University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata
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| Motto |
Sanskrit: श्रद्धावान लभते ज्ञानम् Shraddhāvān labhate jnānam (from the Bhagavad Gita, chapter 4, verse 39) |
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Motto in English | "The earnest aspirant gains supreme wisdom." |
| Type | Private University |
| Established | 2015 |
| Chancellor | Prof. Dr. Satyajit Chakrabarti |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr. D. K. Banwet |
| Dean |
Prof. Dr. Rajiv Ganguly Prof. Dr. Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak |
| Students | 2500 (approx) |
| Location |
New Town Kolkata, West Bengal, India Coordinates: 22°33′37″N 88°29′25″E / 22.560264°N 88.4901705°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Recognition | University Grants Commission(UGC) |
| Nickname | UEMK |
| Website |
uem |
The University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata is a private university located in Action Area - III of New Town, Kolkata. It provides engineering, technological & management education. It was established in 2015 by IEM Trust, Act no.XXV and it is the third engineering institution founded by the IEM-UEM Group. The university has two schools- engineering and management school. This university has a strict and secular environment, which keeps the students motivated towards their study. This university is administrated by the Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM) education group trust.[1]
History
The IEM-UEM Group's presence in Kolkata began in the year 1989 as Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM) (Salt Lake, Sector V) was established in that year. It is an education group which has an experience of more than 27 years in the field of engineering and management education. In 2014, the state legislature of West Bengal passed the IEM Trust, Act no.XXV, 2014[2] to enable the establishment of the university in New Town area of Kolkata. It is the third engineering institution established by the IEM-UEM Group, which also established University of Engineering & Management, Jaipur in Rajasthan in 2011.
Recognition
The university is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India[3] and has the right to confer degrees as per the section 22 of the UGC Act (1956) and as per UGC nomenclature of the degrees.[4]
Location
UEM possesses an engineering and management campus for their students. The main campus is located at University Area, Plot No. III - B/5, New Town, Action Area - III, Rajarhat, Kolkata. The administrative unit is located in Salt Lake Electronics Complex (Bidhan Nagar), Sector-V, Salt Lake City. The university has 2 academic buildings. Classes of 1st year are conducted in the old building and classes of 2nd year are conducted in the new building. Most of the labs are in old building and it is considered as the main building of the university while Biotechnology, Biochemistry etc. labs are situated in new building.
- Rajarhat Campus: The main engineering facility, classes of B.tech students, as well as M.Tech, MBA & BCA students.
- Ashram Building: Administrative activities campus.
Another campus is in Jaipur, Rajasthan, which was established in the year 2011.
Academics
The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral degrees. The undergraduate courses offer B.Tech in engineering fields including Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE), Electrical Engineering, Biotechnology, Civil Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. while the postgraduate courses offer M.Tech. There is a provision for Ph.D in various streams of Engineering.
Apart from these, the university offers Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) degree course in the field of Computer Science. The institute also offers Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree courses for the management students at the undergraduate and postgraduate level respectively.
Admission
At the undergraduate level, students are primarily admitted on the basis of the ranks in the state-level engineering entrance examination - WBJEE , JEE(Main) & IEMJEE (own entrance examination conducted by the university). BCA and BBA admissions are taken with class 12 results.
Campus Facilities
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- Library
- Laboratories
- Sports facility
- Wi-Fi Campus
- Various Research facilities
Research
Research areas include robotics, computer programming and automobile. These groups participate in national and international level events, including: IEEE, Kshitij(Organised by IIT Kharagpur), Techkriti(Organised by IIT Kanpur). Students can also apply to take part in national level research programs like SPIE,[5] Inspire[6](A program by Ministry of Science & Technology (INDIA)), UEMCON.[7] The university also has student chapters on SPIE and The Optical Society of America (OSA).[8]
Apart from this, many workshops are organised in the university campus, including: robotics workshop,[9] ethical hacking workshop,[10] automobile workshop, programming workshop and android app development workshop.
Collaboration & Partner colleges
The university has a strong collaboration with the following 2 engineering colleges of IEM-UEM Group in areas of student exchange, faculty exchange, joint research, curriculum development for students.
- University of Engineering & Management, Jaipur
- Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM)
Apart from this, the university has tie-ups with many foreign universities and colleges for student exchange programs.
References
- ↑ "IEM Group opens new varsity in Rajarhat - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ UEM, Kolkata. "UEM Kolkata". UEM Kolkata. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
- ↑ "List of private Universities of West Bengal". www.ugc.ac.in. University Grants Commission. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ UEM, Kolkata. "Approvals - UEM Kolkata". UEM Kolkata. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ "SPIE - the international society for optics and photonics". spie.org. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ Technologies, Renderbit. "INSPIRE Internship Program by DST at UEM, Kolkata from 18 - 22 July 2016 - IEM UEM Group". IEM UEM Group. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ "IEEE -". www.ieee.org. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ Technologies, Renderbit. "OSA (Optical Society of America) IONS program was held at ISM Dhanbad and was attended by our students. IEM-UEM group represents the India chapter of OSA. - IEM UEM Group". IEM UEM Group. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ "Distronix Robotics Workshop 2016 [IEM - UEM] | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
- ↑ UEM, Kolkata. "Mr. Parthajit Dholey, alumni member of the IEM-UEM group and co-founder of HACKCIEUX, a startup by 2016 pass out IEM-UEM group students conducted special workshop on Ethical Hacking for the students of University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata on 26th September, 2016. - IEM UEM Group". IEM UEM Group. Retrieved 2016-10-24.