VIT University, Vellore
VIT University was established in the year 1984 as “Vellore Engineering College. VIT university was formerly known as the Vellore Engineering College, but later on it became to know as Vellore Institute of Technology. By the declaration of the state government as the status of deemed university, it known as the VIT University. It is ISO 9002 certified institution.
Campus:
The campus is sited over the 350 acres of land. The campus is located in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu state. The college is 180 km from the Bangalore and 130 km away From the Chennai. The campus is situated on around 2 hours distance from the airport or railway station.
Courses
VIT University is offering 19 undergraduate programmes and 34 postgraduate programmes and two Integrated courses and various PhD courses in the field of engineering & technology, management, computer application and science and humanities.
The campus offers engineering courses as the following:
UG Degree Courses
B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) – 4 years
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering (specialization in Energy Engineering)
- Mechanical Engineering (specialization in Chemical Process Engineering)
- Mechanical with specialization in Automotive Engineering (jointly with ARAI, Pune)
- Production & Industrial Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering (Specialization in Bioinformatics)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Information Technology
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
PG Degree Courses
M.Tech (Master of Technology) – 2 years
- Biotechnology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Automotive Engineering – in collaboration with ARAI, Pune
- Automotive Engineering with specialization in Engine Technology ((jointly
- with ARAI & Industry)
- CAD / CAM
- Energy & Environmental Engineering
- Mechatronics
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering with specialization in Cloud Computing
- Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Big Data Analytics
- Power Electronics and Drives
- Control and Automation
- Information Technology – Networking
- Software Technology
- Software development & Management (Cognizant Employees)
- Automotive Electronics in collaboration with TIFAC-CORE industry
- partners
- Communication Engineering
- Nanotechnology
- Sensor Systems Technology
- VLSI Design
- Embedded Systems
Integrated Courses
M.S (Master of Science) 5 years
- Software Engineering
Facilities:
The Campus has residential complex for faculties, lake, garden, wide roads, electricity supply and backup, water supply and backup and a shopping complex equipped with stationary, general store, STD, mobile shop and daily goods. The campus provides the computer lab, science labs, library, workshops, canteen, gym, swimming pool, football court and separate hostels for boys and girls.
Activities:
VIT University celebrates the technical festival named GraVITas”. The university celebrates this festival on every August – September of the year. The university celebrates one another festival named “Riviera” referred to the sports and cultural festival.
Placement
VIT University has a placement & training cell which core objective is to provide the job placement for the final year students. The placement & training cell is preparing the students for campus interview through the PPT, GD and mock interview.
The top recruiters are as the following:
- Honda
- Honeywell
- Murugappa
- Oracle
- Intel
- IBM
- HCL
- Hyundai
- Cognizant
- Amazon.com
- Tata motors
- TVS
- Titan
- Wipro
- SKF
- Flipkart
- Phillips
- Larsen & Turbo
- Microsoft