Ujjain Engineering College is an engineering college in

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city, in the state of

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. The college was established by the government of

in 1966.

History

The college was founded as Government Engineering College, Ujjain, in 1966 by the government of

, with a view to improve technical education. The college was declared autonomous by the state government in 1997. Under this arrangement, the college is governed by a governing body, whose chairman is the minister of the Manpower Planning Department of the state government, and the secretary is the college's principal. The college is recognized by the

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Campus

The college's campus covers nearly 300 acres of land situated at Indore Road.

Courses

Initially, there were only three branches of engineering:

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

, and

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

. Later on,

electronics engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flow ...

(1985) and

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

(1986) branches were introduced. A

Bachelor of Engineering A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a college graduate majoring in an engineering discipline at a higher education institution. In the United Kingdom, a Ba ...

computer science and engineering Computer science and engineering (CSE) is an academic subject comprising approaches of computer science and computer engineering. There is no clear division in computing between science and engineering, just like in the field of materials science ...

course was commenced in the 2001-2002 year. The college has post-graduate programs in engineering in various streams, including an Electronics and Communication course that commenced in 2012. The college is also a research center for Doctorate programs in various engineering fields.

Events

Festivals include: * Technical Events festival * Mech Tech Meet (MTM): The institute's annual technical festival, first held on 6 March 2010. Cultural and social events include: * Aayam: A college annual function organized within college premises. * Xception: A college cultural and social festival, organized by the students, with online and offline events.

Clubs

Litoffer is a literature and personality development club that started in September 2015 and encourages students to improve their skills in public speaking and writing. It conducts debates, group discussions, extempore speaking, and academic events.https://www.facebook.com/pg/litoffer/about/?ref=page_internal

References

External links

Official websiteXception websiteMech Tech Meet website
* https://www.facebook.com/xception.co.in/ * https://www.aicte-india.org/sites/default/files/CRS_Circular.pdf {{City of Ujjain Educational institutions established in 1966 Engineering colleges in Madhya Pradesh Education in Ujjain 1966 establishments in Madhya Pradesh Buildings and structures in Ujjain Vikram University