During the initial stages, institutions under Government sector outnumbered the Private institutions as the Policy of Government then did not favor much private participation inorder to have a control over the Technical Education portfolio. The growing scope of higher education imposed by the demand raised through market expansion has led to an undue expansion at this level with the larger role assumed by private sector which then got popularly branded as Self Financing Institutions. The State houses 14 Universities which includes the Central University of Kerala, IIST , IISER and NUALS. The Higher Education Scenario prevailing in the state and the number of institutions with their respective portfolio could be summarized as below.

Table 2: Higher Education Institutions in Kerala during 2013-14

Program	Level of Course	Number of Institutes(2013-14)	Approved Intake(2013-14)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY	POST GRADUATE	99	7493
	UNDER GRADUATE	156	58242
	DIPLOMA	68	19364
	POST DIPLOMA	2	180
	DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY	1	36
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TOTAL		230	85315
MANAGEMENT	POST GRADUATE	73	6780
	POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA	10	1110
MANAGEMENT TOTAL		81	7890
	POST GRADUATE	54	3262
	MCA 2nd Year Direct	2	120
MCA TOTAL		54	3382
ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING	UNDER GRADUATE	8	464
	DIPLOMA	2	126
	POST GRADUATE	3	72
ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING TOTAL		10	662
HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND CATERING	UNDER GRADUATE	6	420
	DIPLOMA	1	120
HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND CATERING TOTAL		7	540
PHARMACY	POST GRADUATE	24	1174
	UNDER GRADUATE	33	2126
	POST DOCTORAL	1	10
	DIPLOMA	1	60
PHARMACY TOTAL		33	3370
Grand Total		344	101159
OTHERS
Medicine	20
Dental	24
Ayurveda	19
Homeo	5
Agriculture	9
Law	12
Applied Science	121
Arts & Science	232
Nursing	145
Vetenary	2
Teachers Training	21
Music	3