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Executive summary
Started as a Vellore Engineering College on
12.11.1984
, conferred the
status of Deemed-to-be-University on
19.06.2001
.
Ranked 8
th
among all the engineering institutions in India by India Today-
Nelsen survey in 2013
Award winning lush green campus at Vellore spread over a total area of
351 acres
with in a built up area of
4,76,813.32 sq.m
.
The off-campus is situated at Chennai, with a built up area of
1,30,465.69
sq.m
.
The University has a total student strength of
22,237.
It the University
offers
20
undergraduate,
40
postgraduate and
4
research programmes,
across nine schools.
Student-oriented learning with the introduction of
Fully Flexible Credit
System
wherein the student chooses the courses, faculty and timings
Research ambience in the University is further enhanced by the
introduction of
Project Based Learning
and
Research Based Learning
in addition to the conventional Class Based Learning
Provision for
minor / honor
credentials and
University research
experience
options for fast learners
A number of innovative programmes with
specialisations in the B.Tech
undergraduate programme, including double degree in
B.Tech – MBA
are
offered
Some programmes offered in
partnership with industries
Seven undergraduate engineering programmes are accredited by
ABET
Inc. (111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012,
USA).
Benchmarking
of all programmes with the objective of enhancing the
teaching-learning process to meet international standards.
State-of-art
central library facility
with more than
2,32,000
books,
periodicals and journals – has a seating capacity of
1,500
with space
allocated for discussions and for video-conferencing
Excellent laboratory facilities,
219 in all,
to cater to the needs of the
students, for routine experiments as well as for executing innovative
projects