Yet another successful placement season at UPES!

Employers find it hard to recruit the right candidates in India; the graduates either have insufficient technical expertise required for the job or lack soft skills like teamwork, collaboration, agility, decision making and critical thinking, among other things.  Companies often have to invest significantly in training these youngsters to bring them up to speed.

However, UPES, with its unrelenting focus on skill-building, is bridging the industry-academia gap through a path-breaking, multidisciplinary curriculum framework. The university offers state-of-the- art facilities, a commitment to excellence, and bespoke learning that focuses on imparting 21st century skills to the learners.

As on date, UPES has already placed three-fourth of its 2022-23 batch of graduates. So far, more than 2000 offers have been made by over 250 recruiters, with a number of students receiving dual offers. The highest CTC offered this placement season has been INR 36 LPA by Autodesk India to a
B.Tech Computer Science Engineering student with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, while five B.Tech Applied Petroleum Engineering students with a specialization in Gas/ Upstream were recruited by Schlumberger at INR 33 LPA. An MBA graduate with specialization
in Oil & Gas Management was placed at Accenture Strategy & Consulting at INR 27.83 LPA. Four other MBA graduates with the same specialization found their place at ONGC at 23 LPA.

The graduates have bagged roles as business analysts, cyber security analysts, consultants, revenue managers, data analysts, software engineers, design consultants, and risk analysts. Top recruiters included ONGC, Airbus, Boeing, Microsoft India, Zeta, Amazon, Oracle, Accenture, Infosys, Deloitte USI, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PwC, LTI-Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Ltd, and Wipro Limited.

In the previous academic year, there were over 3800 placement offers from leading recruiters. The School of Engineering, School of Computer Science, School of Business, and School of Health Sciences and Technology achieved 100% placement, with students receiving job offers from research
and consulting firms, IT and education companies. The highest package offered was INR 50 LPA by Microsoft India to three students from School of Computer Science.

UPES curriculum ensures that learners gain domain knowledge, technical expertise, soft skills, life skills in equal measure. Employability and job readiness of UPES students is consistently high due to the emphasis on experiential learning and industry in the classroom.

The university offers its students the ability to design their own degrees (DYOD) by choosing an academic and skill-based learning path that aligns with their specific interests. There is a range of core programs, specialisations, exploratory courses, interdisciplinary electives, life-skill courses, signature courses, and social internships to choose from.

As the ‘University of Tomorrow,’ UPES enables learners to be not just job seekers but job creators as well. Through a start-up incubator initiative called ‘Runway,’ students receive support in the form of mentorship, funding, guidance and accelerator workshops to bring their entrepreneurial ideas to
fruition. Through its alumni nurturing program called NEST, the university extends lifetime support to its former students.

The UPES blueprint is geared towards bridging the industry academia gap and nurturing the best and brightest minds in the country to deliver real value, not just to their employers, but the society as a whole.

The university offers various scholarships that students can avail of, depending on the eligibility criteria. While the Shakti scholarship provides girl students 20% off on tuition fees, there are merit scholarships for all students of up to 30% based on Class XII marks. There is 30% concession on tuition fees for bonafide residents of Uttarakhand, besides Jyoti Scholarship for students from economically weaker sections of society and Vijay Scholarship for students excelling in sports.