Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University formerly Known as Uttar Pradesh Technical University was established by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 8th May 2000 by Act No. 1248(2)XVII-V-I-I-19-2000 Uttar Pradesh Adhiniyam Sankhya 23 of 2000. Under the University Act 'Technical Education' includes programmes of education research and training in Engineering Technology Architecture Town Planning Pharmacy Applied Arts & Crafts and such other programmes and areas that the CENTRAL Government may in consultation with All India Council for Technical Education (5) by notification in Gazette declare. UPTU is currently located in I.E.T. Campus at Sitapur Road in the Capital of U.P. at Lucknow but is in the process of having its own Headquarter building in its vicinity UPTU also has a NOIDA Centre and Regional office to facilitate closer academic and industrial interaction around that zone where a prominent cluster of private affiliated colleges exists At present around 3,00,000 students are enrolled in its various programmes. More than 80,000 students are admitted every year The total number of affiliated colleges was 49 in the year 2000 which has now gone up to 238 and the University is still growing.