Allahabad also known as Prayag, is one of the largest cities of Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad is considered as a holy place because three rivers namely Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati unite here.
Allahabad is also an educational hub of Uttar Pradesh where number of learners and students from different parts of the country coming here to get higher education and research. There are prestigious universities, colleges and institutions in Allahabad for technical and research purposes which provides higher education in various disciplines. Some of the famous universities and colleges are as follows:
Universities:
- University of Allahabad (A.U.)
- Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT)
- Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT A)
- Nehru Gram Bharti University (NGBU)
- Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences
- Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU)
- Allahabad State University, Allahabad
- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra, Allahabad Campus)
- Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (Wardha, Allahabad campus)
- Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University, Ganganath Jha Allahabad Campus)
Research Institutes:
- Harish Chandra Research Institute
- Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute
- Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (Regional Center)
- National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)
- Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation (a Centre of ICFRE)
- Botanical Survey of India (Central Regional Centre, Allahabad)
Medical Institutes & Colleges:
- Motilal Nehru Medical College
- Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital (Post Graduate Courses)
Other Colleges:
- Shambhunath Institute of Engineering and Technology (SIET-A)
- Institute of Engineering and Rural Technology (IERT)
- United College of Engineering & Research, Naini
- HMFA Memorial Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Nand Kishore Singh Degree College, Dhanuha, Chaka, Naini, Allahabad
- State Unani Medical College Allahabad
- Institute of Company Secretaries of India (Allahabad Chapter)
- Abha Yadav Smarak Kanya College, Allahabad
- Allahabad Degree College, Allahabad
- Arya Kanya Degree College, Allahabad
- Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Cultural Degree College, Allahabad
- Ewing Christian College, Allahabad
- Ganga Degree College Sorav Soraon, Allahabad
- Hamidia Girls Degree College, Allahabad
- Harpratap Nandan Bahugura Rankeya Mahavidyalaya, Allahabad
- Iswar Saran Degree College (ISDC), Allahabad
- Jagat Taran Girls Degree College, Allahabad
- Jai Narayan Smarak Degree College Sehra, Allahabad
- Jairam Janaki Mahavidyalaya, Allahabad
- KAD College, Allahabad
- Kalawati Degree College, Allahabad
- Mahila Sewa Sadan Degree College, Allahabad
- Nehru Gram Bharati University, Allahabad
- Rajarshi Tandon Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Allahabad
- Rajiv Gandhi Post Graduate College, Allahabad
- RBS Mahavidyalaya, Allahabad
- Sadanlal Sanwaldas Khanna Girls Degree College, Allahabad
- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Government Degree College, Allahabad
- Siddh Narayan Ram Harsh Degree College, Allahabad
- Sri Shirdi Sai Vocational Junior College Kailasapuram, Allahabad
- Sw Bhagwanti Devi Degree College, Allahabad
