This is an incomplete list of institutions of higher education in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Uttar Pradesh has a total of 55 universities, the second-highest of all Indian states and territories.
TYPE | Number |
---|---|
Central | 6 |
State | 33 |
Private | 35 |
Deemed | 8 |
Total | 82 |
Uttar Pradesh has 6 central universities.
University | Location | Established | University status | Enrolled students (as of 2014) | References |
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Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | 1875 [lower-alpha 1] | 1920 | 20791 | [1] |
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University | Lucknow | 1996 | 1996 | 1770 | [2] |
Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi | 1916 | 1916 | 30698 | [3] [4] [5] |
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University | Raebareli | 2013 | 2013 | N/A | [6] |
Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University | Jhansi | 2014 | 2014 | ||
University of Allahabad | Allahabad | 1876 [7] | 1887 | 22615 | [8] [9] |
There are 34 state universities in Uttar Pradesh:
There are 35 private universities in Uttar Pradesh:
The following 8 institutions have been declared as deemed universities under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, by the Ministry of Human Resource Development: [61]
University | Location | Established | References |
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Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies | Varanasi | 1967 | [62] [63] |
Dayalbagh Educational Institute | Agra | 1917 | [64] [65] |
Indian Veterinary Research Institute | Bareilly | 1889 | [66] [67] |
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology # | Noida | 2001 | [68] [69] |
Nehru Gram Bharati # | Allahabad | 1962 | [70] |
Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences | Allahabad | 1910 | [71] |
Santosh Medical College | Ghaziabad | 1995 | [72] |
Shobhit Institute of Engineering & Technology | Meerut | 2006 | [73] |
# Recognition status sub judice in the Supreme Court.
There are 12 autonomous institutions of higher education in Uttar Pradesh:
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