Graphic Era University is the first and only University in the entire state of Uttarakhand to be approved by UGC for providing Online Education. Thanks to it’s stellar academic track record and consistently high ranking in NIRF Graphic Era Deemed to be University is approved by UGC to provide Online Education under “Entitled” category.

You can now earn an additional degree parallelly while completing a full time degree course! Thanks to Graphic Era University’s Online Education, you can earn 2 degrees in the duration of one – Choose from the courses being offered and enrol today!
More than 29 years of triumph and learnings, today Graphic Era Group of Institutions stand tall as a canopy of excellence. We take pride in grooming the students into building blocks of a well-groomed & educated society. We offer them a plethora of opportunities that enables them to find their niche and make a mark in the professional world.

Our holistic approach towards education ensures intellectual growth and personal development of our students. Graphic Era has emerged as institute of national repute with accreditations and recognitions from prestigious organizations like QS I-Gauge, Institute of Engineers, Computer Society of India, Indian Society of Technical Education, and many more.

Graphic Era Deemed to be University is the culmination of the hard work of its visionary founder, Prof. (Dr.) Kamal Ghanshala, who had the dream to change the destiny of thousands of youths through quality and holistic education. In 1993, he embarked on the mission to transform the higher education landscape of the Doon Valley with twenty-nine thousand rupees in his pocket and loads of determination in his heart. His vision gained concrete shape in 1996 in the form of the Graphic Era Institute of Technology (GEIT).

In 2008, the Institute was accorded the status of Deemed University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 vide Notification F.9-48/2007-U.3 (A) dated 14 August 2008 and approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. In July 2022, Graphic Era Deemed to be University was conferred All-India Rank 64 in the Engineering Category, All India Rank 65 in Management Category, and All India Rank 74 in the University Category in the MHRD’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and retained its position consecutively for the third year amongst top 100 universities of India. In Aug 2022, GEU was granted coveted ‘A+’ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). In Oct 2022, it cemented its position as a university of national & international repute by securing a position in Rank Band 601-800 worldwide in the University category & Rank Band 301-400 in the Engineering category of Times Higher Education World Ranking 2023. In Dec 2022, GEU became the only university in the region to have 7 NBA accredited programs namely Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biotechnology, and Master of Business Administration. In 2022, GEU also launched Online Degree Programs and achieved the distinction of being the only university in Uttarakhand to offer UGC/AICTE entitled Online education.

Graphic Era offers 75 undergraduates, postgraduate, and doctoral programs with more than 25,000 students and over 600 well-qualified faculty members from leading universities across the globe. The premier university regards industry-academia partnership as an integral part of teaching methodology and curriculum. It has acquired transnational dimensions through student exchange and knowledge-sharing programs with many foreign universities and has been acclaimed and honored at international forums for its brilliance in upholding the highest standards of education. It has taken big initiative in engineering programs by getting into partnerships with Tata Technologies and IBM to create next age engineering professionals through industry collaborations. It hosts Technology Business Incubator that provides support for technology-based entrepreneurship.

At present, Graphic Era Deemed to be University has innumerable students on its rolls, pursuing education in different disciplines, ranging from engineering, science, business, management, commerce, hospitality to humanities and social sciences. The alumni of Graphic Era can be encountered worldwide in marquee brands like Apple, Google, Microsoft, HSBC, to name a few, and in the service of the nation in all wings of the Armed Forces.

GEU stands tall as a leading university in Uttarakhand ranked amongst the top 75 Universities of the country and as an abode of learning and excellence, setting new benchmarks in all parameters of assessment like teaching, learning, research, graduation outcome, outreach, industrial presence and more, for Indian Institutions of higher education.