National Post Graduate College

National Post Graduate College (NPGC) is an autonomous college affiliated to the University of Lucknow, at 2 Rana Pratap Marg in central Lucknow, close to the Gomti river. Chandra Bhanu Gupta, three times Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, founded it in 1974, and it runs under the Motilal Memorial Society. The college describes itself as the only autonomous college of Lucknow University and holds the UGC status of College with Potential for Excellence (CPE). Its NIRF 2025 data submission in the college category reports 3,472 undergraduate and 872 postgraduate students.

The college has faculties of Arts, Commerce, Science and Management Science, and runs skill programmes under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kaushal Kendra, set up with a UGC grant. Undergraduate programmes include B.A., B.Com. (with Hons., eCommerce, ACCA and CFA tracks), B.Sc. in biology and mathematics groups, BBA, BBA (Digital Business), BCA, B.A.J.M.C., B.P.H. and seven B.Voc. programmes. Postgraduate programmes are M.A. in six subjects, M.Sc. in chemistry and geoinformatics, M.Com., M.P.H. and two M.Voc. programmes, with one-year PG diplomas in retail management and in remote sensing and GIS. The 2026-27 seat matrix lists 2,490 undergraduate and 610 postgraduate seats, regular and self-financed. Undergraduate seats are filled through the college admission test, with LUACMAT-2026 for the professional programmes; postgraduate seats are filled on marks.