The foundation stone of Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology was laid in the year 1974 on the 15th of January by the late Prime Minister of India Smt. Indira Gandhi near the city of Faizabad at Mashodha. In the year 1975, a new development team took over the university thereby deciding to transfer the university to a place called Kumargan. It is a state university and is a member of the association of Indian Universities. The university holds the pride of being the third agricultural university in the state and the university was given its name in honor of a great socialist, philosopher, educationist and national leader Acharya Narendra Deva. The main campus of the university is located in a rural surrounding at about 42 km from the city of Faziabad. The list of college coming under the jurisdiction of this university is given below:

• College of Agriculture, Kumarganj

• College of Home Science, Kumarganj

• College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Kumarganj

• Mahamaya College of Agriculture Engineering & Technology, Akbarpur

• College of Horticulture & Forestry, Kumarganj

• College of Fisheries, Kumarganj

• Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Plant Biotechnology and biodiversity, Kumarganj

• College of Agri Business Management

• College of Basic Sciences & Humanities

The campus of Narendra Deva University is provided with facilities like separate hostel for boys and girls and the university is well known for its infrastructural facilities. The library of the university is provided with larger volume of magazines, journals and books and different laboratories in the university are loaded with the required instruments and tools. The other facilities in the campus include computer center with internet connection, sports zone and health center. The university is conducting research in the faculties of forestry & fisheries, horticulture, biotechnology, agriculture engineering, home science, agriculture and veterinary science. The university admits students to different courses on the basis of their performance in SEE conducted by UPTU.