The institute was established in 1981 under the chairmanship of Shri Ramashray Prasad Singh, former Minister, Government of Bihar. Its founding committee included several educationists, such as Dr. Jagdish Sharma (former Member of Parliament), Shri Jai Kumar Palit (MLA), Capt. Shah Jahan (MLA), Shri Gopal Prasad Singh (former District Board Chairman, Gaya), Dr. Shakeel Ahmad (former Principal, Mirza Ghalib College, Gaya, and former Vice-Chancellor, BRABU University, Muzaffarpur), and Prof. R.D. Singh.
Gaya College of Engineering is a government engineering institution administered by the Department of Science and Technology. It is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and is affiliated to Bihar Engineering University, Patna. The institute was known as Magadh Engineering College from 1980 to 1994. It was later re-established as a public institution under its current name, Gaya College of Engineering. The college was formally inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar, on 19 November 2008, in the presence of distinguished dignitaries, academicians, and public representatives during a ceremony held on the campus.[4]
Campus
The campus is situated at Bihar State Highway-4 in the Shrikrishnanagar locality on the outskirts of Gaya district, approximately fifteen kilometres from the main town. The college spreads across 87 acres and includes two academic buildings and a workshop. A canteen is available on the campus. A branch of Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank operates here.
Gaya College of Engineering offers postgraduate programs in four engineering specializations. [6] The courses and their specializations are as follows:
Admission to these postgraduate courses is based on performance in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) followed by the relevant counselling process.
Admission
Admission to Gaya College of Engineering is based on national and state-level entrance examinations. Candidates must qualify the Joint Entrance Examination, conducted by the National Testing Agency. Eligible students then participate in the Under Graduate Engineering Admission Counselling and Under Graduate Architecture Admission Counselling conducted by the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board for admission to the first year of the B.Tech and B.Arch programmes, based on their JEE merit rank. Diploma-holding candidates seeking lateral entry to the second year must qualify in the Lateral Entry (LE) admission test conducted by the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board
Library
The institute has a central [ibrary. In addition to textbooks, the library also offers technical magazines, previous year question papers, and digital learning support.
Hostel and student life
The campus has five hostels—Buddha, Gautam, Tathagat, Parvati, and Sujata—providing accommodation for students from different regions of Bihar.
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