Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, popularly referred to as the TISS, is a public university with campuses in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Tuljapur and Guwahati.

TISS was established in 1936 as Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work and is regarded as Asia’s oldest institute for professional social work. It was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in 1944 and received deemed university status from the government of India in 1964.

The institute offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in a range of disciplines like management and labour studies, disaster studies, development studies, education, gender studies, health studies, law, media and cultural studies, public policy, rural development and social work.

The university has a formed partnerships with universities around the world including University of Chicago, London School of Economics and Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sciences Po.