College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar

The main office building

CETB is the third technical institution established by the Government of Odisha and has an annual intake of 1400 students. It has received accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation.[5]

The institute currently has 14 departments:

The institute is one of two colleges in Odisha to participate in the TEQIP — II project run by the World Bank and the national Ministry of Human Resources Development. Under the program, the institute hosts the following centers of excellence:

CETB was accredited with an "A" grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council in January, 2017. Four UG programmes (Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation & Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering) of CETB have been accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) since July, 2016.

A view front side of the C-Block that houses departments including electrical engineering and instrumentation

A three-year B.Tech degree for diploma holders as lateral entries is offered. All courses are full-time. In the 2014–15 academic year courses started including M.Tech. in every branch, and a 5-years integrated courses (integrated M.Sc.) along with a 2-years M.Sc. in applied physics, applied chemistry and mathematics and computing.

Each academic year consists of two semesters and a summer term. Education is organised around a credit system, which ensures continuous evaluation of a student's performance and provides flexibility to choose courses to suit the student's ability or convenience. Each course is assigned credits depending upon the class hours.

CETB provides Bachelor of Technology degrees in 11 disciplines of engineering:

The Bachelor of Architecture degree is of five-year duration and the rest are of four-years duration. CETB also offers a three-year Master of Computer Applications programme. The typical enrolment is 60 to 120 for each of the programs.[6] The CETB conducts an M.Tech. program in 20 specializations including:

CETB provides M.Sc and Integrated M.Sc. in the following disciplines of science

• Applied Physics

• Applied Chemistry

• Mathematics and computing

Eight departments conduct Ph.D. programmes. The Ph.D. programs are the following:

A view from the main office building

B.Tech. and MCA admission to undergraduate degrees is made through a Joint Entrance Examination conducted each year by the government of Odisha or Joint Entrance Examination (main) merit list of Government of India. Students are eligible to appear for examinations provided they attend a minimum of 75 per cent of their theory, practical, and sessional classes scheduled during the semester.

• Xtasy[7] is the college cultural extravaganza, held in January. This was first started in April 1992 in the form of a techno-cultural convention as X-TASY '92.

It is proposed to elevate the college as a unitary technical university of the state. Biju Patnaik University of Technology has already issued a no-objection certificate regarding the grant of unitary university status.[3][4][8][9][10] The National Board of Accreditation team has visited the college to examine the college for a university status.[11] As one of the first Government Institutes of Odisha, College of Engineering & Technology Bhubaneswar (CETB) has received the National Board of Accreditation.[12] On October 2016, a fresh memorandum has been sent to Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik to take steps to declare CETB as an unitary university status as Odisha Technological University, Bhubaneswar.[13][14]

• Odisha Engineering Students Association
• Official website
• Alumni website