Additionally, the university had a Centre and Regional Office in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

On 1 May 2013, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to merge GBTU and MTU to bring back the original form of UPTU.

Because of its size, the number of colleges affiliated with it, and geographic dispersion, it is sub-divided into five zones with 150–160 colleges in each zone for the ease of management and facilitating inter-zonal comparison and possible internal competition to enhance the quality of teaching-learning processes.

[5] The university envisioned to facilitate and nurture quality technical education and research in its own premises as well as all affiliated institutions.

The task of the university included conducting the SEE-UPTU for admission to programs affiliated with it.

The university conducted central examinations each semester for all the affiliated colleges and institutions.

[5] As per a dipstick study conducted by MeritTrac in association with UPTU Watch magazine (2011), the engineering talent pool of the university was found to be significantly better than the national average.