Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Kolkata

About Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Kolkata

About Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Kolkata

The Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET-JU), Jadavpur University, Kolkata is a constituent of Jadavpur University, which was established in 1955. It is a well-established institute in Kolkata, West Bengal, known for its quality technical education. It is recognized by the University Grants Commission and awarded the distinction of a five star University by NAAC. At present, the institute consists of sixteen departments, spread over the old campus and the Salt Lake campus. It's a premier institute offering ample opportunities to the students in the field of technical education. In 1906, National Council of Education (NCE) was set up to impart literary, scientific and technical education on a national basis.

Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jadavpur University was converted in 1955. The spirit of national education came from Raja Subodh Chandra Mallik. The road on which Jadavpur University is located is named Brojendra Kishore Roy Choudhury and is dedicated to Raja Subodh Chandra Mallik.

• It is at present a premier internationally recognised university of the country

• The first Principal of the Bengal National College was Sri Aurobindo

• The first teachings were given by eminent personalities like Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Gurudas Banerjee, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Ramendra Sundar Trivedi, Radha Kumud Mukherjee, Benoy Kumar Sarkar, Sakharam Ganesh Deoskar and others.

• Recognized by the University Grant Commission (UGC).

• Approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

• Provides quality education in various engineering and technology courses.

• The college provides 17 courses.

• National Council of Education (NCE) was set-up in 1906 to teach literary, scientific and technical education.

• It is the foremost research institute in the nation.

• The placement cell of institute placed every year students in many multi-national companies.

• It provides state-of-the-art facilities like classrooms, library, laboratories and auditorium.

• The main campus at Jadavpur is approximately 12.6 kilometres (7.8 mi) from the city centre

• The University's collaborations are among the best in the country

• University has signed 182 MOUs

There are total 17 Departments which offering different undergraduate and postgraduate engineering courses. A few names of the notable departments are listed below:  

•     Department of Chemical Engineering

•     Department of Food Technology & Bio-Chemical Engineering

•     Department of Construction engineering

•     Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

•     Department of Adult and Continuing Education & Extension

•     Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering

•     Department of Agriculture

•     Department of Production Engineering

The University is having international collaborations with the following Organizations:

• FERMI LAB, USA & CRN (CRNS), France

• Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Germany

• Trieste, Italy

• University of Liverpool

• British Council & Manchester University

• University of Yale, U.S.A.

• University of Bonn, Germany

• University of Bochum, Germany

• University of Munster, Germany

Achievements:

• Dr. Anwesha Aditya, a Ph.D. scholar at the Department of Economics, winning the IEDRA Award 2013 of the EXIM Bank of India, for her Ph.D. thesis

• JU Ranks first among top Engineering and Technology Universities and sixth among the Universities and Institutions in India – NISTADS Report

• JU Ranked second in number of publication and fourth in performance index among the Indian Universities – NISTADS Report

• The Faculty of Engneering and Technology, Javadpur University got ranking for the quality education and excellent research works.​

Ranking:

• Ranked 2nd in India for numbers of research papers only by IAS

• Ranked 10th India’s Engineering College in the year 2011

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