G. College Kothi Compound, Rewa

• Government Junnardeo Mahavidyalaya, Chhindwara

• Government Kamla Nehru Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Damoh

• Government Girls Collge Swarkar Bal Vihar, Vidisha

• Government Girls Degree College Ujjain Road, Itawa

• Government Girls P. G. College Ujjain, Ujjain

• A. S. R. M. Government Degree College, Dewas

• Government Degree College Dist. Tikamgarh, Tikamgarh

• Hislop College, Nagpur

• Government Girls College Dashahara Maidan, Bhopal

The state also has several other science colleges in different districts.