Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936, as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate
School of Social Work to meet the emerging need for trained human service professionals. TISS was awarded a 5-Star rating by NAAC in 2002. In 2009, the NAAC re-accredited TISS and placed it in Grade ‘A’ with a score of 3.88 out of 4—the second highest amongst all universities accredited by NAAC until now.
It has campuses in Mumbai, Tujlapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad. The Tujlapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad campuses of TISS offer a five-year Integrated Masters programme in Social Sciences. The Guwahati and Hyderabad Campuses will offer a three-year B.Ed-M.Ed. programme to produce high quality teacher trainers and revitalise the teacher educators programme in the country.