The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), established in 1936, is a Deemed University under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. It operates as a grant-in-aid Institute under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and holds a Grade I University status per NAAC assessment 2024.
With four campuses in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Guwahati, and Tuljapur, TISS offers a wide range of undergraduate, master's, and Ph.D. programmes across various socially relevant inter-disciplinary areas of applied Social Sciences.