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). 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.