Top Colleges in Uttar Pradesh 2026: Fees, Admission, Ranking, Cutoff, Placement.

Ans. There are two routes into an MBA college in Uttar Pradesh: an entrance exam, or direct admission at institute level.

• Entrance-exam route: candidates appear for CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT or CUET PG, after which institutes conduct a Group Discussion and a Personal Interview. IIT Kanpur and BHU Varanasi shortlist on CAT alone, AMU Aligarh conducts its own entrance test, and MMMUT Gorakhpur admits on CMAT or CUET PG scores. Colleges affiliated to AKTU, such as GL Bajaj Greater Noida, AKGIM Ghaziabad, SMS Varanasi, JSSATE Noida and GNIOT MBA Institute Greater Noida, fill their seats through UPTAC counselling on CUET PG scores.
• Direct-admission route: Amity University Lucknow, SRMS IBS Lucknow, AKGIM Ghaziabad, SMS Varanasi, Lloyd Business School Greater Noida and GNIOT MBA Institute Greater Noida also admit through their own test or graduation merit followed by a Personal Interview, without a national entrance score.

The table below shows how many MBA colleges in Uttar Pradesh accept each entrance exam.

Ans. Candidates with a low CAT percentile, or no CAT score at all, still have options among the top MBA colleges in Uttar Pradesh.

• CAT percentile of 60 or below: SRMS IBS Lucknow shortlists at 60 CAT with a total fee of 3.06 Lakh and an average package of 7.00 LPA, while GL Bajaj Greater Noida shortlists at 25 CAT with a total fee of 2.11 Lakh and a median package of 4.20 LPA.
• No CAT score: UPTAC counselling admits on CUET PG scores. AKGIM Ghaziabad closed at a General rank of 32926 with a total fee of 1.33 Lakh and a median package of 5.00 LPA, SMS Varanasi closed at 34742 with a total fee of 4.49 Lakh, and GNIOT MBA Institute Greater Noida closed at 48114 with a total fee of 1.33 Lakh.

Note that a cutoff only earns a shortlist. The Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds decide the final offer.

Ans. Six of the top MBA colleges in Uttar Pradesh admit at institute level without a national entrance score. Here are the colleges along with their total course fee and admission criteria.

Ans. AMU Aligarh has the highest ROI among the top MBA colleges in Uttar Pradesh at 1297.87%, where a total course fee of 47.00 K returns a median package of 6.10 LPA. MMMUT Gorakhpur follows at 552.52% on a fee of 2.38 Lakh and a median package of 13.15 LPA, and BHU Varanasi at 479.17%. All three are government universities, which is what drives the ratio.

Ans. Lucknow has the most MBA colleges in Uttar Pradesh with 43, closely followed by Greater Noida with 42. The table below shows the city-wise distribution of MBA colleges in the state.

Ans. UPTAC is the counselling conducted by AKTU, which allots BTech seats in its affiliated colleges on the basis of JEE Main rank. Of the 422 BTech colleges in Uttar Pradesh, 276 accept UPTAC and 284 accept JEE Main. Here are the top AKTU-affiliated UPTAC colleges along with their BTech CSE fees, General-category CSE closing ranks and highest packages.

Ans. A General-category JEE Main rank between 50,000 and 1,00,000 is enough for Computer Science at KNIT Sultanpur, MMMUT Gorakhpur, BIET Jhansi and JSSATE Noida, and for Electrical Engineering at HBTU Kanpur. HBTU Kanpur and MMMUT Gorakhpur admit through their own counselling on JEE Main rank under the Home State quota, while KNIT Sultanpur, BIET Jhansi and JSSATE Noida admit through UPTAC.

Ans. With a General-category JEE Main rank between 1,00,000 and 2,50,000, the Computer Science branch is available through UPTAC counselling at the colleges listed below. University of Lucknow closes first in this band, followed by GL Bajaj Greater Noida and AKGEC Ghaziabad.

Ans. Several private universities in Uttar Pradesh admit to BTech on Class 12 merit or through their own entrance test, without a mandatory JEE Main rank. Here are the colleges along with their total BTech CSE fees and admission route.

Ans. The median package of BTech graduates in Uttar Pradesh depends on the type of college. IIIT Lucknow reports the highest median package at 41.50 LPA, while the private colleges in the top list report medians between 4.96 LPA and 7.60 LPA. The table below shows the median package range by college type.

Ans. ZHCET Aligarh, the engineering college of AMU Aligarh, is the cheapest government engineering college in Uttar Pradesh at 1.02 Lakh for the four-year BTech, while DEI Agra has the lowest BTech fee in the state at 51.30 K. Among the private colleges in the list of cheapest engineering colleges, LIT Lucknow and MPIT Gorakhpur have the lowest fee at 1.60 Lakh each. Here are the key details of these colleges.

Ans. Admission to the three-year LLB in Uttar Pradesh runs through an entrance exam at most universities and on graduation merit at several colleges.

• Entrance-exam route: BHU Varanasi admits through CUET PG. University of Lucknow, DDUGU Gorakhpur, MJPRU Bareilly and Bundelkhand University Jhansi conduct their own LLB entrance tests, Lloyd Law College Greater Noida conducts the Lloyd Entrance Test and Integral University Lucknow conducts IUET. Amity University Noida, Galgotias University Greater Noida, Lloyd Law College Greater Noida, Integral University Lucknow and SRGC Muzaffarnagar also accept CLAT scores.
• Direct-admission route: Amity University Lucknow admits on graduation merit with a Personal Interview, CSJMU Kanpur prepares a merit list from graduation marks, and IMS Law College Noida and SRGC Muzaffarnagar admit on graduation merit.

Ans. University of Allahabad is the cheapest law college in Uttar Pradesh with a total fee of INR 3.30 K for the three-year LLB, followed by Allahabad Degree College at INR 3.60 K and KS Saket PG College Ayodhya at INR 3.94 K. The ten cheapest law colleges in the state all charge less than INR 10 K for the full course. Among the private colleges in the top-ranked list, SRGC Muzaffarnagar has the lowest fee at INR 1.83 Lakh, followed by Amity University Lucknow at INR 2.94 Lakh.

Ans. BHU Varanasi offers the best ROI among the law colleges in Uttar Pradesh at 6800.00%, where a total course fee of INR 12.00 K returns a median package of 8.16 LPA. DDUGU Gorakhpur follows at 5022.28% on a fee of INR 15.71 K, and University of Lucknow at 1199.30% on a fee of INR 69.04 K. The low fees of the government universities drive these ratios.

Ans. The top law colleges in Uttar Pradesh accept CUET PG, CLAT and their own entrance tests for the three-year LLB. The table below lists the top colleges under each exam.

Ans. Candidates must meet the following criteria to appear for NEET UG and take admission to an MBBS college in Uttar Pradesh.

• Age: The candidate must have completed 17 years of age by 31 December of the year of admission. There is no upper age limit.
• Subjects: The candidate must have passed Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Biotechnology, and English.
• Qualifying percentile: General and EWS candidates need the 50th percentile in NEET UG, SC, ST and OBC candidates need the 40th percentile, and General PwBD candidates need the 45th percentile.

Ans. No. Admission to every MBBS seat in Uttar Pradesh is through NEET UG. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) fills the 15% All India Quota seats in the state government colleges and all the seats at AIIMS Gorakhpur, AIIMS Rae Bareli, BHU Varanasi and JNMC Aligarh. The remaining 85% state quota seats in government colleges and the seats in private colleges are filled through UP NEET UG counselling, while seats in deemed universities are filled by MCC.

Ans. Private medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh charge between 64.71 Lakh and 1.12 Crore for the complete MBBS course, against 5.29 K to 3.17 Lakh at the top government colleges. Seats in these private colleges are also filled on NEET rank through UP NEET UG counselling. Here are the total MBBS fees at some of the private medical colleges in the state.

Ans. The MBBS admission procedure in Uttar Pradesh has the following steps.

• Appear for NEET UG and secure the qualifying percentile for your category.
• Register for MCC counselling for All India Quota, AIIMS, central university and deemed university seats, and for UP NEET UG counselling for state quota and private-college seats.
• Fill in the choice of colleges in order of preference during each round of counselling.
• Seats are allotted on the basis of NEET rank, category and the choices filled.
• Report to the allotted college with the original documents and pay the fee to secure the seat.

Ans. In UP NEET UG counselling 2025, the General-category state quota seats at KGMU Lucknow closed at a rank of 4013, the toughest in the state, followed by RMLIMS Lucknow at 6395 and GSVM Medical College Kanpur at 9853. A rank between 10,000 and 20,000 was enough for GIMS Greater Noida, LLRM Medical College Meerut, SNMC Agra, MLB Medical College Jhansi, UPUMS Etawah, SMMH Medical College Saharanpur and GMC Kannauj. The table below shows the state quota closing ranks of the regular rounds.

Ans. Five of the top MBBS colleges in Uttar Pradesh report the median salary of their MBBS graduates in their latest NIRF data. BHU Varanasi reports the highest median package at 20.00 LPA. KGMU Lucknow, UPUMS Etawah and GSVM Medical College Kanpur each report 12.00 LPA, and RMLIMS Lucknow reports 10.00 LPA. A large share of graduates also move on to postgraduate study through NEET PG.