44 Best universities for Psychology in Uttar Pradesh

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Uttar Pradesh ranked based on their research performance in Psychology. A graph of 716K citations received by 56.3K academic papers made by 44 universities in Uttar Pradesh was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi

For Psychology

#4 in India

#142 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1915

2. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

Lucknow

For Psychology

#8 in India

#172 in Asia

Founded: 1983

3. King George's Medical University

Lucknow

For Psychology

#11 in India

#209 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1911

4. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Kanpur

For Psychology

#21 in India

#300 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

5. Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh

For Psychology

#24 in India

#357 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

6. Amity University

Noida

For Psychology

#36 in India

#457 in Asia

Founded: 2005

7. Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Allahabad

For Psychology

#67 in India

#679 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1999

8. University of Allahabad

Allahabad

For Psychology

#81 in India

#749 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 26,386
Founded: 1887

9. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Varanasi

For Psychology

#86 in India

#780 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

10. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Noida

For Psychology

#91 in India

#812 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2001

11. GLA University

Chaumuhan

For Psychology

#100 in India

#875 in Asia

Enrollment: 11,151
Founded: 2010

12. University of Lucknow

Lucknow

For Psychology

#107 in India

#942 in Asia

Founded: 1921

13. Galgotias University

Noida

For Psychology

#108 in India

#943 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 31,293
Founded: 2011

14. Sharda University

Greater Noida

For Psychology

#109 in India

#947 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2009

15. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Allahabad

For Psychology

#119 in India

#1004 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1961

16. Indian Veterinary Research Institute

Bareilly

For Psychology

#159 in India

#1204 in Asia

Founded: 1889

17. Integral University

Lucknow

For Psychology

#187 in India

#1362 in Asia

Founded: 2004

18. Gautam Buddha University

Greater Noida

For Psychology

#202 in India

#1450 in Asia

Founded: 2002

19. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

Lucknow

For Psychology

#204 in India

#1453 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1996

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

Lucknow

For Psychology

#207 in India

#1471 in Asia

Founded: 2000

21. Teerthanker Mahaveer University

Moradabad

For Psychology

#220 in India

#1549 in Asia

Founded: 2008

22. M.J.P. Rohilkhand University

Bareilly

For Psychology

#235 in India

#1652 in Asia

Founded: 1975

23. Dayalbagh Educational Institute

Agra

For Psychology

#238 in India

#1666 in Asia

Founded: 1917

24. Chaudhary Charan Singh University

Meerut

For Psychology

#244 in India

#1719 in Asia

Founded: 1965

25. Swami Vivekanand Subharti University

Meerut

For Psychology

#247 in India

#1724 in Asia

Founded: 2008

26. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University

Gorakhpur

For Psychology

#254 in India

#1756 in Asia

Enrollment: 300,000
Founded: 1957

27. Babu Banarasi Das University

Lucknow

For Psychology

#256 in India

#1766 in Asia

Founded: 2010

28. Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences

Allahabad

For Psychology

#262 in India

#1795 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1910

29. Shiv Nadar University

Dadri

For Psychology

#267 in India

#1815 in Asia

Founded: 2011

30. Santosh University

Ghaziabad

For Psychology

#283 in India

#1867 in Asia

Enrollment: 2,500
Founded: 1995

31. Shri Venkateshwara University

Gajraula

For Psychology

#286 in India

#1878 in Asia

Founded: 2010

32. Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University

Jaunpur

For Psychology

#291 in India

#1904 in Asia

Founded: 1987

33. IFTM University

Moradabad

For Psychology

#303 in India

#1944 in Asia

Founded: 2010

34. Bundelkhand University

Jhansi

For Psychology

#310 in India

#1966 in Asia

Founded: 1975

35. Shobhit University

Meerut

For Psychology

#311 in India

#1974 in Asia

Founded: 2012

36. Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

Kalyanpur

For Psychology

#321 in India

#2024 in Asia

Founded: 1965

37. Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology

Gorakhpur

For Psychology

#337 in India

#2083 in Asia

Founded: 2013

38. Rama University

Kanpur

For Psychology

#345 in India

#2110 in Asia

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 2014

39. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University

Agra

For Psychology

#377 in India

#2221 in Asia

Founded: 1927

40. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

Raebareli

For Psychology

#416 in India

#2426 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2007

41. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University

Faizabad

For Psychology

#444 in India

#2585 in Asia

Founded: 1975

42. Invertis University

Bareilly

For Psychology

#445 in India

#2612 in Asia

Founded: 2010

43. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi University

Varanasi

For Psychology

#457 in India

#2682 in Asia

44. Mangalayatan University

Aligarh

For Psychology

#460 in India

#2704 in Asia

Founded: 2006

Closest to Uttar Pradesh states to learn Psychology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Bihar	12	101
Uttarakhand	15	18
Haryana	42	1
Madhya Pradesh	18	39
Jharkhand	7	71
Himachal Pradesh	9	167
Chhattisgarh	9	28
Punjab	21	2
Rajasthan	30	45
Sikkim	3	182
Jammu and Kashmir	10	57
Odisha	14	44
West Bengal	28	9
Gujarat	32	73
Maharashtra	30	20
Telangana	11	48
Tripura	3	233
Meghalaya	3	179
Assam	11	34
Andhra Pradesh	18	59
Manipur	3	285
Tamil Nadu	43	10
Karnataka	32	3
Kerala	14	25

Psychology subfields in Uttar Pradesh

Child Psychology22

Clinical Psychology15

Cognitive Science33

Education Majors17

Neuroscience37

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology3

Psychiatry39

Social Psychology35