, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), formerly Uttar Pradesh Technical University, has a total of 592 institutes affiliated to it located across 55 districts of Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow district has the higher number of colleges (80), followed by Ghaziabad (63), Gautam Buddha Nagar (56), Meerut (55) and Kanpur Nagar (41), the five districts together accounting for almost half (295) the total number of colleges. The university has three constituent colleges, three associated colleges and three colleges which have been granted autonomous status. Colleges by city List of colleges Prayagraj Akbarpur Aligarh Allahabad Amethi Amroha district Amroha Gajraula Azamgarh Baghpat Ballia Balrampur Banda Barabanki Bareilly Bhadohi Bijnor district Bijnor Dhampur Najibabad Bulandshahr district Bulandshahr Khurja Etawah Faizabad Farrukhabad Fatehpur Firozabad Gautam Buddha Nagar district Dadri Greater Noida Noida Ghaziabad district Ghaziabad Modinagar Muradnagar Ghazipur Gonda Gorakhpur Hapur district Garhmukteshwar Hapur Hardoi Hathras Jaunpur Jhansi Kannauj Kanpur Kanpur Dehat Kasganj Kaushambi Lalitpur || 892 || Maa Gayatri College of Pharmacy Lalitpur Lucknow Maharajganj Mainpuri Mathura Mau Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Raebareli Rampur Saharanpur Shahjahanpur Sitapur Sonbhadra Sultanpur Unnao Varanasi See also Education in Uttar Pradesh List of institutions of higher education in Uttar Pradesh References Lists of universities and colleges in Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Technical University