University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University

University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chandigarh

Official logo of UIET, Panjab University
Type	Department of Panjab University
Established	2002
Director	Prof. Renu Vig
Academic staff	100+
Students	2400+
Location	Chandigarh, India
Affiliations	Panjab University, AICTE[1]
Website	www.uiet.puchd.ac.in

University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET)^[2] is an engineering and management institute of Panjab University,^[3] Chandigarh, India offering undergraduate (BE), postgraduate (Dual Degree BEMBA, M.Tech degree) as well as doctoral courses. The institute is granted funds from the central government to improve its infrastructure and facilities.^[4] UIET has interactions and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with industry and academia like Infosys (Campus Connect Program), IBM, IMTECH, and Bharti Group (Bharti Chair for research). The institute has a memorandum signed with the University of Western Australia.^[5]

Campus

UIET is in the southern campus of Panjab University, Sector 25, Chandigarh.^[6] It has two academic blocks which include labs, offices, library, and lecture halls. There are blocks for mechanical labs and workshops. There is an ATM. Wi-Fi and Internet access is provided in some parts of the campus. Students are from all over the nation: few are day scholars and many live in hostels which provide accommodation, food, washrooms, and sporting facilities.

Courses

UIET offers four-year Bachelor of Engineering (BE) courses and five-year integrated BE/Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses in Biotechnology, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Information Technology, and Mechanical Engineering. Master of Engineering (ME) courses are offered in the same areas except Electrical & Electronics Engineering. UIET offers full-time Ph.D courses in all discipline of engineering.^[7]

Admissions to undergraduate courses are made through the JEE (Main) rank.^[8] Admissions to Master of Engineering courses are made through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examinations. Admissions to Ph.D. courses are made through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examinations and University Ph.D. Entrance Test.

Ranking

• UIET ranked at position among top engineering colleges of North India: The Week 2013
• UIET ranked at position 29 among top engineering colleges of India: Outlook professional colleges handbook 2013
• UIET ranked at position 10 among top engineering colleges of north India: Go Education Engineering Colleges Survey 2012
• UIET ranked at position 31 among top engineering colleges of India: Outlook survey 2012

Student activities

Committees

The official student committees of the institute are known as the 'UTECHNOS' Committees.^[10] At present there are 10:^[11]

• Student Team for Alumni Relations (STAR, UIET)^[12]
• PR (Public Relations and Tours)^[13]
• Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)
• Sports committee
• Cultural Committee
• Brand Promotion Committee (BPC)
• Magboard
• Technical Committee
• Hospitality Committee
• Discipline Committee
• Training and Placement Committee (TPC)
• PRT Committee

Apart from the UTECHNOS Committees there are official student groups such as the OSMIUM theatre group.

Cultural and technical festivals

'Goonj' is the annual cultural festival, organised by the students of UIET. Events include quizzes, workshops, game shows, informal events, fashion show (Glitterati), dance show (Groovz), rock night, Pronite, and a city-level beauty pageant.^[14][15][16]

Conferences, events, competitions with workshops and lectures by eminent guests across the world are organised every year.^{[17][18][19][20]} Some of the conferences include National Conference on Computing, Communication and Control (3C-2009),^[21] National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (NCAME-2011),^[22] etc.

UIET has been hosting SAE EFFI-CYCLE,^[23] from the first season; it is now in its third season, with more than 120 teams competing including four IITs.

Technical societies

• IEEE-UIET,^[24][25][26] the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Student Chapter
• Design and Innovation Group, UIET - The DIG helps students of Chandigarh area to learn new and different technologies by organizing learn-ups, workshops, hackathons and many other tech events.
• SAE-UIET,^[27] the Society of Automotive Engineers Student Chapter, which encapsulates three main events related to mechanical engineering: BAJA, Student Formula One, and Aero-modelling.
• CSI-UIET, the Computer Society of India UIET Chapter
• SBE-UIET, Student Chapter of The Society for Biological Engineers, UIET, Panjab University

Alumni network

The Alumni Affairs Office at UIET was set up in March 2013 and is maintained by the Student Team for Alumni Relations (STAR) and a 10-member faculty team who supervise alumni events and activities.^[28] The office has played a substantial role in building relations with alumni and getting them back to the campus for growth and development of the college.

References

External links

• Official website

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