University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies is a private university in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, established in 2003 under the UPES Act passed by the State Legislature of Uttarakhand and ranked in the 901-950 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.石油与能源研究大学（University of Petroleum and Energy Studies，UPES）是印度北阿坎德邦德拉敦的一所私立大学，2003 年依北阿坎德邦邦议会《UPES 法，2003》设立，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 901-950 位。

Its teaching and research concentrate on energy, infrastructure, transportation, information technology, electronics and high technology, drawing over 10,000 students into industry-aligned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees across its Bidholi and Kandoli campuses on the edge of Dehradun.该校教学与科研聚焦能源、基础设施、交通、信息技术、电子与高技术领域，在德拉敦郊外的比多利与坎多利两处校区开设对接行业的学士、硕士与博士课程，在校学生逾 10,000 人。

Approved by the University Grants Commission and recognised by bodies including the All India Council for Technical Education, the Bar Council of India and the Pharmacy Council of India, the university reported 15,869 indexed works cited 361,719 times and is led by Vice Chancellor Ram K Sharma.该校获印度大学拨款委员会（University Grants Commission）批准，并经全印技术教育委员会（AICTE）、印度律师协会与印度药剂师委员会认可，机构收录论文 15,869 篇、被引 361,719 次，现由副校长 Ram K Sharma 执掌。

History

• UPES traces its legal origin to 2003, when the State Legislature of Uttarakhand enacted the UPES Act, 2003, a statute that gave the institution its charter as a private university in the hill state.该校法律源头可溯至 2003 年，北阿坎德邦邦议会制定《UPES 法，2003》，以邦法形式赋予这所山区私立大学法定章程。

• Because Uttarakhand had been separated from Uttar Pradesh only in 2000, the 2003 state act is a law of the newer hill state rather than of Uttar Pradesh itself, a point that dates the charter firmly to the post-2000 order.由于北阿坎德邦直到 2000 年才自北方邦析置，这份 2003 年邦法属于新邦而非北方邦本身，据此可把办学章程确切系于 2000 年之后的建制。

• Prospect material describes the institution as emerging in 2003 as an innovative university offering industry-focused undergraduate and postgraduate courses in fast-growing fields such as cloud computing.招生资料称该校于 2003 年作为一所创新型大学问世，在云计算等高增长领域提供对接行业的本科与研究生课程。

• Its founding site, the Bidholi campus styled Energy Acres at P.O. Bidholi via Prem Nagar, has served as the principal address since the university opened in 2003.创办地比多利校区即所谓「能源之田」（Energy Acres），地址 P.O. Bidholi，自 2003 年开学起即为主址。

• The earliest documented research output from the university dates to 2013, when authors at its College of Management and Economics Studies published offshore-wind and energy-policy studies.可考的早期校研成果见于 2013 年，该校「管理与经济研究学院」（College of Management and Economics Studies）作者发表了海上风电与能源政策研究。

• Those 2013 papers appeared in the journals Energy Policy and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, carrying the affiliation College of Management and Economics Studies, UPES, Dehradun into the international literature.这批 2013 年论文刊于（Energy Policy、Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews）两刊，署名单位即德拉敦的石油与能源研究大学管理与经济研究学院。

• In its 2024 and 2025 web materials the university advertises twenty-one years of legacy in multidisciplinary and holistic learning, a count that points back to the 2003 foundation.该校 2024 与 2025 年的官网材料自述在跨学科与全人教育上已有二十一年积累，这一计数回溯至 2003 年的创校。

• A placement milestone recorded on the homepage gives 2022 as the year the university reported its highest annual package of about 50 lakh rupees for a graduate.官网记载的一项就业里程碑把 2022 年列为该校毕业生年薪峰值约 50 万卢比（50 LPA）的年份。

• In 2023 the QS subject league tables placed the university's computer science and information systems offering at world rank 540, its earliest clearly dated subject ranking.2023 年 QS 学科榜把该校计算机科学与信息系统专业列于世界第 540 位，是其最早有确切年份的学科名次。

• That same rise was reflected domestically when India's National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked UPES 46th in the university category for 2024.这一提升亦见诸国内：印度机构排名框架（NIRF）在 2024 年把该校列于大学类全国第 46 位。

• By 2024 and 2025 the QS global tables listed the university in the 801-850 band before the 2027 edition placed it in the 901-950 range, charting its world-standing over two cycles.至 2024 与 2025 年 QS 世界榜将其列于 801-850 档，随后 2027 年榜把该校置于 901-950 区间，勾勒出两个排名周期内的世界位次变化。

• Curricular expansion is visible in 2025 papers from the School of Health Science and Technology, whose faculty published pharmacology and toxicology studies carrying the Bidholi campus address.课程扩张可见于 2025 年健康科学与技术学院教师发表的药理与毒理研究，其署名地址即为比多利校区。

• Also in 2025 the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research of UPES was indexed alongside the Skyline University College of Sharjah, evidencing cross-border research linkages.同样在 2025 年，该校跨学科研究中心（Centre for Interdisciplinary Research）与沙迦的 Skyline University College 被并列索引，显示其跨境科研网络。

• Records of the University Grants Commission Expert Committee reviewed the institution within India's regulated private-university sector, confirming statutory standing after its 2003 charter.印度大学拨款委员会的专家委员会（Expert Committee）档案把这所学校纳入印度受监管的私立大学序列复核，确认其 2003 年章程之后的法定地位。

• An institutional self-study report was later submitted to India's quality councils, continuing the accountability cycle that began with the 2003 act.校方随后向印度质量认证机构提交院校自评报告，延续自 2003 年邦法肇始的质量问责循环。

• The law school grew from the original 2003 offering, adding integrated five-year programmes in business administration with law and arts with law.法学院在 2003 年办学基础上成长，增设工商管理—法学、文学—法学五年制一体化专业。

• Design teaching dates its institutional build-out to the school era that followed the early college model, with the School of Design led in the 2020s by Dean Bhaskar Bhatt.设计科系是在早期学院模式之后的「学院群」时代建制而成，设计学院（School of Design）于 2020 年代由院长 Bhaskar Bhatt 主持。

• Computer-science teaching rose in parallel, the School of Computer Science in the 2020s headed by Dean Vijaysekhar Chellaboina, an alumnus of IIT Madras and the Florida Institute of Technology.计算机教学同步扩张，计算机学院（School of Computer Science）于 2020 年代由院长 Vijaysekhar Chellaboina 执掌，他毕业于印度理工学院马德拉斯分校与佛罗里达理工学院（Florida Institute of Technology）。

• In 2025 the university claimed the top place among Indian private universities for academic reputation in the QS World University Rankings, a milestone of its two-decade build.2025 年该校宣称在 QS 世界大学排名的学术声誉项上位列印度私立大学第一，成为其二十年办学历程的一项标志。

• Its stated vision, fixed at the 2003 foundation and restated in 2024 and 2025 profiles, is to stand as an institution of global standing developing professionally competent talent for nation building.该校在 2003 年创校时确立、并于 2024 与 2025 年简介中重申的愿景，是把自身建成具有全球地位、培养服务国家建设之专业人才的高等学府。

• Founded by a statute of 2003, the university runs its undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes from the Dehradun campuses, and its 2024 and 2025 web materials count twenty-one years since that founding.该校依 2003 年邦法而立，学士、硕士与博士课程皆在德拉敦校区开设，其 2024 与 2025 年官网材料自创校算起已有二十一年。

• Its energy-policy research, dated from 2013 in the journal Energy Policy, and its materials-science papers of 2025 with co-authors at Chandigarh University together trace a publication trail growing from the 2003 charter.该校能源政策研究以 2013 年《Energy Policy》论文为标志，2025 年又与 Chandigarh University 合作者发表材料科学论文，共勾勒出自主轴 2003 年章程一路生长的发表脉络。

Academics

• Academic work is organised around six industry sectors, energy, infrastructure, transportation, information technology, electronics and high technology, each feeding specialised degree tracks.学术组织围绕能源、基础设施、交通、信息技术、电子、高技术六大产业领域展开，各自对接专门化课程方向。

• Degree levels span undergraduate bachelor's programmes, postgraduate master's degrees and doctoral research, with the official line of over 10,000 students across all three tiers.学位层次涵盖学士、硕士与博士研究，官方口径为三级合计在校学生逾 10,000 人。

• The QS institutional profile gives a more conservative headcount of 9,443 students taught by 995 faculty, numbers that sit beside the university's own broader estimate.QS 机构档案给出更审慎的口径：学生 9,443 人、教师 995 人，与校方自身的更大估计并存。

• Engineering teaching sits in the School of Engineering, whose faculty sign journal papers as the School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.工程教学归于工学院（School of Engineering），其教师在学术期刊上以「德拉敦石油与能源研究大学工学院」署名。

• Business teaching is delivered through the Undergraduate Business School and the wider management cluster that succeeded the early College of Management and Economics Studies.商科教学由本科商学院（Undergraduate Business School）及在其前身「管理与经济研究学院」之后扩展的管理学院群承担。

• The School of Computer Science runs computing degrees and, alongside the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, links UPES authors to collaborators at Chandigarh University and Christ University.计算机学院开设计算类学位，并连同跨学科研究中心把该校作者与 Chandigarh University、Christ University 的合作者相连。

• Health programmes are mounted in the School of Health Science and Technology, covering pharmacy, pharmacology and allied life-science teaching on the Bidholi campus.健康类课程设在健康科学与技术学院，涵盖药剂、药理及相关生命科学教学，位于比多利校区。

• Law degrees include integrated BBA-LL.B. and BA-LL.B. honours tracks, the five-year model common to Indian undergraduate legal education.法学学位含 BBA—LL.B.、BA—LL.B. 荣誉一体化专业，即印度本科法学教育常见的五年制模式。

• Design degrees are offered through the School of Design, which the university frames around institution-building, teaching and practice-led learning.设计学位由设计学院开设，该院强调机构建设、教学与以实践为主的学习。

• Quality architecture on campus includes a best-centre for entrepreneurship and skills and an Internal Quality Assurance Cell, the internal review body of Indian universities.校内质量架构含负责创业与技能的卓越中心以及内部质量保障单元（IQAC），后者是印度高校的内部评核机构。

• Degrees are deposited to India's National Academic Depository, allowing verified academic records to be issued digitally to students.学位记录接入印度国家学术存储库（National Academic Depository），使经核验的学业记录能以数字方式发给学生。

• Regulatory recognition rests on approvals from the University Grants Commission, the Association of Indian Universities, the All India Council for Technical Education, the Pharmacy Council of India and the Bar Council of India.其监管认可建立在多项批准之上：大学拨款委员会、印度大学协会、全印技术教育委员会、印度药剂师委员会与印度律师协会。

• Teaching is conducted in English, aligning the curriculum with on-the-job exposure that the university presents as a distinguishing feature of its programmes.授课语言为英语，并使课程与该校所强调的「在岗实习」这一培养特色相衔接。

• Doctoral supervision operates across the sector schools, producing the indexed journal output the university records in engineering, energy policy and the health sciences.博士指导横跨各产业学院，产出该校在工程、能源政策与健康科学领域被收录的期刊成果。

• Research output at the university reached 15,869 indexed works accumulated to the 2020s, with 361,719 citations, evidence of a multi-school publication base.该校研究产出累计达 15,869 篇收录论文、被引 361,719 次，反映其多学院并立的发表基础。

• Collaborative publishing has linked UPES authors to the Skyline University College of the United Arab Emirates, extending research networks beyond India.合作发表已把该校作者与阿拉伯联合酋长国的 Skyline University College 相连，将其科研网络延伸至印度境外。

• Curriculum renewal is framed as advanced teaching methodology and updated syllabi, priorities the university repeats in its undergraduate and postgraduate prospectuses.课程更新被定位为先进教学法与教材翻新，是该校在本科与研究生招生简章中反复强调的重点。

• Admission and fees run through an online portal with a dedicated fee-refund service, part of the digital student-support layer the institution maintains.招生与缴费经线上门户办理并设专门退费服务，构成该校维护的数字化学务支持层的一部分。

• Beyond the core energy sectors the institution has added information-technology and design tracks, the School of Computer Science and the School of Design anchoring newer programmes on the 2003 foundation.在核心能源领域之外，该校增设信息技术与设计方向，计算机学院与设计学院构成建于 2003 年基础之上的较新专业。

Campus

• The principal Bidholi campus, styled Energy Acres, sits at P.O. Bidholi via Prem Nagar in Dehradun, postal code 248007, in the Siwalik foothills of Uttarakhand.主校区比多利即「能源之田」，地址 P.O. Bidholi，邮编 248007，地处北阿坎德邦西瓦利克山麓。

• A second site, the Kandoli campus at P.O. Kandoli via Prem Nagar, complements Bidholi and carries the same Dehradun 248007 address.第二处校区为坎多利（Kandoli Campus），地址 P.O. Kandoli，与比多利校区共用德拉敦 248007 邮编。

• Third-party campus profiles credit the university with a sprawling site of about 44 acres set in the verdant environs of Dehradun.第三方院校档案称该校校园约 44 英亩，坐落于德拉敦草木葱茏的环境之中。

• Away from the hills, the university keeps a corporate office at Splendor Forum in Jasola District Centre, New Delhi, near the national capital.在山麓之外，该校于新德里贾索拉中心区的 Splendor Forum 设有公司办公处，紧邻印度首都。

• Campus amenity lists record an auditorium, canteens, computer laboratories, workshops and science laboratories as core teaching facilities.校园设施清单记载礼堂、食堂、计算机房、工坊与科学实验室等核心教学设施。

• Student accommodation is organised with separate boys' and girls' hostels, a residential model standard among Dehradun's boarding universities.学生宿舍按男生与女生分设，属德拉敦寄宿制高校的常见住宿模式。

• On-campus support is listed to include a library, medical services, a guest house and a dedicated academic zone for teaching.校内配套列有图书馆、医疗服务、招待所与专用于教学的学术区。

• Recreational provision includes sports facilities within the campus grounds, alongside dining and shopping conveniences in the wider Dehradun area.校内设有体育设施，并与德拉敦城区更广的餐饮、购物配套相接。

• Geographically the campus maps to coordinates 30.32443 north and 78.03392 east, fixing UPES within the Dehradun metropolitan belt.地理坐标为北纬 30.32443、东经 78.03392，将该校定位于德拉敦都市带上。

• The Bidholi campus at P.O. Bidholi and the Kandoli campus at P.O. Kandoli both fall under Dehradun 248007, a twin-campus footprint the university has expanded steadily since 2003.比多利校区（地址 P.O. Bidholi）与坎多利校区（地址 P.O. Kandoli）同属德拉敦 248007 邮区，构成该校自 2003 年以来持续拓展的双校区布局。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings the university is placed in the 901-950 band for 2027, its most recent global standing per the authoritative ranking feed.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列 901-950 区间，为权威榜单口径下最新的世界位次。

• The QS series had earlier charted UPES in the 801-850 band for 2025 and in the 901-950 range for 2024, showing movement between the two bands across cycles.QS 榜此前把该校列于 2025 年 801-850 档、2024 年 901-950 区间，显示其在两档之间随周期变动。

• On the subject dimension the university was ranked 540 in QS computer science and information systems in 2023 and was placed 148 in the QS Asian University rankings.在学科维度，该校 2023 年 QS 计算机科学与信息系统列第 540 位，QS 亚洲大学排名列第 148 位。

• Its QS sustainability indicator put the institution in the 1501-plus band, while the research-strength tag in the QS profile reads Very High.QS 可持续发展指标把该校列入 1501 位之后，QS 档案对其研究强度标注为「非常高」。

• Domestically the National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked UPES 46th in India's university category in 2024, a key national marker of standing.在印度国内，机构排名框架（NIRF）于 2024 年把该校列于大学类第 46 位，是衡量其国内位次的标志之一。

• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings the university did not feature, and no Times ranking placement is recorded for it in the authoritative feed.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中该校未上榜，权威数据源亦未记录其任何泰晤士名次。

• The university was likewise not listed in the 2026-2027 US News Best Global Universities Rankings, one of the four global tables this profile tracks.该校亦未进入 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名，这是本条目所追踪的四大全球榜之一。

• It did not appear in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities main table, and older ARWU or GRAS editions are not treated as 2026 standing.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，较早的 ARWU 版本与 GRAS 学科榜名次不视为 2026 位次。

• As a hard honour count the university records no affiliated Nobel, Turing or Fields laureate, its measurable strengths instead resting on its 15,869 works cited 361,719 times.就硬荣誉计数而言，该校未见任何关联的诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，其可量化的实力落在 15,869 篇论文、被引 361,719 次的产出上。

• Consolidating its board profile, the institution pairs the 901-950 QS 2027 range with a 2025 first-place private-university academic-reputation claim in India and an NIRF 2024 national rank of 46.综合各榜画像，该校把 2027 年 QS 的 901-950 区间，与 2025 年「印度私立大学学术声誉第一」的自述、以及 2024 年 NIRF 全国第 46 位并列呈现。

Student life

• Student affairs run through a single digital layer branded UPES Online, bundling admission alerts, fee structure, the academic calendar and scholarship services.学务通过名为 UPES Online 的一体化数字平台办理，整合录取提醒、学费结构、校历与奖学金服务。

• The institution maintains a dedicated fee-refund portal, a consumer-protection feature in Indian higher education that the university exposes directly to students.该校设有专门的退费门户，这是印度高教中的一项规定性消费保障，校方将其直接面向学生开放。

• Campus events are structured around guest lectures, workshops and an industry-interface series that bring professionals into contact with students.校园活动围绕客座讲座、工作坊与行业对接系列组织，让业界人士与学生接触。

• A student-achievements showcase on the official site records prize and competition results won by UPES learners.官网设有学生成就展示栏，记录该校学生获得的奖项与竞赛成绩。

• Sports provision on the Bidholi and Kandoli grounds supports an active student life, with dining halls and shops in the wider Dehradun area.比多利与坎多利校区的体育设施支撑活跃的校园生活，德拉敦城区另有食堂与商铺配套。

• Residential life is organised in separate hostels for men and women, reflecting the boarding culture of universities in the Dehradun belt.住宿生活按男女分设宿舍，体现德拉敦地区高校的寄宿文化。

• Law students compete in moot-court activity, with a UPES Dehradun name appearing alongside the Hidayatullah National Law University moot circuit.法学学生参与模拟法庭活动，在 Hidayatullah National Law University 模拟法庭赛事名录中可见德拉敦 UPES 参赛者署名。

• Entrepreneurial mentoring is housed in the campus best centre, the unit the university pairs with its stated purpose of equal opportunity and sustainability.创业辅导设于校内卓越中心，这一单位与该校所倡导的机会均等和可持续宗旨相配合。

Notable people

• The university is led by Vice Chancellor Ram K Sharma, identified on the official site as a Chevening Gurukul Fellow at the University of Oxford and a Fulbright Nehru Scholar.该校由副校长 Ram K Sharma 主持，官网标注其为牛津大学（University of Oxford）Chevening Gurukul 研究员与富布赖特·尼赫鲁学者。

• Prof Vijaysekhar Chellaboina serves as Dean of the School of Computer Science, trained at IIT Madras and the Florida Institute of Technology in the United States.Vijaysekhar Chellaboina 教授任计算机学院院长，受训于印度理工学院马德拉斯分校与美国佛罗里达理工学院（Florida Institute of Technology）。

• Prof Bhaskar Bhatt heads the School of Design, a design leader credited with more than twenty-two years in institution building, teaching and practice.Bhaskar Bhatt 教授主持设计学院，是一位在机构建设、教学与实践上逾二十二年的设计领导者。

• Dr Seema Shukla teaches in the School of Liberal Studies and Media, one of the humanities and communication units on the Dehradun campus.Seema Shukla 博士任教于人文与传媒学院，是德拉敦校区文理与传播学科单元之一。

• Dr Sachin Chaudhary is a faculty member of the School of Computer Science at the Dehradun campus.Sachin Chaudhary 博士是德拉敦校区计算机学院教师。

• Dr J Upadhyay, writing from the Bidholi campus, leads pharmacology and toxicology teaching in the School of Health Science and Technology.J Upadhyay 博士以比多利校区为单位，主持健康科学与技术学院的药理与毒理教学。

• Energy-policy research from the university is associated with the author Tarun Dhingra, whose 2013 work appeared under the College of Management and Economics Studies affiliation.该校能源政策研究见于作者 Tarun Dhingra，其 2013 年成果以「管理与经济研究学院」名义发表。

• Alongside him, the 2013 energy studies carry the name Swaminathan Mani, another UPES author in the offshore-wind and policy literature.与他并列的还有作者 Swaminathan Mani，同是该校海上风电与能源政策文献中的 2013 年署名研究者。

• In student competition, the UPES Dehradun name Siddhanth Kocchar is recorded on the Hidayatullah National Law University moot circuit.在学生竞赛方面，德拉敦 UPES 参赛者 Siddhanth Kocchar 的名字见于 Hidayatullah National Law University 模拟法庭赛事名录。

• No founder, chancellor or first vice-chancellor and no Nobel, Turing or Fields laureate is verifiable in the sources examined, and those gaps are left deliberately unfilled.在所核查的资料中，创办人、校长、首任副校长及任何诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主均无法核实，这些空白被有意留白。