Allahabad is a place where you’ll find a lot of colleges even from the 80s and 90s century which hold great importance in giving many great people to the nation. Here we have a list of colleges of Allahabad so if you’re looking for some good colleges then this list will surely help you in making up your mind. It contains all the colleges both government and private and also deemed universities and also nationally ranked colleges.

ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY

This is our country’s 4th oldest university established in 1887. Altogether it has 32 departments offering UG, PG, Ph.D., and Diploma with more than 130 courses. All the courses are available belonging to Arts, Commerce, Science, and Law. Enrollment is based on the guidelines of UGC.  Campus placement is done by more than 200  companies every year. It also provides scholarships to the students having money issues at their house.

SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE

It is a university that mainly focuses on courses related to Agriculture like Horticulture, Forestry, Food tech, Dairy, Agriculture. It has its own farms and dairy for students’ practical knowledge. Examination based admission is done here.  It also conducts a number of International seminars every year. Apart from this, it provides all the courses related to Science, Technology, Agriculture, Theology, Management, Social Science, Health Science, and Humanities. Every year many events like cultural fests, food fests, business seminars are organized by different departments of the college.

UNITED College of Engineering & Research

This college stood on 7th position in 2019 as the best college of Uttar Pradesh. This private college offers 42 courses in Business & Management Studies, IT & Software, Medical & Health Science, and Engineering. It serves the degree in BBA, BCA, MBA/PGDM, B.Tech, B. Pharma, MCA M.tech, After 10 Diploma, and UG Diploma. It has a placement cell handing over the highest packages. It also provides different scholarships to the students.

MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MNNIT is ranked 48 in NIRF. It is a deemed university, established in 1961. It’s admission criteria are Entrance based, JEE mains(for Indians) DASA ( for NRIs), provides four year UG course in different engineering departments, M.Tech, MCA, and a special master’s course for Scientific computing and Mathematics along with Master of Social Work. It conducts a lot of events related to programming, hacking, cultural events, seminars.

EWING CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

A private college affiliated to the University of Allahabad under UGC guidelines. It has 3 faculties of Arts, Science and Teacher Education. For entrance, it asks for at least 45% marks in Intermediate. This College has served a lot to our country by graduating up students like Shanti Bhushan (former Law Minister of India), Madan Lal Khurana ( former CM of Delhi), and many more.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

In NIRF Engineering, it holds a rank of 103. Ranked 10th for engineering courses by India Today in 2020. It is a government college that accepts students only through JEE mains, GATE, CAT, CSAB, CCMT, DASA, and other courses 7  CGPA is compulsory. It’s popular courses are M.E/ M.Tech & B.E, B.Tech. It also proposes the courses for Business & Management, IT & Software, Law and Science. Students from here are recruited in Multinational companies. Some of their major recruiters are Google, Goldman Sachs, Routofy, Hashedin, Grofers.

JAGAT TARAN GIRLS DEGREE COLLEGE

It is a private college for girls. Providing 10 courses in only 2 streams i.e Humanities & Social Science, Accounting & Commerce. Admission is done through entrance tests and counseling.

SHAMBHUNATH GROUP OF INSTITUTION

It got ranked 88 for MBA by Times 2020. It’s a private college conveying education in the field of management, engineering, pharmacy, and technology. It is affiliated with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University. For entrance in M.Tech GATE is needed or by giving the entrance exam called FATE and for other courses, UPSEE exam clearance is needed. The scholarship is equipped to the students who have above 85% in the 12th standard and got ranked up to 25000 in the UPSEE examination. Recruitment is also available by some well-known companies like Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Piaggo, Daffodil.

GOVERNMENT GIRLS POLYTECHNIC

It is a government college specifically for Diploma courses like Interior design and decoration, Pharmacy, Textile design and Computer Application. This college has a well-equipped library along with a hostel.

IIBM INTERNATIONAL

This college is private and is only for MBA and MCA and recognized by UGC, approved by AICTE. Admission is only done by MAT and UPSEE. Hostel facilities are also available inside the campus.

SS KHANNA GIRL’S DEGREE COLLEGE

This college is only for girls providing only B.Sc, M.Sc, B.A, B.Com, M.A degrees in Science, Humanities, and Commerce. Admission is based on counseling and PGAT conducted at AU. Up to 2 lakh scholarships are given to poor students.

MADHU VACHASPATI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

It is a college mainly for B.Tech in Computer Science, Civil Engineering, and Electrical Engineering which is of 4 years and the total fees are up to 2.20lakhs.  The admission exam is conducted by the college itself.

CMP COLLEGE

Its popular courses are M.A and LLB.  It serves 35 Courses in 5 streams. Private college affiliated with the University of Allahabad. For entrance, PGAT is conducted by the college.

ALLAHABAD DEGREE COLLEGE

This college was established in 1956. The entrance is done by giving a Combined Under Graduation Admission Test, whereas for LLB and LLM admission test is conducted in Allahabad University. Only basic degrees are administered here like B.com, B. Sc, LLB, LLM, BA.

DEV PRAYAG INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL STUDIES

This college came into existence in 2009 approved by AICTE. It only grants two courses i.e B.Tech and MBA. Only the UPSEE exam is acceptable. The fees are about 70-80,000 per year. It has a separate hostel for girls and boys inside the campus.