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Motto in English
  
Above all, be human

Established
  
1 April 1998

Doctoral students
  
1800

Vice-chancellor
  
Karisiddappa

Type
  
Public

Provost
  
Registrar

Chancellor
  
Vajubhai Vala

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Motto
  
Modalu mānavanāgu (ಮೊದಲು ಮಾನವನಾಗು)

Rector
  
Ramachandra Swamy, finance officer

Address
  
Jnana Sangama, Machhe, Belagavi, Karnataka 590018

Affiliation
  
All India Council for Technical Education

Similar
  
Kuvempu University, University of Mysore, Bangalore Institute of Technology, PES College of Engineering, BMS College of Engineering

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Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) previously spelt as "Visveswaraiah" is a collegiate public state university in Karnataka State, India. It was established by the Government of Karnataka. Apart from a few notable exceptions, VTU has education authority in the state of Karnataka. It is a statutory requirement for colleges offering any program in engineering or technology in the state to be affiliated with the university.

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The university is named after Sir M Visvesvaraya from Karnataka, the only engineer to be awarded a Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. Jnana Sangama, Belagavi is the headquarters of VTU. Additionally, the university has three regional centers in Bangalore, Gulbarga and Mysore.

VTU is one of the largest universities in India with 212 colleges affiliated to it with an intake capacity of over 467,100 undergraduate students and 12,666 postgraduate students. The university encompasses technical and management fields which offers a total of 30 undergraduate and 71 postgraduate courses. The university has around 1800 PhD candidates.

VTU has 13 QIP centers and 17 extension centers in its affiliated colleges offering postgraduate courses. It has around 2,305 departments recognized as research centers which are spread across its affiliated institutions in cities of Karnataka.

It is one of the few universities of India to have 16 of its affiliated colleges recognised by the World Bank for getting assistance in setting up state-of-the-art laboratories, campus facilities and research centers under the TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme, a government of India initiative) program.

VTU is administered by its Executive Council and Academic Senate whose members are selected from the academic community and government officials. The present chancellor is Sri Vajubhai Vala, governor of Karnataka state and the vice-chancellor is Dr. H. Maheshappa.Vice Chancellor Dr H Maheshappa Gets Suspended on march 15 2016

The Jnana Sangama, Belgaum campus and the regional and extension centers of VTU at Bangalore, Davangere, Gulbarga and Mysore offer M.Tech, MBA, MCA and PhD programs.

The university has signed MoUs with multinational corporations like IBM, Intel Asia Electronics Inc., Ingersoll-Rand (India) Ltd., Bangalore, Nokia, Bosch Rexroth and Microsoft to improve the industry interactions for students and the teachers.

VTU is one of the member universities of the Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities.

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History

In India, the state governments are responsible for education in their states. Development and monitoring of universities is in the mandate of a state government. In view of improving the quality of technical education in Karnataka, the state government passed the VTU Act in 1994 which led to formation of VTU and its dedication to technical education. VTU’s mandate is defined as:

  • Promote planned and sustainable development of technical education consistent with state and national policies
  • Design need based programs that ensure adequate human resource of the right kind
  • Establish objective evaluation and certification systems for students programs and institutions
  • Collaborate with national and international institutions, R&D establishments, organizations like AICTE, MHRD, UGC, industry and user agencies

    • The VTU Act vested authority to VTU as the sole affiliating university for technical education in the state. All the colleges in the state that offered technical programs, mostly affiliated to regional state universities, were obligated to shift affiliation to VTU. Notable exceptions to the VTU Act include, but are not limited to University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (affiliated to Bangalore University), National Institute of Technology Surathkal, and Manipal Institute of Technology.

    Boards and courses

    VTU offers undergraduate engineering programs that award a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) or Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree. The university offers postgraduate programs that lead to Master of Technology (M.Tech), Master of Science (MSc) by research, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and doctorate (Ph.D). The MSc and PhD are research degrees while the rest are taught degrees.

    Undergraduate courses

    The university has 12 undergraduate boards which offer Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) programs and 1 undergraduate board which offers Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) course:

    ‡ The Architecture board offers B.Arch course.

    Postgraduate courses

    The university has 11 postgraduate boards which offer Master of Technology (M.Tech) programs:

    Syllabus

    Visvesvaraya Technological University accomplished its primary task of setting a common syllabus across the state in 1998. The university revises the syllabus every four years keeping in view the technology upgrades around the world. The syllabus was revised in 2002, 2006 and 2010. In 2012, VTU announced that it would launch a 'first-of-its-kind' elective targeting railways and metro technology as part of the civil, electrical and mechanical engineering courses.

    Research centers

    VTU has over 2305 research centers in 75 affiliated colleges.

    The university provides research scopes in the following fields:

  • Aeronautical engineering
  • Bio-Technology
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics & Communications Engineering
  • General Science
  • Master of Business Administration
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics
  • Textile Engineering

    • Centers of excellence

    The university has signed MoUs with international organisations such as (CANEUS International) and multinational corporations (like IBM, Intel Asia Electronics Inc., Ingersoll-Rand (India) Ltd., Bangalore, Nokia, Bosch Rexroth and Microsoft) and has set up centres of excellence.

    Autonomous colleges

    In 2007, the university granted academic and administrative autonomy to 14 colleges in the state. 'Autonomy' implies that the college has the freedom to set its own syllabus, evaluation system, and grading system, but the degree awarded will be by the university. This degree differs from the degree awarded by non-autonomous colleges, with the difference being that the college name is boldly marked as 'Autonomous'.

    Marks and grading system

    Non-autonomous colleges

    All the affiliated 'non autonomous' colleges assess the students by a mark system. An aggregate score is calculated out of 100 as a percentage. All the subjects get equal weight. The final score is not calculated as a GPA but are instead awarded with classes according to the marks obtained.

    The classes awarded to the students of non-autonomous colleges are:

    Autonomous colleges

    All the 'autonomous colleges' follow a system of absolute grading or relative grading. The final score is calculated as a GPA.

    Sports

    The university organizes competitions for most sports played in India. Most competitions are held in its affiliated colleges except for tennis hockey, tennis and table-tennis which are held in the campus at Belgaum. The winning teams then represent the university in national level competitions.

    VTU Fest

    The university annually organises an inter-collegiate culfest which sees participants from all its affiliated colleges.

    Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology

    Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology (VIAT) is a research institute being constructed in Muddenahalli, Karnataka. The institute is on 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land near Nandi Hills and is expected to cost 600 crores. In the initial years, VIAT will focus on research in embedded technology, software quality, agricultural engineering and bioengineering. Each department will function as a 'discovery-innovation center.' The institute will offer graduate and PhD programs in the sciences.

    Affiliated colleges

    There are 208 colleges affiliated to the university. The colleges are categorised as 'government', 'private-aided' and 'private-unaided' based on the type of funding. A few colleges may be classified as 'minority linguistic' and 'minority religious' based on the minority status of languages and religions. Further, these colleges are placed under 'autonomous' and 'non-autonomous category of institutions granted by UGC.

    Examination

    Exams are conducted twice a year for all affiliated colleges. Odd semester exam are conducted during December and January. Results usually published in February. Even semester exams are conducted during May/June; results are publishes in July.

    See List of colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University

    Ranking list

    § The rank among all the Indian universities

    † The rank among all the world universities

    References

    Visvesvaraya Technological University Wikipedia
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