The University Institute of Engineering and Technology was established in 2002 and is an in-campus Department of Panjab University, Chandigarh. The institute has maintained high quality in technical education. The well qualified faculty is the backbone of the institute. Well equipped laboratories provide the exposure to the students towards practical aspects of engineering. State-of-art computing facilities and internet connectivity through 1Gbps National Knowledge Network (NKN) provide ample scope for students to learn round the clock. The whole campus is Wi-Fi enabled and students having laptops avail this facility in the institute as well as in the hostels. With the regular revision of syllabi, more industry oriented programme and open Electives have been introduced in the curriculum. UIET is spread over 10.5 acres of land with lush greenery. It has two academic blocks which include labs, office, library, and lecture halls. There are blocks for mechanical labs and workshops. There is a branch of State Bank of India and an ATM of State Bank of India on the campus. Students take admission from all parts of the country and few of them from Abroad too. Admitted students includes day scholars as well as large number of out station ones who avail hostel facility which completely facilitates needs of the residential. University Institute of Engineering & Technology (UIET) is a institute of Panjab University which has prospered by leaps & bounds over the years achieving great academic heights besides foraying into the top 50 Engineering Colleges of the Country. UIET offers 06 Undergraduate (B.E.) courses, 09 Postgraduate (M.E./M.Tech. degree) courses and Doctoral courses in all constituent fields being pursued. Many Post Graduate candidates with nation scholarship join this Institute. UIET has unique distinction of having been awarded TEQIP-II and TEQIP-III, DIC, DBT-Builder Grant, Feast Grant by Government of India, besides funding of large number of Research Projects and consultancy projects. The faculty of UIET have many patents to the credit beside many other already applied in the pipeline.
Vision
To be the Front runner in Engineering Education and Research.
Mission
- To produce professionally competent students for a career in engineering and technology by providing value-based quality education.
- To provide the readily acceptable quality trained manpower to meet the requirements of the National and International industry in the emerging areas of engineering and technology as well as for research and design.
- To develop strong collaboration with academic and research institutes as well as the industry in the country and abroad.
- To provide world level consultancy to generate wealth through services and new product design.