The city of Lucknow is acting as the Capital City of the state of Uttar Pradesh and education in this city has attracted people from different parts of the country and the world as well.

Even though the city is famous for its chikankari, which is nothing but the embroidery work done in the city, the local government is presently focusing on the development of education in the fields of biotechnology and Information technology.

The city is the home for some of the popular universities like University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Babasaheb Bhimroa Ambedkar University, Ram Mohan Lohiya Law University and for a number of colleges as well. The list of government colleges operating the city of Lucknow is given below:

Medical Colleges:

• Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow

• State National Homeopathic Medical College

Dental College:

• Faculty of Dental Sciences of King George’s University of Dental Sciences, Lucknow

Engineering College:

• Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow

Architecture College:

• Government College of Architecture, Lucknow

Arts & Science Colleges:

• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Mahila Government Degree College, Lucknow

• Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Mahila Government Degree College, Lucknow

• Lucknow College of Arts & Crafts

Polytechnic College:

• Government Polytechnic, Lucknow

Medical Colleges:

Out of the two government-run medical colleges in the city of Lucknow, one college is meant for allopathic medical education, while the other college is meant for homeopathic medical education courses. The allopathic medical college offers MBBS course and several other diploma courses as well. Admission to this college is made through the Uttar Pradesh Combined Pre-Medical Entrance Examination conducted by Directorate of Medical Education and the All India Medical Entrance Examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education. Out of the total seats available in the college for MBBS, 85% of the seats are filled through the former examination, while the remaining 15% are filled through later examination.

While the other government college for Homeopathic Medical Sciences offer BHMS course at the UG level.

Dental College:

The Dental Council of India has approved the Faculty of Dental Sciences of King George’s University of Dental Sciences, which is a government run institution and this institution offers Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Master of Dental Surgery course in the following branches:

• Prosthodontics

• Periodontics

• Orthodontics

• Oral surgery

• Conservative dentistry

Engineering College:

The Institute of Engineering & Technology in the city of Uttar Pradesh is one of the popular colleges for engineering in India run by the Government of UP. The courses offered by this institution are:

• Bachelor of Technology in

o Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

o Information Technology

o Chemical Engineering

o Mechanical Engineering

o Civil Engineering

o Electronics engineering

o Electrical engineering

o Computer science engineering

• Master of Technology in

o Biotechnology

o Environmental engineering

• MBA

• MCA

Admission to this college is done based on the performance of the students in the entrance examination conducted by UP Technical University called as SEE-UPTU, which is otherwise called as state entrance examination.

Architecture College:

Only a few government colleges are offering Architectural education in India and one such colleges is the Government College of Architecture, located in the city of Lucknow. This college is offering under graduation course in architecture and post graduation course known as Master of Urban Planning & Development.

Arts & Science Colleges:

The Government arts & Science colleges functioning in the city are affiliated to University of Lucknow and for getting admission to these colleges, candidates must have completed their higher secondary examinations with good percentage of marks. These colleges offer Bachelor’s, Master’s degree courses in fine arts and visual arts, and different diploma courses as well.

Polytechnic College:

The government polytechnic college is offering diploma courses under one, two, three and four year duration categories. Some of the fields in which diploma courses are offered in this college are:

• Mechanical Engineering (automobile)

• Civil engineering

• Mechanical Engineering (production)

• Electronics engineering

• Electrical engineering

• Architectural assistantship

• Plant mold technology

• Information technology

• Mass communication

• Hardware & networking

These government colleges offer a number of courses at an affordable cost to the students, in such a way that students with great interest towards education, but with less paying ability can be benefitted and they can see their dream degrees come true.