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Sri Venkateswara University College Of Engineering, Tirupati, India

Motto	జ్ఞానం సమ్యగవేక్షణం (in Telugu) ज्ञानं सम्यगवेक्षणम् ( in Sanskrit)
Motto in English	Wisdom lies in Correct Perspective
Type	Education and research institution
Established	1959
Parent institution	Sri Venkateswara University
Principal	Prof. R. V. S. Satyanarayana
Location	Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati., Andhra Pradesh, India
Campus	Urban
Nickname	SVUCE
Website	svuce.edu.in

The Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering (abbreviated SVUCE), Tirupati is a Constituent and Autonomous College of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India - 517502 . It is located in the Sri Venkateswara University campus at the foothills of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy in Tirupati, India. The college offers 4-year B.Tech. degree Programme with a total intake of 396 students in six Engineering Departments, two-year M.Tech. Degree Programme with Nine Specialization's with an intake of 180 students and Ph.D. programmes in all Engineering Departments.

The admission into undergraduate programmes is through a state level common entrance test EAMCET. The admission into postgraduate programme is 70% of students through GATE or AP PGECET and 30% of Students through Self-finance Management Category .

The college has well-equipped laboratories in all disciplines, improved and modernized through different schemes like MODROBS, TEQIP etc. The faculty is well qualified, most of them being Ph.D. degree holders and actively engaged in teaching, research and consultancy testing services, besides disseminating knowledge by conducting Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, and Symposia.

History

SVUCE, a constituent and Autonomous College of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, was established in 1959 and started functioning from 10 August 1959.

The foundation stone for the college Main Building was laid on 13 October 1959 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. It was declared open on 21 November 1968 by Sri. K Brahmananda Reddy, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

From the year 1977–78, the names of BE and ME were changed as B.Tech. and M.Tech. The institution achieved autonomous status in 2005.

SVU Secured 63rd Rank out of 100 Ranks, out of about 850 Central, State, Deemed, Private Universities, Central Institutions in India. S.V.University stands 13th position in Research Component.

Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati also stands 186th Rank in the BRICS World Ranking – 2016.

Disciplines

Currently the college offers B.Tech. courses in:

• Civil Engineering (from 1959 to 1960)
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering (from 1959 to 1960)
• Mechanical Engineering (from 1959 to 1960)
• Electronics and Communication Engineering (from 1971 to 1972)
• Chemical Engineering (from 1977 to 1978)
• Computer Science and Engineering (from 1986 to 1987)

At first three conventional disciplines of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering were offered with an intake of 40 in each as part of Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) degree. Subsequently, new disciplines were introduced in tune with the emerging trends and needs - Electronics and Communication Engineering in 1971–72, Chemical Engineering in 1977-78 and Computer Science and Engineering in 1986–87.

Part-time degree course for diploma holders and serving engineers was run for a number of years from 1973-74 until recently in three conventional disciplines of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communications.

Postgraduate courses (ME) in engineering branches were started in the year 1971–72 in Departments of Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering. Subsequently, PG courses were introduced in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering.

Each discipline admits a maximum of 60 students in the bachelor's stream and a maximum of 24 students in each of the postgraduate specializations per academic year.

Extracurricular activities

• NCC - Air Wing
• NSS
• Ignite - Students Club

Principals

Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Raj & DK, filmmaker duo

Alumni Association

The college alumni has presence all over the globe. The alumni association of SVUCE was started in 1965. It was formally registered in the year 2001. The association is currently presided by B. Gangi Reddy.

There are hundreds of SVUCE alumni based in western countries such as the US, Canada, Australia, and UK. This powerful alumni network has led to job opportunities for many graduates.

The official Alumni Network of SVU College of Engineering website is svucealumni.org.

References

1. Tamara., Holub (2002). College rankings. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education. OCLC 54489319.
2. "SVU College of Engineering [SVUCE.EDU.IN]". svuce.edu.in. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

External links

• Alumni of SVUCE
• Sri venkateswara University
• SVUCE website
• http://svuce.edu.in/Pages/About/History.aspx

• Engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh
• Universities and colleges in Tirupati
• Universities in Andhra Pradesh
• Universities and colleges established in 1959
• 1959 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
• Sri Venkateswara University