Type Private University Phone 098302 14625 Campus Urban | Established 2015 Founded 2015 | |
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Motto in English "The earnest aspirant gains supreme wisdom." Chancellor Prof. Dr. Satyajit Chakrabarti Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Sajal Dasgupta Dean Prof. Dr. Rajiv Ganguly
Prof. Dr. Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak Address University Area, Plot No. III - B/5, New Town, Action Area - III, Kolkata, West Bengal 700156 Motto Sanskrit: श्रद्धावान लभते ज्ञानम्; Shraddhāvān labhate jnānam; (from the Bhagavad Gita, chapter 4, verse 39) Similar Institute of Engineeri and Man, IEM Boys Hostel, Techno India Group, Future Institute of Engineeri, Calcutta Institute of Engineeri | ||
The University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata is a private university located in Action Area - III of New Town, Kolkata. It provides engineering, technological & management education. It was established in 2015 by IEM Trust, Act no.XXV and it is the third engineering institution founded by the IEM-UEM Group. The university has two schools- engineering and management school. This university has a disciplined and secular environment, which keeps the students motivated towards their study. This university is administrated by the Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM) education group trust.
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History
The IEM-UEM Group's presence in Kolkata began in the year 1989 as Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM) (Salt Lake, Sector V) was established in that year. It is an education group which has an experience of more than 27 years in the field of engineering and management education. In 2014, the state legislature of West Bengal passed the IEM Trust, Act no.XXV, 2014 to enable the establishment of the university in New Town area of Kolkata. It is the third engineering institution established by the IEM-UEM Group, which also established University of Engineering & Management, Jaipur in Rajasthan in 2011.
Recognition
The university is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India and has the right to confer degrees as per the section 22 of the UGC Act (1956) and as per UGC nomenclature of the degrees.
Location
UEM possesses an engineering and management campus for their students. The main campus is located at University Area, Plot No. III - B/5, New Town, Action Area - III, Rajarhat, Kolkata. The administrative unit is located in Salt Lake Electronics Complex (Bidhan Nagar), Sector-V, Salt Lake City. The university has 2 academic buildings. Classes of 1st year are conducted in the old building and classes of 2nd year are conducted in the new building. Most of the labs are in old building and it is considered as the main building of the university while Biotechnology, Biochemistry etc. labs are situated in new building.
Another campus is in Jaipur, Rajasthan, which was established in the year 2011.
Academics
The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral degrees. The undergraduate courses offer B.Tech in engineering fields including Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE), Electrical Engineering, Biotechnology, Civil Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. while the postgraduate courses offer M.Tech. There is a provision for Ph.D in various streams of Engineering.
Apart from these, the university offers Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) degree course in the field of Computer Science. The institute also offers Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree courses for the management students at the undergraduate and postgraduate level respectively.
Admission
At the undergraduate level, students are primarily admitted on the basis of the ranks in the state-level engineering entrance examination - WBJEE , JEE(Main) & IEMJEE (own entrance examination conducted by the university). BCA and BBA admissions are taken with class 12 results.
Library and digital resources
UEM Kolkata has a well equipped library with all modern facilities including online databases, video lectures, KnowledgeLab App, books, journals, theses, reports. The library remains open 24 hours for 365 days in the year. Students and faculty members can access the library at any time in any day. The modern digital library is equipped with sufficient computers and multimedia learning aids for students. The library provides user name and password based access to full e-journals and eBooks of IEEE Digital Library, Del Net Library and J-Gate e-journal library. Students and faculty can browse the online journals from the University/College campus and from home and the hostel. The library also stocks a huge number of daily newspapers to keep the students updated about current affairs.
Laboratories
The university consists of many well-equipped laboratories which are spread over 2 buildings of the university. Most of the 1st year laboratories are situated in the old building while the laboratories of other academic years are situated in the new building.
Wi-Fi and Internet Connectivity
The university has a full Wi-Fi enabled campus for easy access to the internet. Besides the own Wi-Fi connectivity of the university, Reliance Jio provides Wi-Fi facility inside the campus for free of cost. All the computers of computer laboratories and library are connected to the internet via a high speed LAN connection.
Research and Development
The university has a Research & Development cell which encourages students for research works related to various fields of engineering. It also helps students to publish their research papers on different national and international level conferences including UEMCON, IEMCON, IEEE CCWC etc. The university has student chapters on SPIE and The Optical Society of America (OSA).
Research
Research areas include robotics, computer programming and automobile. These groups participate in national and international level events, including: IEEE, Kshitij (organised by IIT Kharagpur), Techkriti (organised by IIT Kanpur). Students can also apply to take part in national and international level research programs like SPIE, Inspire (a program by Ministry of Science & Technology), UEMCON. The university also has student chapters on SPIE and The Optical Society of America (OSA).
Apart from this, many workshops and seminars are organised in the university campus including: robotics workshop, ethical hacking workshop, automobile workshop, programming workshop, Android app development workshop, Python workshop and aircraft technology Workshop.
Collaboration & Partner colleges
The university has a strong collaboration with the following 2 engineering colleges of IEM-UEM Group in areas of student exchange, faculty exchange, joint research, curriculum development for students.
Apart from this, the university has tie-ups with many foreign universities and colleges for student exchange programs.