Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering
The Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Tirupati is a Constituent and Autonomous College of Sri Venkateswara University. It is located in the Sri Venkateswara University campus at the foothills of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy in Tirupati, India. The college offers a four-year B.Tech degree program with a total intake of 396 students across six engineering departments, a two-year M.Tech degree program with nine specializations and an intake of 180 students, and Ph.D. programs 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.
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.
Disciplines
Currently the college offers B.Tech. courses in:- Civil Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
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 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
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.