established through the upes act, 2003, of the state legislature of uttarakhand, upes is a top-ranked, ugc-recognised, private university. as per the national institutional ranking framework (nirf) 2023, the ministry of education, government of india, upes has been ranked 52, with a rank of 54 in engineering and a rank of 39 in management. in addition to this, the university has been ranked the no. 1 private university in academic reputation in india by the qs world university rankings 2024 and is among the top 3% of universities in the world. upes has also been accredited by naac with a grade ‘a’ and has received 5 stars on employability (placements), by globally acclaimed qs rating. the university has had 90%+ placements over the last few years. forty-one (41) faculty members of upes are among the world’s top 2% researchers as per stanford university list. upes offers graduate and postgraduate programs through its eight schools: school of advanced engineering, school of computer science, school of design, school of law, school of business, school of health sciences & technology, school of modern media, and school of liberal studies with 14000+ students and 1500+ faculty and staff members.