Motto | In Pursuit of Knowledge and Excellence |
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Type | Public technical university |
Established | July 16, 2001 |
Accreditation | |
Academic affiliations | |
Budget | ₹515 crore (US$62 million) (FY2021–22 est.)[1] |
Chancellor | Governor of West Bengal |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Tapas Chakraborty (acting) |
Academic staff | 181 (2023)[1] |
Students | 2,689 (2023)[1] |
Undergraduates | 1,214 (2023)[1] |
Postgraduates | 1,369 (2023)[1] |
106 (2023)[1] | |
Location | , , 22°57′25.34″N 88°32′36.46″E / 22.9570389°N 88.5434611°E |
Campus | Semi Urban 40 acres (16 ha) |
Newspaper | Tech Vistas |
Website | makautwb |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB), formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) is a public state university located in Haringhata, West Bengal, India. Established in 2001 by the West Bengal legislature, it is fully funded by the Government of West Bengal.[2] The university provides management and engineering degrees through affiliated colleges[3] and in-house departments.[4]
An expert committee was set up on 31 December 1998 by the Government of West Bengal, under the Chairmanship of Ashesh Prosad Mitra, for establishing a university of engineering and technology in West Bengal.[5] The university was formalized on 15 January 2001 by an act of the West Bengal Legislature.[6] The university changed its name from West Bengal University of Technology to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal in April 2015.[7] From 2023 University started to give access to DigiLocker System to Students.[8]
The university has a main campus covering approximately 40 acres at Haringhata, provided by the Government of West Bengal. Hostels accommodate both male and female students.[9] The university is located in between Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya and IISER Kolkata.
The university has 11 different Schools of Studies and there are 75 Undergraduate and 100 post-graduate courses.[10]
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | |||
Biotechnology | Bio-informatics | Applied Biology | |
Life Sciences | Centre for Bio Resource Management & Bio Economy | ||
SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING | |||
Computer science & engineering | |||
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | |||
Information Technology | Emerging Technologies | Information Science - Undergraduate | |
Information Science - Postgraduate | Computer Applications | Geo-informatics and Spatial Sciences | |
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | |||
Industrial Engineering and Management | Microelectronics and VLSI Technology | Centre for Robotics & 3D Printing | |
Centre for Biomedical Engineering | |||
SCHOOL OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | |||
Environmental Science | Renewable Energy Engineering | Centre for Waste Utilization | |
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | |||
Management & Business Administration | Management & Business Studies | Undergraduate Business Studies | |
Hospital Administration & Management | Hospitality & Hotel Administration | ||
SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | |||
Applied Chemistry | Applied Mathematics | Applied Physics | |
Applied Statistics | Forensic Science & Technology | Materials Science & Technology | |
SCHOOL OF FOOD SCIENCE & AGRO TECHNOLOGY | |||
Food Science | Food Technology | ||
SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE & HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY | |||
Pharmaceutical Technology | |||
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES | |||
Applied Economics | Applied Psychology | Linguistics | |
Humanities | |||
SCHOOL OF MEDIA SCIENCE & ENTERTAINMENT | |||
Media Science | Multimedia Technology | ||
SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE DESIGN | |||
Archaeology (Heritage Cell) |
University and college rankings | |
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Engineering – India | |
NIRF (2023)[11] | 101-150 |
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 157 among engineering colleges in 2020,[12] 158 in 2021.[13] And gave rank band 201–250 in 2022 [14] and 101–150 in 2023.[15]
The university is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).[16] It has been awarded B++ with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.87 by the NAAC.[17]
In the year 2022 University received NBA accreditation for two Undergraduate B.Tech. courses in CSE and IT for 3 years and for Postgraduate M.Tech. course in Biotechnology for 6 years.[18]