Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) is a university in

Gorakhpur Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometers east of the state capital Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur dis ...

. It was established in 2013 by upgrading Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College (MMMEC) into a university. .

History

MMMUT has its roots with Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College (MMMEC), established in 1962. In October 2012, the

Government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...

announced that it will upgrade the college into a residential university, quoting the lack of technical education in Uttar Pradesh since the reorganisation of 2000, when Roorkee University went to

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. The university was established a year later through the ''Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Act, 2013'', which was passed by the government in September 2013.

Admissions

;Under Graduate Admissions Undergraduate admissions until 2014 were being done through the Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examinations

SEE-UPTU The State Entrance Examination - Uttar Pradesh Technical University(SEE-UPTU) (formerly known as UPSEAT) is an annual college entrance examination in Uttar Pradesh for engineering, architecture, pharmacy and management courses. All institutions ...

, also known as UPSEE. Post the college was recognized as a State Technical University, the admissions to UG courses were taken through an admission test conducted by MMMUT named as Malaviya Entrance Test (MET). From the session 2021-2022,

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(JEE-MAIN) conducted by the

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(NTA) replaced the MET for future BTech (First Year) admissions in the University. ;Post Graduate Admissions Admission in MTech programme is done on the basis of

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- GATE Score of the candidate. And admission to courses like MCA and MSc were also taken by Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur through Malaviya Entrance Test (MET) till the academic session 2020-2021. The University has finally decided to take future admissions in its BBA, B. Pharm., BTech II (Lateral Entry), MBA, MCA, MTech in 12 specialization streams, MSc courses through Uttar Pradesh Combined Entrance Test (UPCET) from the academic session 2021-2022. The UPCET-2021 will also be conducted by

. UPCET is the replacement of UPSEE conducted earlier and is also referred as Uttar Pradesh Joint Entrance Examinations (UPJEE). Reservation rules are followed in admissions as per the norms of UP Govt./MMMUT, Gorakhpur.

Accreditation

In 2022, MMMUT has been accredited with A grade by the

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(NAAC), the first state university in Uttar Pradesh to get this rank.

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) ranked the university in the 251–300 band (the lowest band) in the engineering ranking of 2022.

References

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* {{Authority control Technical universities and colleges in India Universities in Uttar Pradesh Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh Education in Gorakhpur Educational institutions established in 1962 1962 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University