College and University Incubators in Uttar Pradesh
31 college and university incubators in Uttar Pradesh. Campus incubators sit inside a college, institute or university, so they tend to take earlier-stage teams and can give access to labs, faculty and student talent. Some admit only students and alumni while others take outside founders; check who each one is open to before you apply.
IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre
IIM Lucknow's incubator at its Noida campus, running 24-month incubation, sector accelerators and three seed-funding routes for DPIIT-recognised technology startups.
AIC Shiv Nadar University
Atal Incubation Centre at Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida — a tech-agnostic, hardware-leaning incubator set up in 2017 with Atal Innovation Mission support, taking applications year-round.
Sharda Launchpad
Sharda University's Section 8 incubator in Greater Noida, with idea-stage, resident and acceleration tracks open to outside founders.
SIIC IIT Kanpur
IIT Kanpur's incubator, running national deep-tech, defence, drone, AI and MedTech programmes from campuses in Kanpur and Noida.
AIC-BIMTECH
Atal Incubation Centre at BIMTECH, Greater Noida — a sector-agnostic incubator that runs its own Khoj to Gurukul pipeline and delivers MeitY, Startup India and Uttar Pradesh government schemes.
Amity Innovation Incubator
University-campus incubator in Noida that takes technology startups on rent-plus-equity terms, in person or virtually, with an in-house patent team.
TBI-KIET
Technology business incubator on the KIET campus in Ghaziabad, promoted by DST's NSTEDB, backing first-generation founders in ICT, robotics and e-mobility.
CSJM Innovation Foundation
University-backed Section 8 incubator at CSJM University, Kanpur, open to founders across Uttar Pradesh, with physical, virtual and pre-incubation tracks.
I-DAPT HUB Foundation, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
IIT (BHU) Varanasi's data-analytics innovation hub, which incubates DPIIT-recognised startups and takes equity.
Bennett Hatchery Foundation
Bennett University's Section 8 incubator in Greater Noida — a UP-recognised centre offering physical and virtual incubation, mostly to its own students and staff.
Buddha Institute of Technology
UP engineering institute in Gorakhpur fostering entrepreneurship and tech innovation in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management
Greater Noida incubator run by GL Bajaj Institute of Technology, with a prototype grant and incubation for Indian innovators and early-stage startups.
Teerthanker Mahaveer University
Private university in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, whose TMU Business Incubation Centre runs pre-incubation and incubation programmes and takes applications for two government-backed schemes.
Dewan VS Institute of Engineering & Technology
Dewan Innovation & Incubation Forum is the on-campus incubator of the Dewan VS Group of Institutions in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, open to students, faculty and budding entrepreneurs.
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Delhi-NCR Campus, Delhi- Meerut Road, Modinagar, Ghaziabad U.P.
The Delhi-NCR campus of SRM Institute of Science and Technology at Modinagar, Ghaziabad, which runs an in-house Incubation Centre and is a listed Host Institute under the MSME Innovative Scheme.
IMS ENGINEERING COLLEGE
IMS ENGINEERING COLLEGE is an institution in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
GREATER NOIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING INSTITUTE
GREATER NOIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING INSTITUTE is an institution in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
UP Institute of Design Noida
UP Institute of Design Noida is an institution in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
Sharda University
Sharda Launchpad is the startup incubator and accelerator run by Sharda University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, for student and early-stage founders.
Noida International University
Noida International University is an institution in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
Birla Institute of Management Technology
Birla Institute of Management Technology in Greater Noida, home of the Atal Incubation Centre (AIC-BIMTECH), which runs zero-equity pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration for startups.
Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus, Agra
Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus, Agra is an institution in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
Pranveer Singh Institute Of Technology
Pranveer Singh Institute Of Technology is an institution in Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Prayagraj, UP, India
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Prayagraj, UP, India is an institution in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
UNITED COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH NAINI PRAYAGRAJ
Incubation hub of United College of Engineering & Research, Prayagraj, offering pre-incubation, workspace and mentoring to start-ups, students, alumni and faculty.
RGIPT Amethi
DST NIDHI inclusive Technology Business Incubator (i-TBI)
Sanskriti University
Mathura university whose in-house incubation centre is on DST's NIDHI i-TBI register, open to its own and other institutions' students in agriculture and biotech.
Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre
Institution-backed accelerator focused on early-stage tech startups
Ideation Innovation & Incubation (I-3) Foundation
Provider of incubation and acceleration solutions to startups
NCL- IIT BHU Incubation
Technology business incubator backed by MCIIE
C3iHub, IIT Kanpur
IIT Kanpur's cybersecurity technology hub under DST's NM-ICPS mission, running an incubation programme for cybersecurity startups.
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Choosing a college or university incubator in Uttar Pradesh
College and university incubators sit inside an institute, which shapes everything about them. They are often the most accessible route for first-time founders: they take earlier-stage teams, they can offer lab and workshop access, and they put you near faculty and student talent. For a deep-tech or hardware idea that came out of research, an institute incubator can be the only place that has the equipment you need.
The main question to settle is who is allowed in. Some campus incubators take only current students, alumni or faculty-led spin-outs, and others are open to outside founders. Some are tied to one institute's research areas, and some serve a wider region. The college and university incubators above include both kinds, so the eligibility on each profile matters more than the name of the institute.
Think about what you need from the campus. If it is a lab, ask exactly which equipment is available and how it is booked. If it is a network, ask how often mentors are on site. If it is credibility, ask how many startups have come through and what became of them. A well-known institute with a thin programme is a worse choice than a smaller one that gives you what you actually need.
The numbers on this page
- 31 of the 136 organisations we list in Uttar Pradesh (23%) are tagged "Academic".
- By stage focus, the most common are Ideation (23), Validation (23) and Early Revenue (8).
- By sector, the most listed are Deep Tech (15), Social Impact (11) and HardTech (9).
- By city, most are in Greater Noida (6), Noida (5) and Kanpur (4).
- Many are also tagged Incubator (31) and Accelerator (4), so the same organisation can appear on more than one list.
- 10 of 31 offer coworking space on site.
What to ask a campus incubator
- Is it open to outside founders, or only to students, alumni and faculty?
- Which labs, workshops and equipment can a startup use, and how are they booked?
- Is there a desk or a dedicated space, or is it mainly mentoring?
- Does the incubator take equity, and does the institute claim any rights over what you build?
- How many startups has it supported, and are any still active?
- Does the programme run during the academic calendar, or all year?
Frequently asked questions
How many college and university incubators are there in Uttar Pradesh?
We list 31 college and university incubators in Uttar Pradesh, out of 136 startup support organisations we list there. The count updates as profiles are added and verified.
Where in Uttar Pradesh are most college and university incubators based?
Counting the profiles on this page, most are in Greater Noida (6), Noida (5) and Kanpur (4).
Can I join a college incubator in Uttar Pradesh if I am not a student there?
Some campus incubators accept outside founders and some do not. The eligibility is stated on each incubator's profile or application page, so check who it is open to before you apply.
Do college incubators take equity?
Practice varies. Some take a small stake, some charge a fee for space and services, and some take nothing. Ask for the terms in writing, including who owns intellectual property developed during the programme.