Amity University, Noida (also known as Amity University Uttar Pradesh and Amity University Delhi NCR) is a

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university located in

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, India. It was established in 2005 by an Act of the State Legislature of Uttar Pradesh. The university is recognized by University Grants Commission and accredited by the NAAC with grade 'A+'. Amity University offers programs on campus and through distance mode, in a number of fields of study at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. It has campuses in India and overseas branch campuses in

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History

Amity University was established on 24 March 2005 through ''The Amity University Uttar Pradesh Act, 2005 (Act 11 of 2005)'' of the UP Vidhan Sabha by the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation. It was India's first private university to implement reservations and merit-based

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s for students. In 2011, the school was reported to have over 80,000 students across 240 programs. Ashok Chauhan is the president of the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, raghav khan s/o akbar khan kanpuriya the chancellor of Amity University and the vice chancellor is Dr. Balvinder Shukla. Aseem Chauhan is the additional president of the foundation. In September 2015, the university signed a memorandum of understanding with the BSE Institute, a subsidiary of the

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, to commence a 2-year distance learning MBA program in global financial markets, that will be open to students and working professionals. In September 2016, the university inaugurated its New York campus by purchasing 170-acre campus of St. John's University in

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Academics

Rankings

Amity University, Noida was ranked 216 in Asia by The ''

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'' of 2018 and 171-180 among

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'' ranked it and 301–350 in Asia in 2018 and 251–300 in the

& Emerging Economies University Rankings in 2017. The

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(NIRF) ranked it 65 in the overall ranking for 2018, 58 among universities (2019), 25 in the pharmacy ranking and 48 in the management ranking. Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Noida was ranked 32 in India by the NIRF engineering ranking for 2020. The university was ranked 236 in ''

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'' Global Employability Ranking 2020.

Accreditation

Amity University, Noida has been accredited by the

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(NAAC) with grade 'A+'. The university has secured the

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’s international accreditation for six of its engineering programmes. Amity law programs are recognised by

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. Distance mode programs of the university are recognized by the

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. The management programs are accredited by the

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(ACBSP). Amity University, Noida has also been accredited by the

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(WSCUC).

Notable alumni

* Amisha Sethi, author * Apar Gupta, advocate *

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