Academic Index Last updated: June 22, 2026

17 Best Universities in Uttar Pradesh

Exploring the academic landscape of Uttar Pradesh, our index provides a definitive ranking of the top 17 higher education institutions. We analyzed 183.1K scientific publications and 3.14M citations to accurately measure the research output of these institutions.

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1

Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

#7 in India #90 in Asia

8% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1959 Founded

2

Aligarh

Aligarh Muslim University

#17 in India #234 in Asia

30% Acceptance

32,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

3

Varanasi

Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

#46 in India #560 in Asia

13% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1919 Founded

4

Lucknow

King George’s Medical University

#54 in India #609 in Asia

13% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1911 Founded

5

Allahabad

University of Allahabad

#57 in India #630 in Asia

20% Acceptance

26,386 Enrollment

1887 Founded

6

Noida

Amity University

#67 in India #693 in Asia

25% Acceptance

3,611 Enrollment

2005 Founded

7

Allahabad

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

#120 in India #1031 in Asia

14% Acceptance

2,292 Enrollment

1961 Founded

8

Lucknow

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

#132 in India #1110 in Asia

63% Acceptance

1983 Founded

9

Greater Noida

Sharda University

#139 in India #1149 in Asia

63% Acceptance

901 Enrollment

2009 Founded

10

Bareilly

Indian Veterinary Research Institute

#218 in India #1590 in Asia

52% Acceptance

5,326 Enrollment

1889 Founded

11

Varanasi

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi University

#264 in India #1826 in Asia

41% Acceptance

901 Enrollment

12

Raebareli

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

#373 in India #2358 in Asia

13% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

13

Lucknow

Babu Banarasi Das University

#411 in India #2536 in Asia

38% Acceptance

28,000 Enrollment

2010 Founded

14

Saharanpur

Glocal University

#569 in India #3729 in Asia

72% Acceptance

2012 Founded

15

Raebareli

Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University

#664 in India #4261 in Asia

35% Acceptance

1,000 Enrollment

2013 Founded

16

Jhansi

Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University

#724 in India #4481 in Asia

85% Acceptance

1,000 Enrollment

2014 Founded

17

Shikohabad

#795 in India #4885 in Asia

73% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

2015 Founded