About VIT

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) was founded in 1984 as Vellore Engineering College by the Chancellor Dr. G. Viswanathan. VIT attracts students from all the 29 states of India and more than 41 different countries because of its academic excellence. The credentials of VIT in academics and research, has placed VIT in the 13^th position among the engineering institutions and VIT Business School has placed 17^th position among the business schools in India by NIRF, Govt. of India Ranking. The world ranking body namely the QS has given 4 STAR rating to VIT, with that VIT becomes the first institution in India to have the 4 STAR rating. In addition to this, the consortium of industries, FICCI has adjudged VIT as the “Excellence in Faculty”. VIT has the record of publishing maximum number of SCOPUS Indexed Research Journal papers in 2016, among Indian Universities, overtaking all the premier institutions. VIT has also completed 3 cycles of NAAC accreditation and has been rated as “A” grade institution. In addition, VIT also has obtained for the coveted ABET accreditation by US agency. VIT has introduced many innovations in academic processes, which adds value to every student. FFCS (Fully Flexible Credit System), PBL (Project Based Learning) for better learning, fully digitized academic portals that assists students in equipping themselves for 2020 market place, Hackathons / Makeathons as part of curriculum exercise which kindles the interest and the curiosity of students, which moulds them to be better problem solvers, 8^th module in every subject being handled by industry experts, making the students contextualize the concepts they study in the classroom, are a few of the innovations that VIT has introduced.

About School of Civil Engineering

The School of Civil Engineering (SCE) is a part of the institute since the inception of VIT. The School has grown tremendously over the past thirty years and is now recognized as one of the major engineering school in VIT. The School has more than 50 faculty members from various reputed institutes such as IITs, NITs etc. Besides high quality teaching and research at both UG and PG levels, the faculty members of the school are actively involved in executing a number of R & D and Consultancy projects from government agencies including DBT, DST, ISRO, UGC, AICTE, and also from many reputed industries. The School offers three postgraduate programs: M.Tech in Structural Engineering, M.Tech in Construction Technology and Management, and M.Tech in Energy and Environmental Engineering. The School of Civil Engineering with its multifaceted faculty members continues to maintain and cultivate its strong link with the infrastructural industry such as L & T, HCC, DLF, RAMCO, CCL, Godrej, TATA Consultancy, etc. The school has also regularly benefited from international linkages facilitated by University-level MoUs with a number of leading foreign Universities such as Deakin University, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), West Virginia University, North Dakota State University etc.

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