Uttar Pradesh is in India's northwestern region. There are more than 30 universities in the state, including four central universities, twenty state universities, eight deemed universities, two IITs, one IIM in Lucknow, one NIT in Allahabad, and other polytechnics, engineering colleges, and industrial training institutes. Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, and Harcourt Butler Technological Institute are some of the state's well-known institutes.
Other Universities in Uttar Pradesh are Gautam Buddha University, Banaras Hindu University, Purvanchal University, Aligarh Muslim University, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhapur University, University of Allahabad, Indian Veterinary Research Institute Bareilly, IMT Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Technical University, M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, and King George's Medical University.
The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow) is a premier MBA Program in India. Other top MBA Colleges in the state include the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow, the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology in Allahabad, Amity Business School in Noida, The Faculty of Management studies at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, and the Institute of Management Studies in Ghaziabad.
Greater Noida's ITS Institute of Management; Greater Noida's Birla Institute of Management Technology; Ghaziabad's Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology; Gorakhpur's Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology; and Lucknow's SRM Business School.
The table below shows the most popular streams and types of courses offered by some of Uttar Pradesh's Top Colleges:
College Name | Popular Streams | Types of Courses |
IIT Kanpur | Engineering, Science | UG, PG & Ph.D |
Amity Lucknow, Noida | Business Administration, Engineering & Pharmacy | UG & PG |
IIM Lucknow | Business Administration | PG & Ph.D |
IIIT Allahabad | Engineering | UG, PG & Ph.D |
IIMT Group of Colleges, Greater Noida | Mass Communication, Management, Law & Pharmacy & Education | UG, PG & Diploma |
Here is a list of some of the best public and private colleges in Uttar Pradesh, along with their tuition costs:
Private Colleges | Total Course Fee (In Rs.) |
Amity University, Noida | 84,000 - 6,90,000 |
NIET, Greater Noida | 65,000 - 4,54,000 |
IIMT Group of Colleges, Greater Noida | 2,22,000 - 2,30,000 |
ABS, Noida | 7,45,000 |
GL Bajaj Institute of Management, Greater Noida | --- |
Public Colleges | Total Course Fee (in Rs.) |
IIT Kanpur | 8,18,000 - 8,27,000 |
IIM Lucknow | 4,72,000 - 19,25,000 |
AMU, Aligarh | 1,900 - 35,520 |
IIT Varanasi | 8,62,000 |
IIIT, Allahabad | 2,71,000 - 6,65,000 |
In addition to merit-based admission, many colleges in Uttar Pradesh accept results from national and state-level entrance tests. UPSEE, CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA, MAH CET, NMAT, IPU CET, JEE Main, SET, GATE, BHU PET, SUAT and others are among them.