University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University
University Institutute of Technology is a tier-14 (under TEIQIP) government autonomous (University Department) college of Engineering & Technology, constituent to Burdwan University, located in Burdwan, West Bengal. It is only Government Engineering College located in Burdwan District. The college is accredited AAA+ by Carrers360 In 2019.
 UIT, Burdwan University | |
Motto in English | Gateway to New Horizon of Excellence |
|---|---|
| Type | Government |
| Established | 1960 (BU), 1999 (UIT) |
| Chancellor | Governor of West Bengal |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof Dr. Nimay chandra saha. |
| Principal | Prof. Abhijit Mitra |
| Undergraduates | 360 |
| Location | , India 23.257°N 87.846°E |
| Campus | Urban (almost 400 acres) |
| Website | www |
The institute has the status of a professional college run and managed by the university. Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharyya, Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal, inaugurated the UIT building on 4 September 2001. 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.
About
The institute is located about 100 km northwest of Kolkata, on the southern side of Grand Trunk Road. The nearest airport is at Kolkata about one and a half hours' drive through NH2. Burdwan is well connected through rail and road with the rest of India. The intake is 360 students for undergraduate courses annually. UIT is approved by the Government of West Bengal and the All India Council for Technical Education.
Academics
UIT offers graduate degree for six engineering branches:
- Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Computer Science Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Information Technology
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering.
It offers postgraduate courses in two branches of engineering:
- Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Computer Science Engineering
Annual intake is 360 students through West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination for B.E and GATE score is considered for admission into its M.E course.
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.
Campus
UIT has a lush green campus. The campus is a part of University of Burdwan's campus. It has a separated campus The hostels are:
- New and old Banabas boys hostel (for first-year students)
- Prof S.N. Bose boys hostel
- J.C. Bose boys hostel
- Madam Curie girls' hostel
Library
Central library The Central library has 50,000 volumes of books with 5000 titles. 50 international journals, 20 national journals, and 10 magazines are subscribed.
UIT library The institute library has 30,000 volumes of textbooks with 4,000 titles. The library is computerised. 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.
Cultural and technical fests
UIT conducts its cultural fest "WALTZ" (once in 4 years) and its technical fest "UTKRISHT" every year. It is one of the best technical fest in West Bengal after Kshitij organised at IIT Kharagpur.
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, and is collaborated with many government institutes,JU,CU,KU,BU,some reputed private institutes like BITS PILANI,VIT,KIIT,Heritage college Kolkata,IEM Kolkata,Technoindia Kolkata & some others and All IITS,NITS,IIITS & GFTIS Like all premier institutes across all over the india. Every 3 years there will be come out a departmental journal(Ex-In 2019 a civil engineering journal has been came out .
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.
In the initial years some of the companies in which students of the college have secured placements are Allfon,Alumnous,Anshinsoft,Aryans Infoway Pvt. Ltd.,Aztec,CMC,Capgemini India,Computer Science Corporation,EDS,Elitmus,Erevmax,Ericson,Flextronics,IBM,Infosys Ltd.,Integra,iFlex Solutions,First Consulting Group(FCG),Genpact,Hexaware Technologies,Haldia Petrochemicals,Keane India,L&T Emsys,L&T Infotech,Lexmark,MBT,Oracle,Polaris Software,Reliance Telecom,Rockwell,RS Software,Sandvik Asia,Sankalp Semiconductors,Sanmar,Sasken,Satyam Computer Services Limited,Siemens,Slash Support,Tata Consultancy Services,US Technology,VAI Engineering & Automation,Wipro Technologies,Wipro Infotech, Honeywell, Ashok Leyland, ABB, Tata Motors, Bharat Electronics Ltd.,IBM, Deloitte, The Linde Group, and UST Global.
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