The Maharishi University of Information Technology (MUIT) was established under MUIT Uttar Pradesh Act No. 31 of 2001 Notification no. 573 dated 06 October 2001. The University’s Main Campus is at Sitapur Road, Lucknow, and another educational oasis located in the blissful greens of Maharishi Nagar at Noida. The University is reputed to disseminate quality education. His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ji was the first Chancellor of the University. MUIT has been recognized and included in the list of Universities, maintained by the UGC under section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956. The University offers Diploma in Engineering, B. Tech., M. Tech., BBA, MBA, BCA, MCA, B. Com., M. Com., B. Sc., M.Sc., D. Pharma, B. Pharma, B. A.(Hons.), M. A. & Ph. D. Courses. The selected programs are offered to the students at Lucknow Campus. To further assist the student's audio-visual rooms are being set up on both the campuses so that students can listen to educational programmes broadcasted through Satellite and Internet and also to exploit multi-media for learning. The University has been established in the lap of nature in sprawling 31 acres plot of land with well-designed internal roads, spacious lawns and a Botanical Garden with a treasure of medicinal plants, far from pollution of industry yet well connected by air, rail and road.