Uttarakhand is home to several important educational institutions, including the oldest engineering colleges in Asia, the Indian Institute of Technology at Roorkee and Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology in Pantnagar.Other universities and institutes of prime importance include, Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, Uttaranchal Institute of Technology in Dehradun, Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College in Pauri and Kumaon Engineering College, Dwarahat.
Uttarakhand is home to several reputed and prestigious day and boarding schools including St. Joseph's College (Nainital), The Doon School (Dehradun), Welham Girls School (Dehradun), Welham Boys School (Dehradun), Summer Valley School(Dehradun), SelaQui International School (Dehradun), Brightlands (Dehradun), St. Joseph's Academy (Dehradun), Woodstock School (Landour), St. George's College (Mussoorie), Birla Vidya Mandir (Nainital), Sherwood College (Nainital), All Saints' College (Nainital), St. Mary's Convent (Nainital). Several Indian luminaries have attended these schools including former prime ministers and film stars.
Historically, Uttarakhand is believed to be the land where the Vedas and the Shastras were composed and the great epic, the Mahabharata, was written. Rishikesh is widely considered the Yoga capital of the world.
Universities
Garhwal and Kumaun Universities were founded in 1973 as part of the upsurge of regional sentiment that led to the Uttarakhand statehood. The most famous universities of Uttarakhand are:
| Name | Location | |
| Indian Institute of Management Kashipur | Central University | Kashipur |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Central University | Roorkee |
| National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand | Central University | Srinagar |
| Indian Institute of Remote Sensing | Central University | Dehradun |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences from 2012 | Central University | Rishikesh |
| Uttaranchal Institute of Technology | Uttarakhand Technical University | Dehradun |
| Indian Institute of Management from 2012 | Central University | Kashipur |
| Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology | State University | Pantnagar |
| Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University | Central University | Tehri Garhwal, Srinagar & Pauri |
| Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal | State Government Engineer College | Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand |
| Kumaon Engineering College, Dwarahat | State Government Engineer College | Dwarahat, Almora, Uttarakhand |
| Kumaun University | State University | Nainital and Almora |
| Uttarakhand Technical University | State University | Dehradun |
| Doon University | State University | Dehradun |
| University of Petroleum and Energy Studies | Private University | Dehradun |
| Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidyalaya (University in the Sky) | Private University | Dehradun |
| Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) | Private University | Dehradun |
| Forest Research Institute | Deemed University | Dehradun |
| Himalayan Institute of Hospital Trust | Deemed University | Dehradun |
| Graphic Era University | Deemed University | Dehradun |
| Gurukul Kangri University | Deemed University | Haridwar |
| University of Patanjali (Patanjali Yogpeeth) | Private University | Haridwar |
| Dev Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya | Private University | Haridwar |
| Uttarakhand Open University | State University | Haldwani |
| Gurukul Kangri University | Hardwar | |
| Seemant Institute of Technology ,Pithoragarh(Uttarakhand Technical University)Sanctioned | A constituent college of Uttarakhand Technical University.(Government College) | Pithoragarh |
Leading colleges
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal
Kumaon Engineering College
Uttaranchal Institute of Technology
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Forest Research Institute
Indian Military Academy
Indian Institute of Petroleum
Rashtriya Indian Military College - RIMC
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Dehradun Institute of Technology
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
