University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University

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University Institute of Technology, The University of Burdwan
বর্ধমান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় প্রযুক্তিবিদ্যা প্রতিষ্ঠান
UITBU.jpg
The State of the art building of UIT
Latin: University Institutum Technologiae, Universitas Burdwan
Other name
UIT
Motto
उत्कृष्टतायाः नूतनानां क्षितिजानां द्वारम् (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Gateway to New Horizon of Excellence
Type Public University
Established15 June 1999(25 years ago) (1999-06-15)
Founder Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Accreditation NAAC
Affiliation The University of Burdwan
Academic affiliations
Chancellor Governor of West Bengal
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Sankar Kumar Nath [1] [2]
Principal Prof. Abhijit Mitra [3]
RegistrarDr. Sujit Kumar Chowdhury [4]
Academic staff
80 (2024)
Administrative staff
40 (2024)
Total staff
150 (2024)
Students1656 (2024) [5]
Undergraduates 1584 (2024) [6]
Postgraduates 72 (2024) [7]
Location
Burdwan
,
Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal
,
713104
,
India Flag of India.svg

23°15′25″N87°50′46″E / 23.257°N 87.846°E / 23.257; 87.846
Campus Urban
Academic campus at Golapbag, 400 acres (160 ha)
LanguageOfficial: English
Unofficial: Bengali, Hindi
AcronymUITBU
Nickname UITians
Sporting affiliations
 BU Inter Collegiate Sports Meet
Website Official Website of UIT
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Seal of UITBU

University Institute of Technology, The University of Burdwan (abbr. UITBU) is a NAAC "A" [8] accredited tier-II (under TEQIP) [9] institute represents the Faculty of Engineering & Technology (FET), constituent to the University of Burdwan, [10] located in Burdwan. It is the only Government Engineering Public University [11] located in Purba Bardhaman district.

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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. [12] With the approval of Government of West Bengal and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), [13] [14] 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.

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Main Gate of UIT

The institution is situated in the academic campus of the university at Golapbag. The campus spans over 400 acres. The hostels [15] are:

Academics

Admission

The Annual intake is 360 students for B.E. for which the candidate have to clear the WBJEE and have to carry a mandatory threshold marks in Higher Secondary Examination. 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 (admitted directly into the 2nd year of any B.E. discipline) for which a candidate either should have a Diploma in Engineering or graduated in any science stream with a B.Sc. degree with mandatory Mathematics as a subject in their coursework and the candidate have to pass the 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.

Academic Programs
DegreeDepartmentsGeneral Science & Engineering
and
Humanities Courses [16]
( Inter-Disciplinary )
Bachelor of Engineering
(B.E.) [17] 		Mathematics Physics Chemistry
Biology
Environmental Science
Mechanical Engineering Programming for Problem Solving Artificial Intelligence Humanities
Master of Engineering
(M.E.) [18]

National rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
USNWR Global [19] 1921 (2024-25)
Regional – Overall
QS Asia [20] 451-500
USNWR Asia [21] 775 (2024-25)
National – Overall
USNWR National [22] 79 (2024-25)
University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2024) [23] 151-200
NIRF (Universities) (2024) [24] 101-150

The parent institution of UIT i,e the Burdwan University has ranked 36th in India and ranked 3rd in West Bengal after Jadavpur University & Calcutta University among the state public university category by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. [25]

Library

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Library room of UIT

Central library The Central library has more than 1,50,000 volumes of books with 5000 titles, 24000 journals, and 1700 reports are subscribed. [26]

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, IET, and ACM. [27]

Student life

Cultural and technical fests

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Technical Fest Utkrisht 2018

UIT-BU conducts its cultural fest "WALTZ" and its technical fest "UTKRISHT" every year.

Extracurricular activities

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Playground of UIT

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. [28]

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Cherry Blossom Tree of UIT

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, Pinnacle, Byju's. [29] [30] Some students also succeeded to get Government jobs like Civil Services and Engineering Services, [31] Defence Services, Public Sector Undertakings, ISRO, DRDO, NASA [32] etc. Some students are also encouraged to pursue M.Tech and Ph.D in various prestigious institutions like IITs, NITs and others.

Notable alumni

See also

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  2. ↑ "Government of West Bengal Notification of the appointment of the new VC of the Burdwan University" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Principal :: Principal" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Registrar :: University of Burdwan".
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  6. ↑ "Number of Students :: Bachelor of Engineering" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Number of Students :: Master of Engineering" (PDF).
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