
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB), formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT), is a
public
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technical university located in
Haringhata,
West Bengal
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,
India
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. Established in 2001 by the
West Bengal
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legislature, it is fully funded by the
Government of West Bengal. The university provides
management
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and
engineering
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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
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), also known as Bidhan Chandra Agricultural University, is an agricultural university in West Bengal, India. The university aims to provide higher education in theoretical and technical fields of Agricu ...
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.
Academics
Rankings
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 & 2024. In 2024, NIRF's newly introduced parameter, "State Public University" it ranked within 51-100.
Accreditation and recognition
The university is recognized by the
University Grants Commission (UGC). It has been awarded B++ with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (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.
See also
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List of universities in West Bengal
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List of educational institutions in West Bengal
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Distance Education Bureau
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University Grants Commission (India)
University Grants Commission (UGC; ISO: ''Viśvavidyālaya Anudāna Āyōga'') is a statutory body under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India. It was set up in accordance to the UGC Act 1956 and i ...
References
External links
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Universities and colleges in Nadia district
Universities in Kolkata
Educational institutions established in 2001
2001 establishments in West Bengal