UPES

UPES in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, teaches 14,064 students with a faculty of 1,048. In NIRF 2025, it was ranked #18 in Law (score 61.45), #36 in Management (score 58.33), #43 in Engineering (score 56.99), and #64 in the Overall category (score 53.22), putting it on the ranked list across four separate fields rather than just one.

Placement figures back this spread across disciplines. In 2023-24, Engineering UG (4-year) saw 1,158 of 1,272 graduates placed at a median salary of 6.5 LPA, while Management PG (2-year) placed 324 of 366 graduates at a median of 8.25 LPA, the highest median among the programmes listed. Engineering PG (2-year) placed 155 of 177 graduates at a median of 6 LPA, and Law UG (5-year) placed 312 of 379 graduates at a median of 4.6 LPA. The general Overall UG (3-year) route placed 382 of 632 graduates at a median of 4.7 LPA.

Looking back over three years shows a rising trend in several programmes. Engineering UG (4-year) placements grew from 762 out of 1,562 graduates in 2021-22 to 900 out of 925 in 2022-23, before settling at 1,158 out of 1,272 in 2023-24, with median salary climbing from 5 LPA to 6.5 LPA over that period. Law UG (5-year) placements rose sharply too, from just 74 of 444 graduates placed in 2021-22 to 312 of 379 in 2023-24, with median salary up from 4.2 LPA to 4.6 LPA.