Established through the UPES Act, 2003, of the State Legislature of Uttarakhand, UPES is a top-ranked, UGC-recognized, private university. Internationally, UPES is ranked 801-850 by the QS World University Rankings 2025 under the ‘World University‘ category. As per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, the Ministry of Education, Government of India, UPES has been ranked 46 in University, 42 in Engineering, and 41 in Management categories. In addition to this, the university has been ranked the No. 1 private university in academic reputation in India by the QS World University Rankings 2024 and is among the top 3% of universities in the world.

UPES has also been accredited by NAAC with an ‘A’ grade and has received 5 stars on Employability (placements), by globally acclaimed QS Rating. The university has had 100% placements over the last five years. Forty-one (41) faculty members of UPES are among the world’s top 2% researchers as per Stanford University list. UPES offers UG and PG programmers through its 7 schools i.e., School of Advanced Engineering, School of Computer Science, School of Design, School of Law, School of Business, School of Health Sciences & Technology, and School of Liberal Studies with 14000+ students and 1500+ faculty and staff members.