UPES’s library has a seating capacity of more than 400 students and contains over 73,327 volumes of publications including books, standards, reports, proceedings and more than 150 National and International journals in the fields of petroleum exploration, power, infrastructure, chemical, computer, electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering, information technology and management, etc. It also has a rich collection of online resources in terms of CDs, access to specialized portals on oil and gas and power related information. UPES has also acquired institutional memberships of the British Council Library, the American Centre Library, the AIMA Library, the Central Secretariat library and DELNET, IIP, WIHG Dehradun. As a part of collaboration IFP,France has gifted a large no. of books and Shell, a global oil major has also gifted a large number of technical books to the library.

Academic Scholarship will be awarded to upto 10% of Top performers of the UPES Entrance Exam. UPES reserves the right to conduct multiple rounds of entrance examination and the merit list of each round will be prepared separately. However, it is UPES's sole discretion, to decide to consider next in line of the top 10 for said Scholarship, in case the top performer does not accept the scholarship for any reason. The total number of scholarships available is up to 1900 out of this 50% will be reserved for girls i.e., 950 scholarships and the balance is for the general category including boys and girls both.

The university boasts of a robust and successful career services department. Its partnerships with industries ensure that the students have adequate exposure and get rapidly absorbed into professional roles on completion of their studies. At UPES, the focus is on developing a world-class pool of young and talented professionals who are ready to hit the ground running in their respective fields.