The national-level institutions are:
- All-India Institute of Local Self-Government (Mumbai) (constituted in 1927).
- Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (New Delhi) (set up in 1967).
- Regional Centres for Urban and Environmental Studies (Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad and Mumbai) (set up in 1968).
- National Institute of Urban Affairs (New Delhi) (established in 1976).
- Human Settlement Management Institute (New Delhi) (established in 1985).