UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE of ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (UIET) is an engineering and management institute of Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. It offers undergraduate (BE), postgraduate (Dual Degree BEMBA, M.Tech degree) as well as doctoral courses. The institute is granted funds from the central government to improve its infrastructure and facilities. UIET has interactions and Memorandum of Unders
tanding (MOUs) with industry and academia like the BPO giant Infosys (Campus Connect Program), IBM, IMTECH, Bharti Group (Bharti Chair for research), and Sun Microsystems. The institute has a memorandum signed with the University of Western Australia. CAMPUS:
UIET is in the southern campus of Panjab University, Sector 25, Chandigarh with sometimes lush greenery. It has two academic blocks which include the washrooms, labs, office, and lecture halls. There are blocks for mechanical labs and workshops. There is ATM on the campus. Wi-Fi and Internet access is provided in some parts of the campus. Students are from all over the nation, few are day scholars and many live in hostels which provide accommodation, food, washrooms, and sporting facilities. COURSES:
UIET offers four-year Bachelor of Engineering (BE) courses and five-year integrated BE/Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses in Biotechnology, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering. Master of Engineering (ME) courses are offered in the same areas except Biotechnology Engineering and Electrical & Electronics Engineering. UIET offers full time Ph.D courses in all discipline of Engineering. Admissions to undergraduate courses are made through the JEE(Main) rank. Admissions to Master of Engineering courses are made through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examinations.Admissions to Ph.D courses are made through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examinations and University Ph.D Entrance Test
STUDENT COMMITTEES:
The official student committees of the institute are known as the 'UTECHNOS' Committees. At present there are 10 such committees
ACLIT (academic and literary)
PR (Public Relations and Tours)
Sports committee
Cultural Committee
Brand Promotion Committee (BPC)
Magboard
Technical Committee
Hospitality Committee
Discipline Committee
Training and Placement Committee (TPC)
Apart from the 'UTECHNOS' Committees there are official student groups such as the 'OSMIUM' theatre group, 'PopKorns' dance group, Mitra, Rotaract-UIET, etc. involved in specific student activities. CULTURAL AND lTECHNICAL FESTIVALS:
'Goonj' is the annual cultural festival, organised by the students of UIET. Events include quizzes, workshops, game shows, informal events, fashion show (Glitterati), dance show (Groovz), rock night, Pronite, and a city-level beauty pageant. Conferences, events, competitions with workshops and lectures by eminent guests across the world are organised every year. Some of the conferences include National Conference on Computing, Communication and Control (3C-2009), National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (NCAME-2011), etc. UIET has been hosting SAE EFFI-CYCLE, from the first season; it is now in its third season, with more than 120 teams competing including four IITs. Technical societies[edit source | editbeta]
IEEE-UIET, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Student Chapter
SAE-UIET, the Society of Automotive Engineers Student Chapter, which encapsulates three main events related to mechanical engineering: BAJA, Student Formula One, and Aero-modelling. CSI-UIET, the Computer Society of India UIET. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION:
UAA (UIET Alumni Association) is the official alumni association recognised by the institute
