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Home > About VIT > An Institute
Par Excellence
An Institute Par Excellence
VIT University, established under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956, was founded in 1984 as a self-financing institution called the Vellore Engineering College. The Union Ministry of Human Resources Development conferred University status on Vellore Engineering College in 2001. The University is headed by its founder and Chancellor, Dr. G. Viswanathan, a former Parliamentarian and Minister in the Tamil Nadu Government. In recognition of his service to India in offering world class education, he was conferred an honorary doctorate by the West Virginia University, USA. Sankar Viswanathan, G.V. Sampath, Sekar Viswanathan and G.V. Selvam are the Vice-Presidents; Dr. V. Raju is the Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Anand A. Samuel and Dr. S. Narayanan are the Pro-Vice-Chancellors.
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An Institute Par Excellence
VIT University, established under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956, was founded in 1984 as a self-financing institution called the Vellore Engineering College. The Union Ministry of Human Resources Development conferred University status on Vellore Engineering College in 2001. The University is headed by its founder and Chancellor, Dr. G. Viswanathan, a former Parliamentarian and Minister in the Tamil Nadu Government. In recognition of his service to India in offering world class education, he was conferred an honorary doctorate by the West Virginia University, USA. Sankar Viswanathan, G.V. Sampath, Sekar Viswanathan and G.V. Selvam are the Vice-Presidents; Dr. V. Raju is the Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Anand A. Samuel and Dr. S. Narayanan are the Pro-Vice-Chancellors.
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- In 2011, 1,60,324 students appeared for the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE)
- The institution offers 18 undergraduate and 34 postgraduate programmes.
- Programmes at VIT are accredited by National and International agencies such as NBA, NAAC, IET (UK), Energy Institute (UK)
- B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering programmes offered at Vellore campus are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering is accredited by Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET III Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202 – 4012, USA
- VIT has been given Most Favored status by TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Cognizant, etc.
- A 350-acre eco-friendly campus with over 50.83 lakh sq.ft. built-up space at Vellore.
- A 150-acre eco-friendly second campus at Chennai
- Over 19,600 students, nearly one-third of them women
- Students from 47 countries as well as from every state in India.
- Over 1100 faculty and 1275 staff.
- Entered the Limca Book of Records for Campus Recruitment
