Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Faculty of Technology and Engineering (कलाभवन)
Type Public
Established 1890
Undergraduates 2000
Postgraduates 200
Location Baroda, Gujarat, India
Campus Urban
Website www.msubaroda.ac.in/techo

The Faculty of Technology and Engineering of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda is an engineering school in the state of Gujarat, India. It is housed in a palatial building. The building was a temporary palace of the Maharaja (king) of Baroda while his palace was being constructed. Hence is it located exactly opposite to the Laxmivilas palace. The Maharaja donated the palace to open the school of engineering.

It was founded by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda as the Kalabhavan Technical Institute in 1890.

Departments are:

The department of Architecture is the second oldest school of architecture in India after Sir JJ School of Architecture in Mumbai. While this department was housed in Kalabhavan along with the rest of the Departments of the Faculty of Technology, it moved to its location at Dadabhai Naoroji Hall in Pratapgunj in 2000 when the first phase of its campus was completed with financial support from the Department's alumni association.

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Coordinates: 22°17′52″N 73°11′49″E / 22.2979°N 73.1970°E / 22.2979; 73.1970

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