Is every engineering college in Uttar Pradesh listed here?

No — we only list institutes we can identify from official registries and verify with at least one citable source. If a real institute is missing, it means we haven't sourced it yet, not that it's deliberately excluded.

Where do the NIRF ranks on this page come from?

From nirfindia.org's Engineering category. We don't compute or estimate our own rank — where an institute doesn't have a published NIRF Engineering rank, this page shows no rank rather than a guess.

Why does Uttar Pradesh have so many tracked institutes?

Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state and has a correspondingly large higher-education sector — the institute count here reflects that scale, not a Knwdle sourcing bias toward the state.

Are all Uttar Pradesh institutes on this page JoSAA-routed?

No. Only IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTI seats in the state are JoSAA-counselled. Most state universities and private institutes admit through Uttar Pradesh's own counselling systems or an institute-level exam, shown per profile where sourced.

State · Central zone

Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

Sourced from NIRF, AICTE & official institute sites

Uttar Pradesh has the largest tracked institute count in Knwdle's directory — from IIT Kanpur and IIT (BHU) Varanasi at the top of the NIRF table down to a wide base of state and private universities across the state's many cities.

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Institutes tracked: 24
With NIRF rank: 6
Institute types: 3
Geographic zone: Central

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Uttar Pradesh — key facts

Live data

Tracked institutes	5,299
With NIRF Engineering rank (top slice)	6
Institute types present	3
Largest type share	PRIVATE · 41
Geographic zone	Central

Figures computed from institutes currently tracked for this state in Knwdle’s directory. NIRF ranks cite nirfindia.org.

By institute type in Uttar Pradesh

Live mix of institute types on this page — use the chips below the rankings to filter cards.

PRIVATE

IIT

NIT

Overview

Uttar Pradesh has the largest tracked institute count of any state in Knwdle's directory, spread across more cities than most other states here. Private institutes are the single largest type, followed by state universities, with a smaller core of deemed, GFTI, central, IIIT, IIT and NIT institutes.

IIT Kanpur (#4 nationally) and IIT (BHU) Varanasi (#10) lead the state's NIRF-ranked set, followed by Aligarh Muslim University, Amity University and Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology. JoSAA covers the state's JoSAA-participating institutes; Uttar Pradesh's own state counselling applies to much of the state-university base, and private institutes largely run their own entrance exams.

Key figure

Share with a numeric NIRF Engineering rank

Computed from the institutes listed on this page right now — not a fixed marketing number. Refreshes as our directory adds or re-verifies institutes.

NIRF Engineering ranks in Uttar Pradesh

Institutes on this page with a numeric NIRF Engineering rank, best first (up to 20). YoY movement requires multi-year NIRF rows in the database.

6 of 6 ranked

Rank	Institute	Type	Score	GO
#4	IIT KanpurKanpur	IIT	81.82	88.1
#10	IIT BHUVaranasi	IIT	67.24	86.0
#34	AMU AligarhAligarh	PRIVATE	59.01	64.2
#60	MMMUT GorakhpurGorakhpur	PRIVATE	52.45	68.6
#62	MNNIT AllahabadAllahabad	NIT	52.15	74.4
#78	RGIPT AmethiAmethi	PRIVATE	48.52	67.4

Institutes in Uttar Pradesh

5,299 institutes · page 6

FAQ

Is every engineering college in Uttar Pradesh listed here?: No — we only list institutes we can identify from official registries and verify with at least one citable source. If a real institute is missing, it means we haven't sourced it yet, not that it's deliberately excluded.
Where do the NIRF ranks on this page come from?: From nirfindia.org's Engineering category. We don't compute or estimate our own rank — where an institute doesn't have a published NIRF Engineering rank, this page shows no rank rather than a guess.
Why does Uttar Pradesh have so many tracked institutes?: Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state and has a correspondingly large higher-education sector — the institute count here reflects that scale, not a Knwdle sourcing bias toward the state.
Are all Uttar Pradesh institutes on this page JoSAA-routed?: No. Only IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTI seats in the state are JoSAA-counselled. Most state universities and private institutes admit through Uttar Pradesh's own counselling systems or an institute-level exam, shown per profile where sourced.

How to use this page

1Use the type chips to narrow the real institute set for this state.
2Open a profile for NIRF scorecard, programmes, and cited admissions/fees when Gold content exists.
3Jump to Rankings for the national table, or Compare for a neutral side-by-side of 2–3 colleges.

Frequently asked questions

Answers use counts from this page's live institute list.

How many institutes appear for Uttar Pradesh?: 20 institutes currently match this page’s filter. 6 of them have a numeric NIRF Engineering rank in our database.
Is “best” based on editorial opinion?: No. Where we sort or headline by rank, the order follows published NIRF Engineering ranks (nirfindia.org). Unranked institutes are not given a fabricated Knwdle rank.
What is Graduation Outcomes (GO)?: GO is an NIRF sub-score (independent of self-reported packages). On this page, 6 institutes have a GO value; the average among those is 74.8.
Can I filter by institute type in Uttar Pradesh?: Yes — use the chips above the list. Types present here: PRIVATE (17), IIT (2), NIT (1).

What we publish — and what we don't

Included when sourced

NIRF Engineering ranks & sub-scores (nirfindia.org)
JoSAA closing ranks already in our database
Programmes from AICTE EOA / institute official catalogues
Fees & admissions copy only from the institute's own site
Campus images from Wikimedia Commons or official media

Deliberately excluded

Star reviews and self-reported placement packages
Fees estimated or copied from aggregator directories
Facts that appear only on compiled third-party college directories

NIRF Graduation Outcomes (GO) is the honest substitute for placement-intent browsing — an independent metric, not a package figure.