Uttar Pradesh · Affiliating + Teaching university
AKTU
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Uttar Pradesh (formerly UPTU)
Lucknow
~758
Affiliated colleges
2000
Established
A
NAAC
Not ranked
NIRF 2025
Admissions & entrance exams
B.Tech (first year)
- JEE Main (B.Tech)
- CUET-UG (selected programmes)
- Special UPTAC rounds for candidates without JEE/CUET
After diploma · lateral entry
Through UPTAC counselling for diploma holders (B.Tech/B.Pharm 2nd year). Check AKTU's yearly lateral-entry notice for the merit basis.
Track LEET dates →M.Tech / MBA / MCA
- GATE (M.Tech)
- CUET-PG / CAT / CMAT / MAT (MBA, MCA)
Counselling: UPTAC, run by AKTU at uptac.samarth.edu.in: online choice filling and merit-based seat allotment. 20% of first-year seats in affiliated institutes are filled on open merit.
Popular programs
~758 affiliated colleges
Engineering, pharmacy, management, architecture and MCA colleges across UP; official breakdown not published
As of 2026 · Careers360 AKTU profile (Wikipedia: 785 in 2019)
Flagship institutes
- 1Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), LucknowConstituent institute
- 2Faculty of Architecture and Planning, AKTU, LucknowConstituent
- 3Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College (AKGEC), GhaziabadAffiliated
- 4G.L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management, Greater NoidaAffiliated · AKTU 'Leader Incubator' award 2026
- 5Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology (MIET), MeerutAffiliated
- 6ABES Engineering College, GhaziabadAffiliated
Recognition & ranking
- UGC
- UGC-recognised state university
- AICTE
- Affiliated technical programmes AICTE-approved
- NAAC
- Grade A (CGPA 3.25, first cycle, 2025)
- NIRF
- Not ranked (NIRF 2025)
Placements
AKTU does not publish university-wide figures. Its constituent IET Lucknow placed 304 of 515 UG graduates in 2023-24.
Average / median
₹6.15 LPA (median)
Highest
Not published
IET Lucknow campus only · 2023-24 (NIRF 2025 data) · source
Affiliated colleges place students on their own, so figures vary widely from college to college.
Industry & incubation
- Innovation Hub UP: AKTU's startup arm, 33 incubators and 1,400+ startups (2026)
- Kalam Patent Centre: free IP filing help (2026)
- AKTU Innovation Fund of ₹100 crore
- MoUs with Tally Solutions and Rapyder Cloud (AWS credits)
Good to know
- Verify degrees and marksheets on AKTU's blockchain portal verification.aktu.ac.in
- UPTAC keeps 20% of first-year seats unreserved and filled on merit
- CGPA to %: guides cite (CGPA − 0.75) × 10 for 2018-19+ batches; confirm on your grade card