The State Entrance Examination - Uttar Pradesh Technical University(SEE-UPTU) (formerly known as UPSEAT) is an annual college entrance examination in Uttar Pradesh for engineering, architecture, pharmacy and management courses. All institutions affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (formally Uttar Pradesh Technical University) admit students through centralized counselling of SEE-UPTU. The private institutions may, however, admit 15% of the total intake directly. The exam is conducted by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University. It is one of the highly reputed exams of India.
As per the statistics, the number of applicants, each year, is progressive. In 2008, the number of applicants almost touched 3,12,000. Whereas, in 2015, total 3,48,453 registrations are confirmed. There are many private and government institutions affiliated to aktu. As per statistics, to get a seat in a good government institutions, an applicant must have rank below 3000.