University Institute Of Technology, Burdwan University
History
It was established in the year 1999 as a department of The University of Burdwan which represented the former engineering faculty of Regional Engineering College (R.E.C.) Durgapur (now, NIT Durgapur).
The institute has the status of a professional college run and managed by the university. Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, inaugurated the UIT building on 4 September 2001 under The University of Burdwan Act, 1981. With the approval of Government of West Bengal and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), three graduate engineering courses, viz., Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering and Information Technology were introduced from the 2000 session. From 2003 Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering started. Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering were introduced in 2008.
Location & Campus
The institute is located about 100 km northwest of Kolkata, on the southern side of Grand Trunk Road. The closest airports are Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata & Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport in Durgapur. The Grand Trunk Road and the Barddhaman Junction railway station connects the campus from distant places of West Bengal and other parts of India for which the students can travel smoothly between their homes and the institution.
The institution is situated in the academic campus of the university at Golapbag. The campus spans over 400 acres. The hostels are:
- Banabas Boys' hostel (for first-year UG Boys students only)
- S.N. Bose Boys' hostel
- J.C. Bose Boys' hostel
- Madame Curie Girls' hostel
Academics
Academic Programs | ||
Degree | Departments | General Science & Engineering Courses (Common for all Degree Programs) |
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Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) |
Mathematics List Biology Environmental science Mechanical Engineering List | |
Master of Engineering (M.E.) |
Admission
The Annual intake is 360 students through WBJEE for B.E. and the annual intake is 36 for M.E. courses for which GATE score is considered for admission. The Institute also accept 36 students in total from lateral entry for Diploma Holders in Engineering/ Science graduates(B.Sc.) with Mathematics (from 2nd year of B.E.) through WBJEEB JELET exam.
Centre of Excellence
Institute-industry partnership cell (IIPC): The university has opened an IIPC with financial assistance from AICTE. A university MBA Professor looks after the activity of the cell. It is looked after by a committee composed of Placement Officer, Faculty Members and representatives of the Final Year students.
Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE): The Professional Activity Center of the IETE, a body of the Government of India for Information Technology, Computer Science & Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering was opened in 2002. It was upgraded to the standard of Subcenter in 2004. The purpose of this center is to inject professionalism into the outlook of the students through seminars, invited lectures and workshops.
National rankings
University and college rankings | |
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General – India | |
NIRF (Overall) (2024) | 151-200 |
NIRF (Universities) (2024) | 101-150 |
The parent institution of UIT i,e the Burdwan University has ranked 36th among state public university category by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.
Library
Central library The Central library has more than 1,50,000 volumes of books with 5000 titles, 24000 journals, and 1700 reports are subscribed.
UIT library The institute library has more than 30,000 volumes of textbooks with 4,000 titles. The library is computerized. The library receives 20 national and 30 international journals. The library has a reading room. The library subscribes to on-line, digital libraries of academic societies like IEEE, IEE, and ACM.
Student life
Cultural and technical fests
UIT-BU conducts its cultural fest "WALTZ" and its technical fest "UTKRISHT" every year.
Extracurricular activities
Institute has its NSS unit and REC Club (Renewable Energy Club) through which students do many extracurricular activities. The college has E-Cell, whose student panel is elected members from amongst students. Every 3 years there will be a departmental journal. The institute also encourage the students to take part various sports activities like cricket, football, badminton, volleyball, athletics and others to maintain a healthy body and strong mind. An annual sport event is organized by the institution and an inter collegiate sports meet is organized by the university among the other affiliated colleges.
Training and placement
The Placement Cell comprises the Training & Placement Officer, college authorities, the faculty members and the students. The cell has enlisted itself with non-profit making bodies for information regarding campus recruitments and further studies. The companies which hires are for example TCS, Wipro, Infosys, L&T, Capgemini, IBM, HCL, Deloitte. Some students also succeeded to get Government jobs like Civil Services and Engineering Serices, Defence Services, Public Sector Undertakings, ISRO, DRDO, NASA etc. Some students are also encouraged to pursue M.Tech and Ph.D in various prestigious institutions like IIT, NIT and others.
Notable alumni
- Amalendu Chandra, Chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Akhil Ranjan Chakravarty, Chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Saleh Ali Al-Kharabsheh, the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
- Kamanio Chattopadhyay, an Indian materials engineer
See also
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