Top Colleges Participating in Amazon ML Challenge 2026
An empirical look at university and college participation, multi-institution teams, and campus performance across 2,600+ academic organizations.
Academic Diversity Across India
The Amazon ML Challenge 2026 witnessed widespread participation across India's technical education ecosystem. Over 2,663 distinct colleges and institutes were represented in the dataset.
Rather than relying on a single subjective ranking formula, the Explorer breaks down institutional performance by verifiable historical metrics: - Total participating teams per institution - Total unique registered student members - Best individual team rank achieved - Top 10, Top 50, and Top 100 placements - Mean and median F1 scores across submitting rosters
Top Participating Campuses
Institutions with standout engagement and high-density performance included: - Premier Institutes (IITs, BITS, IIITs, NITs): High concentration of top 100 finishes with disciplined ensembling strategies. - Major State & Autonomous Universities (DTU, NSUT, VIT, SRM, Thapar, PES): Massive representation with hundreds of student teams, fostering internal campus competitive dynamics.
The Multi-College Collaboration Phenomenon
A notable finding from the competition data is that 3,993 teams were cross-institutional collaborations where teammates represented multiple colleges.
This highlights the modern shift toward remote collaboration and peer study groups formed across university boundaries.
View full college profiles and institutional rosters on the Colleges Directory and College Leaderboard.