Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University

In the NIRF 2025 rankings, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University is placed in the 51–100 band among state public universities and in the 151–200 band among universities. NIRF lists it as Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University offers 39 programmes in Engineering, Management, Science, Commerce, Arts & Humanities, Law, Education, Agriculture, Pharmacy, Hospitality and Computer Applications, including Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science.

Depending on the course, admission to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University is through JEE Main and RET.

Admissions for 2026-27 run through the DDUGU admissions portal in six steps: application form, admit card, entrance exam, answer key, result and counselling. Seat-allotment results for UG and PG programmes are published after online counselling, and some programmes admit directly with the admission fee paid online. Tech: registration on the portal using JEE (Main) scores.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University is a government institution in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, established in 1957. It is affiliated to State university established under the Uttar Pradesh State Universities Act, 1973 (as stated on its homepage); affiliating university with more than 350 affiliated colleges (university's at-a-glance page).

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University lists approval or accreditation from NAAC A++ (2023).

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University is also known as DDU Gorakhpur University, DDUGU, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University and Gorakhpur University.