44 Best universities for Psychology in Uttar Pradesh

Updated: March 15, 2026

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 801K citations received by 59.4K 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

#145 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

#173 in Asia

Founded: 1983

3. King George's Medical University

Lucknow

For Psychology

#11 in India

#213 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1911

4. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Kanpur

For Psychology

#22 in India

#310 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

5. Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh

For Psychology

#24 in India

#360 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

6. Amity University

Noida

For Psychology

#33 in India

#448 in Asia

Founded: 2005

7. Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Allahabad

For Psychology

#65 in India

#674 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1999

8. University of Allahabad

Allahabad

For Psychology

#83 in India

#768 in Asia

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

9. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Varanasi

For Psychology

#86 in India

#776 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

10. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Noida

For Psychology

#89 in India

#805 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2001

11. GLA University

Chaumuhan

For Psychology

#99 in India

#861 in Asia

Enrollment: 11,151
Founded: 2010

12. Galgotias University

Noida

For Psychology

#104 in India

#903 in Asia

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

13. Sharda University

Greater Noida

For Psychology

#105 in India

#905 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2009

14. University of Lucknow

Lucknow

For Psychology

#111 in India

#965 in Asia

Founded: 1921

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

#164 in India

#1239 in Asia

Founded: 1889

17. Integral University

Lucknow

For Psychology

#179 in India

#1327 in Asia

Founded: 2004

18. Gautam Buddha University

Greater Noida

For Psychology

#205 in India

#1450 in Asia

Founded: 2002

19. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

Lucknow

For Psychology

#206 in India

#1451 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1996

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

Lucknow

For Psychology

#209 in India

#1467 in Asia

Founded: 2000

21. Teerthanker Mahaveer University

Moradabad

For Psychology

#217 in India

#1506 in Asia

Founded: 2008

22. M.J.P. Rohilkhand University

Bareilly

For Psychology

#233 in India

#1643 in Asia

Founded: 1975

23. Dayalbagh Educational Institute

Agra

For Psychology

#238 in India

#1669 in Asia

Founded: 1917

24. Swami Vivekanand Subharti University

Meerut

For Psychology

#247 in India

#1739 in Asia

Founded: 2008

25. Chaudhary Charan Singh University

Meerut

For Psychology

#253 in India

#1756 in Asia

Founded: 1965

26. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University

Gorakhpur

For Psychology

#255 in India

#1763 in Asia

Enrollment: 300,000
Founded: 1957

27. Babu Banarasi Das University

Lucknow

For Psychology

#257 in India

#1776 in Asia

Founded: 2010

28. Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences

Allahabad

For Psychology

#263 in India

#1798 in Asia

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

29. Shiv Nadar University

Dadri

For Psychology

#264 in India

#1802 in Asia

Founded: 2011

30. Santosh University

Ghaziabad

For Psychology

#279 in India

#1860 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

#292 in India

#1902 in Asia

Founded: 1987

33. IFTM University

Moradabad

For Psychology

#302 in India

#1938 in Asia

Founded: 2010

34. Shobhit University

Meerut

For Psychology

#309 in India

#1956 in Asia

Founded: 2012

35. Bundelkhand University

Jhansi

For Psychology

#314 in India

#1978 in Asia

Founded: 1975

36. Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

Kalyanpur

For Psychology

#315 in India

#1985 in Asia

Founded: 1965

37. Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology

Gorakhpur

For Psychology

#331 in India

#2061 in Asia

Founded: 2013

38. Rama University

Kanpur

For Psychology

#347 in India

#2117 in Asia

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 2014

39. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University

Agra

For Psychology

#380 in India

#2240 in Asia

Founded: 1927

40. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

Raebareli

For Psychology

#410 in India

#2390 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2007

41. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University

Faizabad

For Psychology

#441 in India

#2587 in Asia

Founded: 1975

42. Invertis University

Bareilly

For Psychology

#444 in India

#2595 in Asia

Founded: 2010

43. Mangalayatan University

Aligarh

For Psychology

#456 in India

#2685 in Asia

Founded: 2006

44. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi University

Varanasi

For Psychology

#459 in India

#2693 in Asia

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	40
Jharkhand	7	73
Himachal Pradesh	9	167
Chhattisgarh	9	28
Punjab	21	2
Rajasthan	30	43
Sikkim	3	189
Jammu and Kashmir	10	60
Odisha	14	46
West Bengal	28	10
Gujarat	32	77
Maharashtra	30	20
Telangana	11	49
Tripura	3	236
Meghalaya	3	183
Assam	11	36
Andhra Pradesh	18	56
Manipur	3	285
Tamil Nadu	43	9
Karnataka	32	3
Kerala	14	26

Psychology subfields in Uttar Pradesh

Child Psychology23

Clinical Psychology16

Cognitive Science33

Education Majors20

Neuroscience38

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology3

Psychiatry40

Social Psychology36