National Post Graduate College, Lucknow was established in 1974. It is affiliated to the University of Lucknow and recognized by UGC.

National Post Graduate College was established in 1974 by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Late Chandra Bhanu Gupta. The College is situated close to the banks of rive Gomti in the heart of city has lush green campus and is surrounded by a number of major institutions - Academic and Administrative.

IN a city of 16 Universities and more than 150 Degree Colleges, National P.G. College is the only college which enjoys the highest status of CPE (College with Potential For Excellence) and Autonomous Status. The College offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Arts and Commerce faculties and under-graduate courses in Science and Computer faculties. The college also offers under graduate and post graduate programs for skill development under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kushal Kendra established with the special grant from University Grants Commission (UGC). There are six programs being offered under the scheme - two one-year programs under Community College and two degree and two post graduate programs under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kaushal Kendra are being offered. DDUKK has components of ICT, ITES and Banking, Insurance and Financial services.

Well-equipped labs, computerised rich library, e-library, data analysis centre and air conditioned reading room are some of the basic state of the art educational facilities.

Study Centre for IGNOU and Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad are offering a number of certificate, diploma and degree programs in distant mode. Regular consultation classes and remedial sessions are held for the students of the programs under IGNOU and UPRTOU.

NSS and NCC Programs are part of outreach activities of the college inculcating the patriotism and feeling of social science in the students.

College offers rigorous training for a number of indoor and outdoor sports such as Chess, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Badminton, Athletics & Cricket. District Level inter degree collegiate cricket tournaments - Chandra Bhanu Gupta Inter Degree Collegiate Cricket Tournaments, Amit Singh Trophy. The tournament is now in its 20's.

The single life force functioning behind the college administration is to provide quality education with the objective of  inculcating virtues of disciplined, dedicated and good citizens in the students.

The college functions on the single motto of imparting quality education to the quantity by inculcating the virtue of being a good human with the sense of discipline.

 VISION

'MERITUM ETHICUS' (Merit With Ethics) by imparting value added education and make students globally competent individuals.

MISSION

To inculcate academic scholarship, respect for human, national integration, virtuosity, intellectual growth and aesthetic appreciation cultivating character building through discipline in our students. We endeavor to provide a  congenial environment for innovative teaching-learning process for the purpose of meeting the challenge of national and international goals. Our emphasis is on enriching the personality of students in a manner that they prove to be competent, sincere and dedicated individuals having a sense for the human values.