Gorakhpur is a city that is located in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh and the city is acting as the administrative headquarters of the district of Gorakhpur and the division of Gorakhpur. The city is a popular religious center in the state of Uttar Pradesh and many saints belonging to different religions like Sikh, Jain, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist communities stay in this city.

The city has the popular Gorakhpur University, whose present name is DDU University, MMM Engineering College and BRD Medical College. The city also has a number of other private colleges and the list of government colleges operating in the city of Gorakhpur is given below:

Medical College:

• BRD Medical College

Engineering Colleges:

• MMM Engineering College

Arts Colleges:

• Deen Dayal Upadhyay Government Degree College, Sahjanwa

• Government Degree College, Campierganj

Polytechnic Colleges:

• Government Polytechnic

• Government Girls Polytechnic

Some of the details regarding these government-run educational institutions operating in the city of Gorakhpur are given below:

Medical College:

BRD Medical College stands for Baba Raghav Das Medical College, this college came into existence in the year 1972, and the Medical Council of India has sanctioned an intake capacity of 50 students per year for the MBBS course. Admission to the MBBS course offered by the college is done based on the performance of the students in the Combined Pre-Medical Examination. For taking up this pre-medical entrance examination, candidates must have completed their class 12 examination with not less than 50% of marks.

Engineering Colleges:

MMM Engineering College stands for Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College, this college came into existence in the year 1962, and this college is offering engineering courser at PG diploma, UG, PG and Ph. D levels. The institution is offering under graduation courses in different branches like electronics & communication engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering and computer science & engineering. PG engineering course is offered in the disciplines like computer science & engineering, mechanical, electronics & communication and civil engineering and MBA, MCA as well. Admission to the B. Tech courses, MBA and MCA is done based on the performance of the students in the SEE-UPTU entrance examination. The institute is also offering PG diploma in computer applications as evening course and PG Diploma in Computer networking/hardware and maintenance as part-time course.

Arts Colleges:

Both the government—run arts colleges are affiliated to Gorakhpur University and these colleges offer education not only in arts stream, but also in the science and commerce stream of education under UG, PG and Ph. D levels.

Polytechnic Colleges:

Government Polytechnic College is a co-education college, while Government Girls Polytechnic is meant for girls. Government polytechnic College is offering diploma courses in different departments like chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and civil engineering disciplines. Government Girls Polytechnic College is offering diploma course in designing and training for both printed and woven fabrics for women students.

In addition to these colleges, there are also some government-run intermediate colleges in the city of Gorakhpur and they offer the best quality education.