Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
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| Motto | In Pursuit of Knowledge and Excellence |
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| Type | Public technical university |
| Established | 16 July 2001 |
| Accreditation | |
Academic affiliations |
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| Budget |
₹515 crore (US$64 million) (FY2021–22 est.) |
| Chancellor | Governor of West Bengal |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Tapas Chakraborty |
Academic staff |
181 (2023) |
| Students | 2,689 (2023) |
| Undergraduates | 1,214 (2023) |
| Postgraduates | 1,369 (2023) |
| 106 (2023) | |
| Location |
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22°57′25.34″N 88°32′36.46″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. It is funded completely by the Government of West Bengal. It was established in 2001 by the West Bengal legislature. The university provides management and engineering degrees through affiliated colleges and in-house departments.
History
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. The university was formalized on 15 January 2001 by an act of the West Bengal Legislature. The university changed its name from West Bengal University of Technology to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal in April 2015. From 2023 University started to give access to DigiLocker System to Students.
Campus
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. The university is located in between Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya and IISER Kolkata.
Organisation and administration
Schools, Departments & Centers
The University has 11 different Schools of Studies and there are 75 Undergraduate and 100 post-graduate courses.
| 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) | |||
Academics
Rankings
| University and college rankings | |
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| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF (2023) | 101-150 |
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 157 among engineering colleges in 2020, 158 in 2021. And gave rank band 201-250 in 2022 and 101-150 in 2023.
Accreditation and recognition
The university is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). It has been awarded B++ with a CGPA of 2.87 by the NAAC.
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.