•    UPES Dehradun is the only GRIPHA rated University in India. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has given four-star rating to UPES campus.
•    More than 2200 students placed in 2018-2019
•    Placement record of 2018-2019 shows 94% of the students placed with reputed companies.
•    More than 560 companies participated in 2018-2019 campus placements.
•    In 2018, Indian media house DNA awarded UPES the 'Best Academic-Industry Interface' Award.
•    ‘University with Best Industry Academic Partnership’ as per India Today TV-Higher Education Excellence Awards 2018
•    UPES got ‘Best University for Placements and Employability’, in 2018 by Times Now National Education Excellence Award 2018
•    In 2017, CEO World magazine (USA)ranked the university amongst world's top 30 universities for oil, gas and petroleum engineering 
•    The university has been given Five stars for employability and campus facilities and four stars for teaching methodologies by QS Ratings, 2016
•    The university got accreditation by IACBE (International Accreditation Council for Business Education)for MBA programs (2017).