KAMAL SINGH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, UTTAR PRADESH was established by an Act of State Legislature in 1995 , to promote general education, regular education, technical education, management education and pharmaceutical education in the state and all over India at degree level and above in regular mode , distance mode and correspondence mode. It was established as K.S. Technical University, Uttar Pradesh by State Government.. The University has the mandate to set up centres of excellence in emerging technologies and for promoting training, research and development in these areas. The University has undertaken the task of training students to help in the development of skilled manpower in this sector in the country in general and in the state in particular. With this goal in mind, the university is promoting a number of courses in different streams in regular as well as distance education programmes. At present University have 125 AICTE and 69 UGC institutes affiliated with it.

KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh is recognised by U.G.C., approved by A.I.C.T.E. , approved by Pharmacy Council and also approved by Bar Council.

KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh is undertaking and supervising the instructions and award of 30+ bachelor’s degrees in Engineering & Technology & 20+ in non-AICTE & UGC courses. The University has a land area of 78.16 acres & it owns more than 10 campuses throughout the state of Uttar Pradesh and all over India.

University started its journey with 09 Engineering & 05 Management colleges. K.S. Technical University, Uttar Pradeshh as its own learning centers under Distance Education Programme in all over India. The University has a rich strength of lakhs of students, which also includes 1,500+ international students from 30+ countries. 

KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh has bagged the much coveted Best Technical University Award for the year 2013. The Award, instituted by Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, encourages technical universities to enhance their performance and to serve the community as well as stakeholders by improving quality and maintaining the standard of the programs offered.

Earlier, University had bagged an award in the “Best University Promoting High Quality Research at Master’s and Doctoral Thesis Work” category in the CCI Technology Education Excellence Awards 2013. This award was instituted by a Consortium of Co-Chairpersons-Industry (CCI) of Gujarat Technological University (GTU),  jointly with the Communication Multimedia and Infrastructure Association of India (CMAI) . 

KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh has also been conferred upon INDlA 2010 Award of the Year as “ICT Enabled University of the Year” and “Open and Distance Learning Initiative of the Year Award” by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Govt. of India, at Hyderabad on August 5, 2010.

KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh is offering a number of schemes for students like SC/ST welfare schemes, in which no fee is to be paid by the SC/ST students, and also is successfully executing the schemes of Punjab Government. The university also offers free schemes for needy & scholar students. It also offers various scholarship schemes like GATE Scholarship, JRF and SRF scholarships, UGC/NET Schemes and Scholarships, research grants, research and development projects etc. 

University aims at holistic development of the students. It provides a course on Human Values & Professional Ethics for all engineering & management students, in collaboration with NRCVEE, IIT, Delhi and IIIT, Hyderabad.

KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh provides a platform to its students to get them acquainted with the industrial needs by providing them industrial training throughout the year. The job fairs are organized regularly. The university also participates in different industrial fairs as well as in trade expo. The university has signed MoUs & other collaborations with various national & international companies. 

KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh is always concerned about the training & placement of its students. Faculty Development Programs have been regularly organized to provide the best faculty by calling resource persons from IITs, IIMs & NITs. The University has a mission to provide excellent education to the K.S. Technical University, Uttar Pradesh students and make the affiliated institutes as Centres of Excellence.

In 2010 , An amendment act has been passed that K.S. Technical University, Uttar Pradesh will work independently , 1995 to Jan. 2010 KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh work under the Ministry of Technical Education ,U.P. department of Technical Education (U.P.), In Feb. 2010 amendment act has been passed that University has its own committee and all departments ( technical education and higher education) and KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh will work independently and it will be autonomous body under State Govt. In Starting of year 2012 , BSP Govt take decision to merge K.S. Technical University, Uttar Pradesh in other University. But this decision is not implement , because in the end of year SP Govt. Came in Uttar Pradesh. And SP govt. cancel the decision of BSP govt . of merge the KAMAL SINGH Technical University, Uttar Pradesh.

K.S. Technical University, Uttar Pradesh is successfully running since 1995 year to till date.