List of colleges affiliated to the Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow
As of 2018[update], Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), formerly Uttar Pradesh Technical University, has a total of 592 institutes affiliated to it located across 55 districts of Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow district has the higher number of colleges (80), followed by Ghaziabad (63), Gautam Buddha Nagar (56), Meerut (55) and Kanpur Nagar (41), the five districts together accounting for almost half (295) the total number of colleges.
The university has three constituent colleges, three associated colleges and three colleges which have been granted autonomous status.