KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology: Ranking, Courses, Fees, Admission, Placements

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology Overview

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology was established in 2009 under the KPR Group is an autonomous college situated in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. KPRIET is a leading institution for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Chemical Engineering, Bio-Medical, Civil, Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics and Mechanical Engineering. The college has gained its position in the top 200 in NIRF Ranking. The college is an Anna University recognized centre and is recognized by NAAC, NBA and SIRO.

KPRIET is an ISO 14001- 2015 Certified Institution. The college offers 11 Liberal Arts programs, UG, PG and Research programs in various disciplines of engineering, technology, science and humanities. There are 48 Non-statutory committees, along with 33 student clubs in the college and 56 MoUs signed with leading Industries and Corporations in India. The institution has a strong alumni network which evolved for needs from both the ends, i.e. academicians and professionals, with the aim of building a bridge between college life and career life so that the fresher graduates are made proactive to face the current challenges of the competitive professional world. Both the ends shall work hand in hand to help each other for achieving the goal. The idea took shape and the formation of the Alumni Association turned into reality. The Alumni Association of KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology was formed on 26th February 2016.

Table of Contents

• Highlights
• Courses
• Infrastructure Facilities
• MOUs
• Placement
• Scholarship
• Rankings
• Admission
• Eligibility Criteria

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology Highlights

The highlights of KPRIET, such as university type, student-faculty ratio, approvals, facilities, etc., are mentioned below.

Year of Establishment	2009
Founder	Dr. K.P.Ramasamy
Location	Tamil Nadu, India
Area	270009Sq.m
Counselling Code	2764
KPRIET Accreditations	AICTE, NBA(CSE,EEE,Mech,Civil), NAAC, UGC
Recognitions	Department and Scientific and Industrial Research
Infrastructure Facilities	Auditorium and Conference halls, hostel, transport, waste management, water management and library
KPRIET Affiliations	Anna University, Chennai
KPRIET Address	KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology, Avinashi Road, Arasur, Coimbatore - 641 407
KPRIET Contact Number	0422 2635600, +91 75488 88444
Programs Offered	UG, PG, Research and liberal arts programs
Website	https://www.kpriet.ac.in/

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology Courses

The college offers undergraduate programs in engineering, technology, science and humanities discipline, postgraduate and research programs in an engineering discipline and several other short courses named as the liberal arts program.

UG Programs

Courses	Specialization
B.Tech	Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Chemical Engineering
BE	Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Science and Humanities(BA/B.Sc)	Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English

PG Programs

Courses	Specialization
ME	VLSI Design, CAD/CAM, Structural Engineering, Computer Science

Doctoral Programs

Courses	Specialization
Ph.D	Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry

Liberal Arts Programs

Courses	Specialization
Short courses	Positive Thinking and Emotional Intelligence, Art of Public Speaking, Occupational Safety & Health, Roof Gardening, Industrial Psychology, Memory Technique, Entrepreneurship, Two Wheeler Mechanics, Drama

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology Infrastructure

The college offers numerous facilities for the students to enhance their skills and to have an amazing campus life. the campus with a sprawling 270009 sq.m of total area houses a library, fitness centres, hostels for both boys and girls, kabaddi court, a sports complex, installation of solar panels for research purposes, RO plant, rainwater harvesting systems, sewage treatment plants, bio composting structures etc. The college provides facilities such as foreign language training, liberal arts programs and others include transport and various clubs and committees. The Library has over the years built a robust collection of over 24225 books, 124 current subscriptions to print journals, magazines, newspapers, and many other resources. The Central Library offers its users convenient access to the best of Engineering subject related digital resources through its subscription to e-databases in which more than 300 e-journals, 100 plus e-books from Pearson and McGraw-Hill with concurrent usage, consisting of scholarly contents round the clock all across the campus via Wi-Fi network. The library operates from 8.30 am till 8 pm on all working days. The on-campus facility is open to all staff and students. The college has about 54 laboratories with world-class infrastructure for grooming the technical skills of the students. KPRIET aims at catering to industrial needs and offers multi-disciplinary education to create employable graduates. A separate fitness centre is also available for women. Modern weight lifting machines for upper extremity and lower extremity for pull-down, pec deck, arm curl, abdominal crunch are available for exercising various parts of the body. Other equipments like treadmill, bicycle ergometer, rolling machine are also available to develop aerobic fitness. The college extends transportation facilities with about 15 buses available for commutation of both staff and students residing outside the campus.

Laboratory Facilities
The laboratory is well equipped.

Library
The institute has a central library equipped with all the necessary textbooks and reference books prescribed by the AICTE and Anna University. The centre is also equipped with computers, laser printers and heavy-duty photocopiers to ensure students have the benefit of using the material for their research study.

Hostel Details

• The college provides hostel facilities for candidates whose residence or stay is far from the college, candidates from other states and foreign national candidates.
• There are a total of 3 girls hostel and 5 boys hostel inside the campus premises. The hostels are fully furnished with top-class amenities.
• A dedicated canteen offers a nutritionally balanced diet for the students and all activities will be overseen by qualified wardens.

Read more on KPRIET Facilities provided at the campus.

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology MOUs

• Analytics Society of India (ASI), Data Centre and Analytics Lab, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
• International Collaboration program on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Xebia, Netherlands
• KPI Skill Development Centre - Calicut, Kerala 
• Silicon Systems - Coimbatore 
• Vital BioSystems - Coimbatore 
• Waxwing Medical Technologies - Bengaluru 
• Aravind Eye Hospital - Coimbatore 
• EKM Leather Processing Company, Erode 
• KPR Sugar Mills Pvt Ltd, Karnataka 
• KPR Mills Ltd, Perundurai 
• Azerbaijan State oil & Industry University, Azerbaijan 
• Delta University for Science and Technolgy, Egypt 
• Central Nantes, France 
• Harran University, Turkey

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology Placement

KPRIET has a dedicated placement cell that is fully focused on enhancing the students to become employable in their interested sectors. The placement cell provides summer training, winter training, full-term training, ‘On-the-job’ training, study tours, and skill enhancement events and workshops extensively integrated along with the curriculum. They expose students to real work environments and provide opportunities to apply their learning in real-life situations. Training of students and equipping them with life skills has become an important responsibility of the institution. Along with technical expertise, the development of a holistic personality is also necessary and to meet these requirements, the training cell is operating to enhance the capabilities of engineering graduates on par with the industry standards.

Activities

• Career Guidance and Career Support Programs
• To train the students on communication skills and personality development
• Training students in Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning through Corporate Trainers, Industry Experts and In-House Trainers
• To train the students and to improve their Coding Skills in the latest Programming Languages
• To train the students on Group Discussion & Interview skills
• To Conduct Online assessments
• Company Specific Training
• Industry Connect Training Programs

Some among the top recruiting companies are,

• Bosch
• UX India
• TVS
• Siemens
• Ampo
• Bitronics
• K7 Computing

Read more about KPRIET Placement.

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology Scholarships

The college provides scholarships to all its deserving and meritorious students in several ways. The scholarships provided by the college to its well-deserving students include,

• Academic Scholarships

Cut off	Fee waiver
190-200	100% waiver in tuition fee + transport/hostel
180-189.75	75% waiver in tuition fee + transport/hostel
170-179.75	50% waiver in tuition fee
160-169.75	25% waiver in tuition fee

• JEE Qualifying Score

100% tuition fee waiver

• Sports Scholarship 

Achievement Category	Fee waiver
International/National Level	100% waiver in tuition fee + transport/hostel
State Level	100% waiver in tuition fee
District/Divisional Level	50% waiver in tuition fee

Check for detailed information on KPRIET Scholarships.

KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology Rankings

The college has won numerous awards and has made great achievements in the educational stream. Some among the rankings and awards won by the college are,

• The KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology is ranked 100th in NIRF Ranking
• The KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology is among the top 10 colleges under Anna University
• The KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology is ranked 15th Best College in the state Tamil Nadu in The Times 2020
• The KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology is ranked 88th Best College All India in The Times 2020
• The KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology is ranked 23rd Best College in the state Tamil Nadu in The Week 2020

Anna University Rankings

• 1st Rank in Coimbatore region under Autonomous category, Anna University
• 6th Rank in Tamil Nadu level under Autonomous category, Anna University
• 2nd Rank in Coimbatore region under Non-Autonomous category, Anna University
• 59th Rank in Tamil Nadu level under Non-Autonomous category, Anna University

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology Admission

The college offers admission by counselling and through management category for its various programs offered. The candidates shall follow the steps below for reference to the detailed admission procedure at the KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology.

• The candidates are first advised to ensure that they qualify for all the eligibility criteria mentioned by the institution.
• The candidates can then proceed to apply to the college at the official website.
• The application varies by a minuscule for candidates in Tamil Nadu, candidates from different states and foreign national candidates.
• After filling up the registration form the candidate shall wait for the merit list to be released in case of counselling.
• The students opting for admission through counselling can use the counselling code of the college.
• KPRIET Counselling Code is 2764
• Candidates applying through management quota, the admission is completely decided by the college management.
• The candidates with their names on the merit list can then proceed with the payment of the admission fee for the respective program and shall report to the college for verification and other procedures as per the college’s guidelines.

Required Documents

The candidates applying to any of the programs in KPRIET should produce the following documents at the time of admission as of when asked by the institution.

• Transfer Certificate
• Community Certificate
• 10th mark sheet
• 12th mark sheet
• Migration Certificate(candidates from other states)
• Consortium Rank Sheet (Management quota students)
• Allotment Order (Govt. Quota Students)
• Counselling Call Letter (Govt. Quota Students)
• Physical fitness (Govt. Quota Students)
• First graduation Certificate (First Graduate Students)

PG Candidates along with the above certificates should produce

• All semester Diploma mark sheets
• Diploma degree certificate
• All semester UG mark sheets
• UG course completion certificate
• UG provisional certificate
• UG degree certificate

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology Eligibility Criteria

KPRIET has a detailed explanation on the eligibility for the UG, PG and research programs for the candidates referenced who are interested to apply.

KPRIET BE Eligibility

B.E is A 4-Year full-time undergraduate program offered by KPRIET.

Eligibility Criteria

• Tamilnadu Candidates- The candidates must have passed the 12th (intermediate) or its equivalent examination from the government recognized board with the subjects as Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry with the percentage as 50% (for general candidates), 45% (for the backward class including Muslim), 40% (MBC & DNC) and 35% (for SC/ST/SCA) candidates.
• Other State Candidates- As the candidates from other states are considered as a General Category, a Pass with minimum average marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics put together for General Category is 45%

KPRIET B.Tech Eligibility

B.Tech is A 4-Year full-time undergraduate program offered by KPRIET.

Eligibility Criteria

• Tamilnadu Candidates- The candidates must have passed the 12th (intermediate) or its equivalent examination from the government recognized board with the subjects as Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry with the percentage as 50% (for general candidates), 45% (for the backward class including Muslim), 40% (MBC & DNC) and 35% (for SC/ST/SCA) candidates.
• Other State Candidates- Candidates from other states are considered as a General Category who have passed with minimum average marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics put together for General Category is 45%

KPRIET ME Eligibility

M.E is a 2-Year full-time postgraduate program offered by KPRIET.

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must have a recognised Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in the relevant field and obtained at least 50% (45% in the case of candidates belonging to reserved category) in the qualifying degree examination
  • B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Arch. Degree Programmes (or)
  • B.Pharm. Degree Programmes (or)
  • Master’s Degree in the relevant branch of Science / Arts, which are prescribed
• Candidates must have passed 10 + 2 + AMIE (or) 10 + 3 years diploma (awarded by the State Board of Technical Education) + AMIE

KPRIET Ph.D Eligibility

Eligibility Criteria

• The candidate should have a Master’s Degree in engineering/technology/any relevant stream from a recognized university or board.

Read more for detailed KPRIET eligibility criteria of various courses.