Established 1959 Location Tirupati | Principal Prof. P.Mallikarjuna | |
Motto Jnanam Samyagavekshanam
(Wisdom lies in Correct Perspective) Type Education and research institution | ||
The SVU College of Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University (SVUCE) is a technical university located in Tirupati, India. The college offers 4-year B.Tech degree courses and 6-year Dual-Degree(B.Tech & M.Tech), and two-year post-graduate courses with ten specializations with a total intake of 560 in B.Tech programmes and 180 in postgraduate programmes.
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The admission into under graduate programmes is through a state level common entrance test EAMCET. The admission into post graduate programme is through GATE or AP PGECET.
The college has well equipped laboratories in all disciplines, improved and modernised through different schemes like MODROBS, TEQIP etc. The faculty are well qualified, most of them being Ph.D degree holders and actively engaged in teaching, research and consultancy testing services , besides disseminating knowledge by conducting Workshops , Seminars, Conferences, and Symposia.
History
SVUCE, a constituent college of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, was established in 1959 and started functioning from 10 August 1959.
The foundation stone for the college Main Building was laid on 13th Oct, 1959 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. It was declared open on 21 November 1968 by Sri. K Brahmananda Reddy , the then Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
From the year 1977-78 , the names of BE and ME were changed as B.Tech and M.Tech. The institution achieved autonomous status in 2005.
Disciplines
Currently the college offers B.Tech courses in:
At first three conventional disciplines of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering were offered with an intake of 40 in each as part of Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) degree. Subsequently new disciplines were introduced in tune with the emerging trends and needs - Electronics and Communication Engineering in 1971-72, Chemical Engineering in 1977-78 and Computer Science and Engineering in 1986-87.
Part time degree course for diploma holders and serving engineers was run for a number of years from 1973-74 until recently in three conventional disciplines of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communications.
Post graduate courses (ME) in engineering branches were started in the year 1971-72 in Departments of Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering. Subsequently PG courses in were introduced in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering.
ach discipline admits a maximum of 40 students per academic year (60 for Mechanical Engineering).
Extracurricular activities
Alumni Association
The college alumni have presence all over the globe. SVUCE's alumni association was started in 1965. It is formally registered in the year 2001. The association is currently presided by B. Damodara Rao.