Noida International University

What Noida International University does

Noida International University (NIU) is a private Indian university established in 2010 under U.P. Legislature Act No. 27 of 2010 and sponsored by the Maruti Educational Trust, headquartered on a 75-acre campus in Greater Noida on the Yamuna Expressway. It delivers 100+ academic programs across 14 schools spanning engineering, business management, law, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, journalism, sciences, education, fine arts, and liberal arts, plus medical education through its wholly-owned subsidiary Noida International Institute of Medical Sciences (NIIMS), which operates a 900+ bed teaching hospital. The university holds NAAC A+ (3.44/4) in its first accreditation cycle, NBA accreditation for MBA and B.Tech CSE, UGC recognition under Section 2(f) and 12(B), and SIRO recognition, and serves students from 65+ countries alongside domestic cohorts.

NIU's technology footprint is conventional for the sector: AccSoft 2.0 for student and staff administration, an Online Admission Process (OAP) portal, and the NIUMOOCS online learning platform, with a separate NIU Online channel (niuonline.edu.in) launched in January 2025 for self-serve online degrees in management, IT, commerce, sciences, journalism, and international relations. Revenue is generated primarily through tuition and academic fees on a subscription/annual billing model, supplemented by hospital/clinical revenue from NIIMS and ancillary services, with published fee structures for the 2026-27 academic year and merit-based scholarships up to 100% on-campus and up to 25% for online learners.

Distribution operates through direct campus admissions and CUET counselling, a dedicated international admissions team, and an 11-office information centre network across India covering Siliguri, Kolkata, Etah, Hanamkonda, Agartala, Durgapur, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Aligarh, and Faridabad, supported by 12+ international academic MOUs spanning Australia, Russia, Malaysia, Dubai, Cameroon, Greece, and the USA. Leadership comprises Chairman Dr. Devesh Kumar Singh, Chancellor Dr. Vikram Singh, and Vice Chancellor Dr. Uma Bhardwaj; the institution is private, not publicly listed, with no disclosed venture or private equity ownership.

Name

Noida International University

Legal name

Noida International University

Website

https://niu.edu.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Noida International University is a private Indian university in Greater Noida offering 100+ programs across 14 schools, serving undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and international students from 65+ countries, with an attached 900-bed teaching hospital via NIIMS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Global Research Universities (Multi-Campus/International Footprint) (EDAHABAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fully Online Universities (Online-First, Degree-Granting) (EDAHALAA)

Keywords

• Higher education
• University degree programs
• Engineering education
• Medical education
• Online degree programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Noida

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Academic Fees: Revenue generated from tuition fees across undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and diploma programs offered through 14 schools. Fee structure varies by program and is published annually for courses and fee structure 2026-27.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Noida International University is a private higher-education institution offering accredited undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and diploma programs across 14 schools including engineering, business management, law, medical sciences, pharmacy, nursing, journalism, liberal arts, and education. It delivers both on-campus instruction at a 75-acre Greater Noida campus (including clinical training at the 900+ bed NIIMS hospital) and online degree programs through the NIU Online platform, with dedicated admissions for international students from 65+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• School of Engineering & Technology programs (B.Tech and M.Tech)

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Australian Catholic UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership for student exchange, faculty collaboration, and joint research initiatives.
• Yaroslav The Wise Novgorod State University, RussiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU for academic collaboration including research partnerships and student exchange programs.
• Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU signing for academic excellence and international collaboration in higher education.
• TAR UMT MalaysiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for degree programs and student mobility.
• UNIMY MalaysiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU for academic collaboration and student exchange.
• Unitar International UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational university partnership for knowledge sharing.
• Malaysia University of Science and TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU for research collaboration and academic exchange.
• Sunway UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for degree programs and faculty exchange.
• JFN High Tech University Institute (JFN-HUI), CameroonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership for academic collaboration with African institution.
• Thumbay University DubaicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU signing for collaboration in medical education and research.
• Hellenic American UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic collaboration agreement for international degree programs.
• Moscow Polytechnic University, RussiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration fostering academic and research partnerships with Russian institution.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Amity University: India's largest private university group, headquartered in the same NCR region. Offers a comparable multi-disciplinary portfolio from undergraduate to doctoral across dozens of schools, competing directly for the same domestic and international student pool.
• Lovely Professional University (LPU): India's largest single-campus private university with a comparable multi-school, multi-discipline portfolio and strong international student intake — a benchmark for scale and tuition-revenue dependence in Indian private higher education.
• Shiv Nadar University: NCR-based private research university backed by the HCL group; offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs across sciences, engineering, management and humanities, competing for the same premium-fee-paying student segment.
• Sharda University: Greater Noida-based private university with a similar multi-school, multi-program structure and significant international student recruitment. Direct head-to-head competitor in the same micro-market.
• Symbiosis International University: Multi-campus private deemed university with a broad portfolio spanning management, law, health sciences and liberal arts, drawing significant international students — a comparable scale and brand benchmark for NIU.
• Chandigarh University: Large private Indian university with 100+ programs, NBA-accredited engineering/management offerings, and an aggressive pan-India and international recruitment model similar to NIU's information-centre strategy.
• Galgotias University: Another Greater Noida private university offering engineering, management, law, medical and other programs with comparable fee structures and similar recruitment-driven GTM targeting tier-2/3 India.

Emerging players

• upGrad: India's largest online higher-education provider, partnering with universities for online degree programs. A direct emerging competitor to NIU Online in the self-serve, asset-light online higher-education segment.

Broad incumbents

• Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE): One of India's oldest and largest private higher-education groups with established multi-disciplinary campuses; competes for the same aspirational student pool but with much deeper brand equity and longer placement track record.
• BITS Pilani: Premier private Indian institution with strong engineering, science and management programs and a work-integrated learning model; sets the benchmark for engineering/management placement outcomes that NIU's programs must compete against.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NoidaInternati1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/noidainternationaluniversity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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