Overview
The university was affiliating in nature and its jurisdiction spanned the state of Uttar Pradesh. It was one of the largest technical universities not only in India but perhaps in Asia. Because of its gigantic size and the number of colleges affiliated to it and geographic dispersion, it was sub-divided into five zones with 45–50 colleges in each zone for the ease of management and facilitating inter-zonal comparison and possible internal competition to enhance quality of teaching-learning processes.
The university envisioned to facilitate and nurture quality technical education and research in its own premises as well as all affiliated institutions. There were 49 affiliated colleges in 2000. The task of the university included conducting the SEE-UPTU for admission to programs affiliated to it. The university conducted central examinations each semester for all the affiliated colleges and institutions. Results were declared using technology-enabled systems. At present around 150,000 students are enrolled in its programmes. More than 50,000 students were admitted every year. The medium of instruction and examination was English.
As per a dipstick study conducted by MeritTrac in association with UPTU Watch magazine, the engineering talent pool of the university was found to be significantly better than the national average.
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