University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University
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University Institute of Technology is the engineering
Engineering
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 department of Burdwan University. The Executive Council of Burdwan University resolved on September 15, 1998 to set up an Engineering Institute at the University Campus under the direct control of the University of Burdwan - named University Institute of Technology (UIT). On September 16, 1999 Burdwan University Court approved the resolution. As per provisions of the Burdwan University Act under Section 2 Sub-sections 16 and 17 the institute enjoys the status of a Professional College run and managed by the University. Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharyya, Honorable Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal inagurated the UIT building on September 4, 2001. With the approval of Government of West Bengal
Government of West Bengal
The Government of West Bengal also known as the State Government of West Bengal, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of West Bengal and its 19 districts...

 and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
All India Council for Technical Education
The All India Council for Technical Education is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development...

, three graduate engineering courses, viz., Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering and Information Technology were introduced from the session 2000-2001. From the year 2003 a new branch 'Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering' has been started.Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering have been introduced from the academic year 2008-09.

About

The Institute is located about 100 kms northwest of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 and on the southern side of Grand Trunk Road. The nearest airport is at Kolkata about one and a half hours' drive through NH2
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. Burdwan is well connected through rails and roads with all over the country. The institute intake is 360 students for undergraduate courses annually. UIT is approved by the Government of West Bengal and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
All India Council for Technical Education
The All India Council for Technical Education is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development...

. UIT is a National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
National Board of Accreditation
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 Accredited Institute and Recommended for TEQIP Phase-II Grant.

Year of Establishment: 2000

Date on which first approval was accorded by the Council: No.750-80-127(E)/ET/2000 dt. 7.9.2000

Year of Commencement of the first batch: 2000

Details of Last extension letter with year of approval: F.No.750-80-127(E)/ET/2000 dt.02.05.2008 and F.No.750-80-127(E)/ET/2000 dt.28 .06.2008 (Revised Order)

Academics

UIT offers graduate degree for six engineering branches viz.
  • Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
  • Computer Science Engineering
  • Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
    Electrical engineering
    Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

    .

Annual intake of this institute is 360 students through West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or the WB-JEE is a state-government controlled centralised test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation courses...

.

Higher studies after UIT

A large number of students of the institute qualify in GATE
Gate
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, CAT
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 and other competitive exams every year and have secured very high percentiles in the past years. Many of them are studying or have passed their M.Tech/MS/MBA/PG programmes at IITs, IISc Bangalore, NITs, NIFT, IT-BHU, ISM Dhanbad, BESU, Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University , is a premier educational and research institution in India.It is located in Kolkata, West Bengal and comprises two campuses - the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake...

, IIFM and others are pursuing their MS degree abroad.

Campus

UIT is having a lush green campus. The campus is a part of University of Burdwan's campus. There are four Boys hostel viz. New and old Banabas Boys Hostel(for first year students), Prof S.N. Bose Boys' & J.C. Bose Boys' Hostel and a Girls' hostel named Madam Curie Girls' Hostel.

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