List of Universities in Uttar Pradesh

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU), known as Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya in Hindi, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh is one of the largest residential universities in Asia having more than 60 hostels for its resident students

Uttar Pradesh is home to some of the best universities in India and in the world, offering an array of courses in various disciplines. IIT Kanpur, Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University, University of Allahabad are some of the universities and institutes in Uttar Pradesh offering the best courses and research options for students.

In fact, UP has overtaken Tamil Nadu as the Indian state with the maximum number of universities (69.) Out of these, 5 are central universities, 4 are "institutes of national importance", 24 are state (public) universities, 1 is a state (open) university, 24 are state (private) universities, 1 is an institute under state legislature act, 10 are deemed universities and 4 are included under "others".

Central universities in Uttar Pradesh

1. Aligarh Muslim University
2. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
3. Banaras Hindu University
4. Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University
5. University of Allahabad

State universities (public) in Uttar Pradesh

1. Bundelkhand University
2. Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology
3. Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Kanpur University
4. Choudary Charan Singh University
5. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University
6. Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, formerly Agra University
7. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University
8. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU)
9. Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University
10. Gautam Buddha University
11. King George's Medical University (Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University)
12. Lucknow University
13. M.J.P. Rohilkhand University
14. Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology
15. Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) [Briefly known as Mahamaya Technical University]
16. Mahatam Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth
17. Narendra Dev University of Agriculture & Technology
18. Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
19. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology
20. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
21. U.P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidhyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan
22. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi Farsi University
23. Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University

Open university in Uttar Pradesh

1. U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University

Deemed universities in UP

1. Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad (previously Allahabad Agricultural Institute)
2. Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow
3. Central University of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath
4. Dayalbagh Educational Institute
5. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
6. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar
7. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida
8. Shobhit University, Meerut
9. Santosh University, Ghaziabad
10. Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad

Private universities in UP

1. Amity University
2. Babu Banarasi Das University
3. G L A University
4. Galgotias University
5. IFTM University
6. Integral University
7. Invertis University
8. J.S. University, Firozabad
9. Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University
10. Jaypee University
11. Maharishi University of Information Technology
12. Mangalayatan University
13. Mohammad Ali Jauhar University
14. Monad University
15. Noida International University
16. Rama University
17. Sharda University
18. Shiv Nadar University
19. Shobhit University
20. Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University
21. Shri Venkateshwara University
22. Swami Vivekananda Subharti University
23. Teerthanker Mahaveer University
24. The Glocal University

Institutes of National Importance in UP

1. Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
3. Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology, Allahabad
4. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli

Beware of these fake universities in UP

1. Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi
2. Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s University) Prayag, Allahabad
3. Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad
4. National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur
5. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh,
6. Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura
7. Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh
8. Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area,Khoda,Makanpur,Noida
9. Gurukul Vishwavidyala, Vridanvan