Best Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh 2026: Ranking, Fees, Admission, Courses, Placements

There are about 400+ best Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh. Some of the top Engineering colleges in UP include IIT Kanpur, IIT BHU Varanasi, Amity University Noida, MNNIT Allahabad, Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, IIIT Allahabad, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Galgotias University, and many others. Among these, 310+ colleges are privately owned, 50+ colleges are owned by the government, and 3 colleges are owned by public-private entities. JEE Main is the top-accepted entrance exam for admission to top Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh.

Best Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh: Highlights 2025

Below is the table showing the particulars of top Engineering colleges in UP:

Particulars	Parameters
No. of Colleges	400+ colleges
Annual Fees	Less than INR 1 lakh: 8 colleges INR 1-2 lakh: 70+ colleges INR 2-3 lakh: 260+ colleges INR 3-5 lakh: 100 colleges > INR 5 lakh: 60 colleges
Top B Tech College in UP	IIT Kanpur, IIT BHU Varanasi, Amity University Noida, MNNIT Allahabad, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, etc.
Top Specialisations	Computer Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc.
Admission Process	JEE Main, CUET, etc.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.

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Best Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh with NIRF Ranking 2024

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranks colleges every year. The ranking is based on various parameters and rankings change year on year depending on college universities and performances.

Among the top 10 Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh. Following is a list of some of the engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh ranked by NIRF over the past three years:

College Names	NIRF 2022	NIRF 2023	NIRF 2024
IIT Kanpur Ranking	4	4	4
IIT BHU Ranking	13	15	10
Amity University, Noida Ranking	25	31	30
MNNIT Allahabad Ranking	47	49	60
IIIT Allahabad Ranking	93	89	87

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website of the ranking body listed and may vary.

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Best BTech Colleges in Uttar Pradesh: Admissions 2025

The eligibility criteria for a BTech course may differ from college to college. However, the basic eligibility criteria for top Engineering colleges in UP are as follows. The candidates:

• Must have passed Class 12th with a minimum 60% aggregate from a recognised board with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as core subjects (the pass percentage may vary in different colleges).
• For admissions, candidates must take standard entrance exams like JEE Main, CUET, etc.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.

Best BTech Colleges in Uttar Pradesh: Exam Schedule 2025

The most popular entrance exams accepted by BTech College in UP are mentioned below:

• JEE Main: For admission to BE/BTech, BArch, and BPlan programmes at NITs, IIITs, and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs), as well as institutions/universities supported/recognised by participating State Governments, the Joint Entrance Test, or JEE Main, is held.
• CUET: Common University Entrance Test, also known as CUET UG, is a national-level entrance exam conducted by NTA for admission to UG courses offered by participating institutes.

The table below shows the entrance exams accepted in the UP BTech colleges along with their dates and Schedules:

Exams	Date	Schedule
JEE Main 2025 Exam	over for 2025	JEE Main Schedule
CUET 2025 Exam	over for 2025	CUET Schedule
JEE Advanced 2025 Exam	over for 2025	JEE Advanced Schedule

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.

Read more about JEE Main:

• Download JEE Main Mock Papers PDF
• JEE Main Preparation Tips
• JEE Main Questions & Answers

Read more about NCERT solutions:

• NCERT Class 11 Solution
• Physics Class 11 NCERT Solutions
• Chemistry Class 11 NCERT Solutions
• Maths Class 11 NCERT Solutions

Best Private Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh: Fees, Seat Intake, Eligibility, Exams

Among the top 10 Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh. The table below shows some of the list of private Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh along with their total tuition fees/seat intake and entrance exams/eligibility criteria:

Private Colleges	Total Tuition Fee/Seat Intake	Entrance Exam/Eligibility
Amity University Noida Admission	INR 9 lakh- INR 18 lakh	Merit-Based
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Admission	INR 9 lakh- INR 16 lakh Seats: 1,692	JEE Main
NIET Admission	INR 3 lakh- INR 7 lakh Seats: 2,160	JEE Main, UPCET BTech
Galgotias University Admission	INR 2 lakh- INR 6 lakh Seats: 120	JEE Main, CUET, Merit-Based
KIET Group of Institutions Admission	INR 2 lakh- INR 4.5 lakh Seats: 1,710	JEE Main

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and may vary.

Best Government Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh: Fees, Seat Intake, Eligibility, Exams

Among the top 10 Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh. The below table shows some of the list of government Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh along with their total tuition fees/seat intake and entrance exams/eligibility criteria:

Public/Government Colleges	Total Tuition Fee/Seat Intake	Entrance Exam/Eligibility
IIT Kanpur Admission	INR 8 lakh Seats: 929	JEE Main, JEE Advanced
IIT BHU Admission	INR 8 lakh - INR 10 lakh Seats: 1,563	JEE Main, JEE Advanced
MNNIT Allahabad Admission	INR 5 lakh - 7 lakh Seats: 1,225	JEE Main, DASA UG
Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology Admission	INR 6 lakh	JEE Main, CUET, CUET PG
IIIT Allahabad Admission	INR 6 lakh Seats: 489	JEE Main, DASA UG

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and may vary.

Best Semi-Govt Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh: Fees, Seat Intake, Eligibility, Exams

Among the top 10 Engineering colleges in UP. The below table shows some of the list of semi-government BTech colleges in Uttar Pradesh along with their total tuition fees/seat intake and entrance exams/eligibility criteria:

Semi-Govt. Colleges	Total Tuition Fee/Seat Intake	Entrance Exam/Eligibility
IIIT Lucknow Admission	INR 10 lakh Seats: 240	JEE Main.

Best Engineering Colleges in Lucknow

The table below shows the best Engineering colleges in Lucknow along with their total tuition fees and accepted entrance exams:

College Name	Total Tuition Fee	Entrance Exams
IIIT Lucknow	INR 10 lakh	JEE Main
Integral University	INR 2 lakh - INR 14 lakh	JEE Main, CUET, UPCATET, etc.
Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University	INR 2.7 lakh - INR 3.4 lakh	JEE Main
Amity University, Lucknow	INR 8 lakh - INR 15 lakh	JEE Main, CUET, NEET
University of Lucknow	INR 5 lakh	JEE Main
BBAU Lucknow	INR 4 lakh	JEE Main

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website.

Best Engineering Colleges in Meerut

The table below shows the best Engineering colleges in Meerut along with their total tuition fees and accepted entrance exams:

College Name	Total Tuition Fee	Entrance Exams
Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology BTech	INR 3 lakh - INR 4 lakh	JEE Main and CUET
SVSU BTech	INR 2 lakh - INR 5 lakh	CUET
Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology BTech	INR 3 lakh - INR 4 lakh	JEE Main and CUET
IIMT University BTech	INR 1.6 lakh - INR 5.4 lakh	JEE Main and CUET

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website.

Best Engineering Colleges in Ghaziabad

The table below shows the best Engineering colleges in Ghaziabad along with their total tuition fees and accepted entrance exams:

College Name	Total Tuition Fee	Entrance Exams
KIET Group of Institutions BTech	INR 2 lakh - INR 4 lakh	JEE Main
IMS Engineering College BTech	INR 2 lakh - INR 3 lakh	JEE Main, UPTAC, CUET, etc.
Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College BTech	INR 2 lakh - INR 4 lakh	JEE Main, UPTAC
ABES Engineering College BTech	INR 2 lakh	UPTAC
Inderprastha Engineering College BTech	INR 2 lakh - INR 4 lakh	JEE Main, UPTAC, etc.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website.

Distance BTech Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

There are about 20+ distance BTech colleges in UP. Some of them are mentioned below along with their tuition fees:

College Names	Tuition Fee
Wisdom School of Management for Distance Education	INR 25,000
Study and Lead Educational and Welfare Society, Noida	INR 14,000
Career Avenues, Lucknow	INR 1 lakh
Wisdom School of Management, Varanasi	INR 50,000
Wisdom School of Management, Noida	INR 50,000

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website.

Best Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh: Fees vs Salary

The students can check the ROI to know how beneficial a particular course is for them. ROI tells students the benefit of pursuing a course in terms of the return they will get. In the case of popular courses, choosing a college or university based on the ROI factor can be great. This is helpful when it becomes tough to select between two or more colleges.

The best BTech colleges in Uttar Pradesh along with the annual tuition fee and average placement package are tabulated below:

College Names	Total Tuition Fee	Average Salary Package
IIT BHU	INR 8 lakh - INR 10 lakh	INR 20 LPA
IIT Kanpur	INR 8 lakh	INR 19 LPA
Shiv Nadar University	INR 16 lakh - INR 22 lakh	INR 18 LPA
Saroj International University	INR 4 lakh - INR 6 lakh	INR 14 LPA
Shri Ram Murti Smarak College of Engineering and Technology	INR 3 lakh - INR 4 lakh	INR 4 LPA - INR 12 LPA

Disclaimer: The above statistics are based on the latest available data.

Highest Salary Offered by BTech Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

BTech graduates from any domain are in high demand. Below is the list of top BTech colleges in UP and a few top companies that recruit BTech graduates along with their placement packages:

College Names	Average Placement Package	Top Recruiters
IIIT Allahabad Placements	INR 30 LPA	Oracle, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Accenture, etc.
IIT BHU Placements	INR 20 LPA	Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Sprinkler, Uber, etc.
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Placements	INR 8 LPA - INR 10 LPA	Reliance BP Mobility Limited, Torrent Gas Ltd, GAIL (India) Limited, etc.
Galgotias University Placements	INR 4 LPA	Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Dell, etc.
JIIT Placements	INR 6 LPA	Amazon, Deloitte, EY, Belzabar, Infosys, Cognizant, SquadRun, etc.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website/ media reports/ NIRF website and may vary.

Read more about Engineering colleges in other locations:

• Best Engineering Colleges in Kanpur
• Best Engineering Colleges in Allahabad
• Best Engineering Colleges in Agra
• Best Engineering Colleges in Mathura

Low-cost Best Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

It is estimated that studying BTech in Uttar Pradesh might be affordable. About 260 colleges have nearly fees in the range of INR 2-3 lakh. Some of them are NIET, KIET, Galgotias College of Engineering, KCC Institute of Technology and Management, VGI.

Listed below are the affordable MBA colleges in Uttar Pradesh which are having fees of less than INR 1 lakh:

Low-cost Colleges	Total Tuition Fee
Dayalbagh Educational Institute Fees	INR 28,000
Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University Fees	INR 47,500
Goel Group of Institutions Fees	INR 76,000
Faculty of Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational Institute Fees	INR 11,250 - INR 27,840
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology Fees	INR 92,000

Specialisations Offered by Best Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

 The most popular specialisations offered by BTech colleges in UP are CSE, ME, etc.. The table below shows the specialisations offered by several top colleges for B.Tech in Uttar Pradesh:

Top Specialisations	No. of Colleges
Computer Science Engineering	360+
Mechanical Engineering	320+
Civil Engineering	280+
Electronics and Communication Engineering	280+
Electrical Engineering	250+

Best Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh: Comparison 2025

Aneena Aley Abraham08-12-2025 13:34