Uttar Pradesh Technical University Lucknow often known as UPTU is the largest technical university in Asia. Near about 800 colleges are affiliated to UPTU and the university every year conducts an Undergraduate entrance exam to offer admission into engineering, pharmacy, architecture and management courses offered by Govt. Aided Institutions and Private Institution affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Technical University. This entrance exam is known as Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Exam (UPSEE). All the technical institutions/ colleges under the UPTU & some UP State also accept the score of UPSEE.
Moreover, UPSEE is open only to the candidates who have passed the qualifying examination from any institution situated in the state of U.P. or if their parents are domicile of U.P. But from next year onwards it is expected that domicile restriction will be removed for admissions to private institutions affiliated to UP Technical University. The main reason behind this change in the domicile requirement is because half of the seats remain vacant. The Admission Committee is of the view that many students from the state of UP take admission in other states so similarly the students from other states should be allowed to pursue their higher education in UP and this would also solve the problem of seats lying vacant in various institutes and colleges.
This article in detail discuss about the reservation under UPSEE and the categories of Uttar Pradesh Eligible to take the UPSEE
Reservation of Seats
UPTU has a lot of seats reserved for the reserved category students, wards of defence personnel, girls, disabled students etc. The details are given below,
Vertical Reservation (Category Wise)
| Category | Percentage of Reservation |
| Scheduled Caste of Uttar Pradesh | 21% |
| Scheduled Tribe of Uttar Pradesh | 2% |
| Other Backward Classes of Uttar Pradesh | 27% |
Horizontal Reservation (Sub Category Available)
| Sub Category | Code | Percentage of Reservation |
| Dependents of Freedom Fighters from Uttar Pradesh | UPFF | 2% |
| Wards of defence personnel of U.P. either retired (superannuated) or killed / disabled in action Defence personnel posted in U.P.
Defence personnel domicile of U.P. & posted outside U.P |
UPAF | 05% |
| Handicapped / Disabled of Uttar Pradesh | UPHC | 03% |
| Girls of Uttar Pradesh | UPGL | 20% |
Points to Ponder
1) Candidates can claim only one type of horizontal reservation out of the 4 categories mentioned above.
2) Girl candidates have an advantage i.e. they can also claim any one of UPFF/UPAF/UPHC sub category along with UPGL.
3) Candidates claiming vertical and horizontal reservation have to submit the relevant certificates at the time of admission, failing which the candidates will be treated as General Category candidates.
4) The benefits of UPGL subcategory are solely meant for the Female candidates.
Categories Eligible to take the Entrance Exam
| Category | Certificate Required | Code |
| Candidates who do not claim any reservation and passed the last qualifying examination from an institution located in the State of Uttar Pradesh | No Certificate Required | UPGE |
|
Certificate 1 or 2 | UPSC / UPST / UPBC |
| Candidates who have passed the last qualifying examination from an institution located outside U.P but their parents are domicile of U.P | Such candidates have to produce the Domicile Certificate of Parents | UPGD |
|
Such candidates have to produce the Domicile Certificate of ParentsCategory Certificate | GDSC/GDST/GDBC |
|
Certificate 5Certificate 5
Certificate 11 |
GDDA |