Manipal Institute of Technology
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The Manipal Institute of Technology (commonly known as MIT, Manipal and Manipaltech) is a constituent institution
Institution
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 of the Manipal University that specializes in the fields of engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

 and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

. MIT contains 16 academic departments, and awards undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees. Established in 1957 in Manipal
Manipal
Manipal is a university town situated in the state of Karnataka in India. It is a suburb within Udupi city and is administered by Udupi City Municipality. It is located in the rocky hinterland of the Malabar Coast of south west India, about 8 km from the Arabian Sea...

, Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, MIT is one of the first self-financed colleges in India.

Foundation and early years (1957-1960)

In 1957, Doctor Tonse Madhav Ananth Pai conceived of the idea of establishing an engineering college in Manipal. The Manipal Engineering College (MEC) was inaugurated on 11 May 1957 by the then Chief Minister of Mysore, Mr. Nijalingappa. For a few initial months, lectures were held at the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Kasturba Medical College is a medical college based in Manipal, Udupi District Karnataka, India.Established by Dr T.M.A. Pai on 30 June 1953, KMC was the first private sector medical college in India. The college started with only the pre-clinical section at Manipal and the students had to go to...

 campus before the infrastructure was ready at its present campus towards the end of 1957. The institute started with 25 staff members and an annual intake of 120 students for the under-graduate courses, in a campus of 180 acre (0.7284348 km²).

Growth and expansion (1961-1999)

Civil engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

 was the first discipline to be offered at the institute, but by 1961, full undergraduate programs were also available in the areas of mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

 and electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

. Housing facilities were operational from 1961 for outstation students.

The institute was originally affiliated to the Karnataka University in Dharwad
Dharwad
Dharwad, also known as Dharwar, is a city and a DISTRICT PLACE in India's Karnataka state.Dharwad is the administrative seat of the Dharwad District. The municipality of Hubli-Dharwad covers an area of 200.23 km²...

. In 1965, the institute affiliated itself with the University of Mysore
University of Mysore
The University of Mysore , is a public university in India. The University founded during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore, and was conceptualized on the basis of a report on educational progress in the United States and Australia, submitted by Messrs Thomas Denham and...

 in Mysore. More courses were added over the decades as the college expanded. The MIT, Manipal Student Chapter of the Institution of Engineers (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) was established in the mid 1960s.

In 1969, Chemical Engineering was introduced as a branch of study followed by Electronics and Communication engineering. In 1973, the semester scheme was adapted and a one year post graduate diploma in industrial engineering was offered. In the same year, the Venugopala Temple, modeled on the famous Kirti Mandir in Vadodara, Gujarat was built. It is a landmark on campus.

The MIT campus has been visited by several well-known persons at various times in its history. The Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...

 visited the college in 1966. The 1970s saw the visit of Smt Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...

, the then Prime Minister of India.

In 1974, it was renamed as Manipal Institute of Technology. MIT was brought under the purview of Mangalore University
Mangalore University
Mangalore University is a public university located in Konaje, Karnataka State of India. Ranked with a four star by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council in June 2000, this young university offers higher education and conducts research in various fields...

 in 1980. In 1979, other branches of study such as Industrial Production and Architecture were introduced. The construction of the 4-floor library building with an area of 83000 square feet (7,711 m²) and more hostel blocks including 7th, 9th blocks and women's hostels was completed in the 1980s. The inauguration of the swimming pool was done in 1986 and that of the floodlit basketball court at Kamath Circle in 1989.

Expansions in the late 1980s and early 1990s included the setting up of the Computer Engineering department in 1987 and the Bio-medical Engineering Department and the Printing Department in 1992. More library space and 30000 square feet (2,787.1 m²) of auditorium area were also built during this period. Hostel expansion in 1990 saw the construction of the new ladies hostel right across the Venugopal Temple. The construction the tenth hostel block, touted as one of Asia's largest hostel blocks with a capacity of about 1500, started in 1991.

In 1993, the state government of Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 introduced statewide measures regulating the intake of students to private institutes, including MIT Manipal, and this had a financial impact on the college because it meant that the fee structure was regulated by the government. The college was designated a Linguistic Minority Institute status between 1993 and 1999, which meant that a significant fraction of the intake was reserved for those students whose native tongue was Konkani
Konkani language
KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...

.

The International Center for Applied Sciences (ICAS) which runs twinning programs with partner universities around the world including Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...

, and Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee School of Engineering
The Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private university located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MSOE is best known for its applications-oriented curriculum, close association with business and industry, and extremely high placement rate...

, was started in the 1990s. The twinning program follows a (2+2) model wherein the first 2 years are spent in MIT, Manipal and the later 2 years are spent at the partner university.

Recent history (2000-present)

In 2000, the college became a constituent institute of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). MAHE was designated as a Deemed University
Deemed University
Deemed university is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various universities in India. This status of ‘Deemed-to-be-University’, is granted by Department of Higher Education, Union Human Resource Development Ministry, on the advice of the University Grants...

, a status that allows it to operate without affiliations to any other universities, conduct its own admission procedures, update and upgrade syllabi, tie up with foreign universities, fix its own fees and function autonomously. MAHE was renamed as Manipal University in 2007. The institute celebrated its Golden Jubilee in the year 2007 and it was marked by technical, cultural and sports events throughout the year.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the then President of India, visited the college and interacted with the students in the year 2003.

The dawn of the new millennium brought in construction of new buildings. 2006 saw the construction of the hi-tech Innovation Center housing companies such as Phillips and EMC2 and associated research and development. The 7-floor 13th Block located between the 3rd and 4th blocks for housing lady students was also completed during this period. The adjoining Lecture Hall complex was built anticipating the increase in intake and was inaugurated in the year 2006.

Undergraduate courses in Mechatronics
Mechatronics
Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, control engineering, and systems design engineering in order to design, and manufacture useful products. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering, that is...

 were added in 2006 and those in Aeronautical Engineering, Automobile Engineering were added in 2008. The department of Architecture was rechristened as The Faculty of Architecture in 2006, and then as "Manipal School of Architecture and Planning", as a separate institute under the Manipal University in 2011. The annual undergraduate student intake increased from 800 spread over 12 engineering disciplines in the year 2003 to 1500 spread over 16 disciplines in 2008 (currently the institute has an intake of 2300+ students (as on July 2011)).

The institute also played host to the 49th annual convention of the National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) in January 2007.

Campus

MIT Manipal's campus is located 65 kilometres (37 mi) north of Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

. The campus is located five kilometres from Udupi's railway station and spreads over an area of 188 acres (76.0 ha) housing 10 academic buildings, and 21 residential buildings, with a total capacity of 6,080 inhabitants. There are three entrances to the campus: one near Academic Block 1, one near 12th Block and one at KC (Kamath Circle: the center of the campus).

The catering is handled by the MIT Food Court, MIT Cafeteria, and other mess
Mess
A mess is the place where military personnel socialise, eat, and live. In some societies this military usage has extended to other disciplined services eateries such as civilian fire fighting and police forces. The root of mess is the Old French mes, "portion of food" A mess (also called a...

es on campus. The MIT Food Court, with a seating capacity of 1200 people, caters to the food needs of about 840 people daily. MIT Cafeteria serves snacks and lunch, and is in the vicinity of academic buildings. Apoorva Mess, Adithya Mess, Annapoorna Mess, Akshaya Mess, Ananya Mess and Ashraya Mess serve food for students from around the world. Ananya Mess and Ashraya Mess are for women only.

Most of MIT buildings have a number (or a number and a letter) designation and some have a name as well. Typically, academic and office buildings are referred to by their names and residential blocks by their numbers. The assignment of building numbers roughly corresponds to the order in which they were built. Many of the academic buildings are connected above ground by footbridges. However, these bridges are kept locked, except during orientation.
There is a shuttle bus service between the residential blocks and the academic blocks. The campus has continuous water and power supply. MU's campus-wide wireless network was completed in May 2009 and is designed to support up to 14000 users.

Academic buildings

The major academic buildings are in five blocks, the last one built in 2010. The heart of the campus is the massive Main Academic Block (Academic Block 1 formerly called Quadrangle) built in the 1950s. It houses most engineering departments and plays host to most functions of the college including Revels, the cultural fest, and TechTatva, the technical festival.

In addition to the engineering departments, it houses:
  • the Office of the Director
  • the Offices of the Associate Directors
  • Student Welfare Office
  • Training and Placement Cell


The adjacent Civil and Architecture block was built in the 1980s. This block houses the Faculty of Architecture, the Departments of Physics, Civil Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Printing Technology and the Office of the Controller of Examinations of Manipal University.

The New Lecture Hall Complex (Academic Block 3) is equipped with audio/visual tools from Bose Corporation.
Constructed in 2006, the Innovation Centre houses the R&D arms of companies such as Phillips and EMC2. It aims to instill a culture of innovation and to provide facilities and training to build the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. The centre has laboratories with Windows and Linux platforms. In July 2009, all the academics buildings were renamed; Innovation Center was renamed as Academic Block 4, but it is still referred to by students as IC.

The teams from ManipalTech have been winning innovation and entrepreneurship competitions such as the GE Edison Innovation Challenge and consecutive victories at the Schneider Electric India Innovation Challenge.

Innovation and entrepreneurship at the Manipal campus were taken to a new level by the Formula Manipal team. The 15-member student team built a 600 cc race car that was selected to participate in the Formula SAE
Formula SAE
Formula SAE is a student design competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers . The competition was started back in 1978 and was originally called SAE Mini Indy.-Concept:...

 2008 competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers held at Ferrari race track at Maranello in Italy. The Formula SAE is an international race car design competition, which is attended by over 150 top universities from across the world. Formula Manipal was the only Asian team to be selected to participate at the FSAE in 2008. In 2009, the team participated with the second prototype at FS UK, held at the Silverstone F1 Track.

The centre houses the wi-fi centre of Manipal.

The nerve centre of MIT Manipal is the Central Library, housed in newly extended building with a total area of about 70000 sq ft (6,503.2 m²). MIT Central Library has technical books, periodicals, video films, Indian standards and general magazines and other publications, and is open to faculty and students of the institute.

The library uses EASYLIB, a software package to automate all the functions of the library. Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) and Internet-enabled Public Access Catalogue (E-PAC) is provided for students and staff.

Users of MIT library can access the databases of all Manipal University constituent institute libraries: MIM, MIC, KMC (Mangalore and Manipal), and WGSHA libraries. The library has DELNET membership, a network of libraries which seeks to promote resource sharing.

Housing

Students at MIT are guaranteed dormitory housing. The institute has the capacity to house almost all its students on campus in its seventeen hostel (dorm) buildings and can be considered a fully residential campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...

. Students are permitted to select their own dorm and floor on arrival, and at the beginning of every academic year, subject to vacancy. Priority in allotment is decided by seniority and then GPA of the student in later semesters. The construction of four new boys’ hostels with 360 rooms each was completed in July 2009. Among these, the 14th (fully air-conditioned), 15th (partially air-conditioned, freshers only), 16th, 17th block men's hostels are the tallest structures in Manipal spanning 12 floors. Some of the common hostels are for girls are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th and the upcoming 18th Block. The hostels for boys are 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th and 14th–17th blocks.

Each hostel has a common room where students can watch cable TV. There are facilities for gym and indoor sports in certain hostels.

Hostel security is strict about students using motorised vehicles.

Other campuses

International engineering programs, operating out of the campus in the city of Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

, were established in 2008. Another sister campus, which was to be operational by August 2009, was proposed in the city of Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

. However, awaiting to hear the policy framework on higher education institutions in Rajasthan, Manipal University is reconsidering its expansion plans, including the sister campus.

Sports and games

The institute has a gymnasium, swimming pool, indoor badminton courts, flood-lit tennis and basketball courts, a football ground and facilities for volleyball and hockey. The MIT cricket ground hosts the annual inter-Manipal University Cricket Tournament. MIT hosts many inter-college tournaments.

Academics

MIT has been using a credit based system since 2001, in which each course is assigned a number of credits. The odd semester starts around the month of July and ends by December and the even semester starts around January and ends by June.

Rankings

Publication Type Rank
Outlook India All India private engineering colleges 5
EFY Report All India rank 20
All India private engineering 8
South India engineering 8
South India private engineering 3

Undergraduate program

MIT Manipal offers full time, four year undergraduate (Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

) program in the following disciplines:
  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Architecture
    Architecture
    Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

  • Automobile Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
    Biomedical engineering
    Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...

  • Biotechnology Engineering
    Biotechnology
    Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...

  • Chemical Engineering
    Chemical engineering
    Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...

  • Civil Engineering
    Civil engineering
    Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Industrial and Production Engineering
    Production engineering
    Production engineering is a combination of manufacturing technology with management science. A production engineer typically has a wide knowledge of engineering practices and is aware of the management challenges related to production...

  • Information Technology
    Information technology
    Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

  • Instrumentation and Control Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
    Mechanical engineering
    Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

  • Mechatronics
    Mechatronics
    Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, control engineering, and systems design engineering in order to design, and manufacture useful products. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering, that is...

  • Printing and Media Technology
    Printing
    Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing....


International Centre for Applied Sciences (ICAS)

Students may enroll in the undergraduate Twinning Program wherein the first two years of their coursework is undertaken at International Centre for Applied Sciences (ICAS), Manipal and the remainder is completed at a college or university in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 or Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 or UK. The undergraduate degree will be awarded by the foreign university. The partner universities include Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...

 and Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee School of Engineering
The Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private university located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MSOE is best known for its applications-oriented curriculum, close association with business and industry, and extremely high placement rate...


Postgraduate courses

Master of Technology (M.Tech) degrees are offered with the following specializations:
  • Aeronautical
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Digital Electronics and Advanced Communication
    Digital
    A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...

  • Microelectronics
    Microelectronics
    Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics. As the name suggests, microelectronics relates to the study and manufacture of very small electronic components. Usually, but not always, this means micrometre-scale or smaller,. These devices are made from semiconductors...

  • Network Engineering
    Network engineering
    In telecommunications, network engineering may refer to:*The field concerned with internetworking service requirements for switched telephone networks and developing the required hardware and software...

  • Biomedical Engineering
    Biomedical engineering
    Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...

  • Biotechnology Engineering
    Biotechnology
    Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...

  • Computer Aided Mechanical Design and Analysis
    Computer-aided design
    Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...

  • Illumination Technology
    Illumination
    Illumination, an observable property and effect of light, may also refer to:* Illumination , the use of light sources* Illumination , the use of light and shadow in art...

  • Control Systems
  • Manufacturing Engineering and Technology
    Manufacturing engineering
    Manufacturing engineering is a field dealing with different manufacturing practices and the research and development of processes, machines and equipment.-Overview:...

  • Construction Engineering and Management
    Construction engineering
    Construction engineering is a professional discipline that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and management of infrastructures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and utilities. Construction Engineers are unique such that they are a cross between civil...

  • Structural Engineering
    Structural engineering
    Structural engineering is a field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads. Structural engineering is usually considered a specialty within civil engineering, but it can also be studied in its own right....

  • Engineering Management
    Engineering management
    Engineering Management or Management Engineering is a specialized form of management and engineering that is concerned with the application of engineering principles to business practice...



In addition, the following programs are also offered:
  • Master of Science
    Master of Science
    A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...

     (M.S.) in Software Engineering
    Software engineering
    Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...

  • Master of Computer Applications
    Master of Computer Applications
    The Master of Computer Applications is a postgraduate degree in computer application streams awarded in India. Full time MCA programmes normally take three academic years. The primary emphasis in MCA curriculum is on the development of diverse types of application software rather than designing...

     (M.C.A.)
  • Integrated M.B.A. program (in conjunction with other programs in MAHE)


Campus Placement and Recruitment

Information Technology is the sector absorbing maximum students. MIT witnessed 95% placement in 2008, which has grown steadily since 2005. Even in the recession hit 2008-09, 56 companies turned up offering jobs to 948 students, with the best remuneration reaching peak of 10.75 lakhs per annum. MIT has attracted companies including giants like Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, Motorola, Juniper, EMC Corporation, NetApp, Cisco,Volvo, Honda Motors, Maruti Suzuki and GE.

Practice school

The college offers a practice school programme in the 8th semester, all of which is devoted to a project/internship. There are no academic courses in this semester. Some selected students intern at various reputed companies all over India for a 4 or 6 month project, others do projects in the college itself under faculty guidance. Students can also opt to do their project at the college itself.First introduced in 2005, this concept gives students first hand exposure to industry or a detailed research project over a relatively long period even before they graduate.

Exchange programs

AIESEC Manipal University

AIESEC Manipal University, a local chapter of AIESEC, the world's largest youth-run organization. Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to participate in international internships, experience leadership and participate in a global learning environment. The various types of exchange programs offered are management,technical,educational and developmental, the time span for which may vary from 6 weeks to 18 months.www.aiesecmanipal.org

IAESTE MIT

Students can go for an exchange programmes to a foreign university for a duration of 1 month to 6 months. The exchange programmes are either industrial or academic in nature. IAESTE assists students in going to such programs.

Partner universities

  • Saint-Etienne - Du-Rouvray, Esigelec, France
  • Hochschule Bremen - University for Applied Science-Germany
  • Queensland University of Technology - Australia

General

General Undergraduate Admissions are open to Indian nationals and are based on marks obtained in the qualifying examination(10+2) and their performance in an all India EPSI National Admission Test (ENAT). The test consists of sections in physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....

, biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...

, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...

 and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and includes questions based on THE standard (10+2) syllabus in India. Testing takes place annually in major cities across India. Admissions to the Architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

 program are based on marks obtained in the qualifying examination(10+2) and an all India National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by the Council of Architecture (COA).

For both programs, only candidates who have scored 50% or more in their qualifying examinations (10+2) are considered for admissions.

International/NRI/NRI sponsored

International/NRI admissions admissions are granted based on a top rank list prepared on the basis of the score in the qualifying exam (10+2 marks). International/NRI admissions are subject to different fee structures and are payable in US Dollars.

Graduate and doctoral

Admissions to postgraduate programs are either on the basis of an entrance exam or the performance in an undergraduate degree program. All applicants are required to have appropriate bachelor's degrees.

The institute also offers Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...

 programs on a full-time or part-time basis for suitably qualified candidates.

Anveshan

Anveshan is a national level tech fest conducted by ISTE Students' Chapter MIT, Manipal. It lasts for of 2 weeks usually in first and second weeks of October. The official website of ISTE is http://www.istemanipal.org. For Anveshan it's http://www.isteanveshan.org.

Alacrity

Alacrity is a week-long technical festival organized by IE-ENC student chapter. This annual event allows students to participate in mentally stimulating events at the same time allowing them to showcase there technical work, ideas and achievements.

Techweekend

Techweekend is a national level technical festival organized by IEEE Student branch Manipal. http://www.ieee-manipal.org. This annual festival consists of more than 15 events and is usually held in February. It is one of the biggest events on campus in terms of participation. http://www.techweekend.in

TechTatva

TechTatva is the technical festival of the institute and is held in September. AAVISHKAR is the flagship event of the festival and carries a prize money of around Rs. 1 lakh. TechTatva launched its website in 2009; the current web address is http://techtatva.mitbuzz.com. Other events include Panchatantr (which includes Amazing Tech Race [ATR] and Aetiology), Papyrus (paper presentation competition). In 2009, events related to architecture were also included in the festival.

Revels

Revels is a national cultural and sports festival of the institute. Students from neighbouring institutes also participate. It is usually held during March. Bands such as Parikrama and Euphoria have performed at Revels in 2010 and 2007 respectively.

Symbiot

Symbiot is a national level technical festival organized by the Institute of Engineers: Biotech Chapter (IEBt). This annual symposium was established in 2009 to be a forum for biotechnology. Innovatus is the flagship event of Symbiot'10

Student organizations

The oldest and most prominent student organizations are the Student Council, the Editorial Board, RED-X, Leo Club
Lions Clubs International
Lions Clubs International is a secular service organization with over 44,500 clubs and more than 1,368,683 members in 191 countries around the world founded by Melvin Jones Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, the organization aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and...

, Music and Fine Arts Club (M.A.F.I.A), Photography Club and the HAM Club. RED-X, a socio-adventure club formed in 2004 helps students experience adventure sports and undertakes social work.

The technical student organizations include the Institute of Engineers, Computer Science and Engineering (IE-CSE) Manipal, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Students Chapter, Akshay Urja Club, SAE International Collegiate Club, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...

 and The Institution of Engineers (India). MIT, Manipal has units of the National Service Scheme
National Service Scheme
National Service Scheme ' is an Indian government-sponsored program under the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India. It was started in 1969.-History:...

 (NSS) functioning in its campus. IAESTE
IAESTE
The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience commonly referred to as IAESTE is an international organization exchanging students for technical work experience abroad. Students gain relevant technical training lasting from 4 weeks to 18 months...

(International Association for Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) has its National Secretariat in Manipal, India. Other international organizations such as AIESEC
AIESEC
AIESEC is a global youth organisation that develops leadership capabilities through their internal leadership programmes and engaging students and graduates in international student exchange and internship programmes for profit and non-profit organisations. Its international office is in...

 Manipal University are active in Manipal. MIT Manipal has its own Linux Users Group called LUG Manipal consisting of FOSS
Foss
Foss may refer toPeople*Foss , people with the last name Foss*Foss Shanahan , New Zealand diplomat*Foss Westcott , English bishop...

 enthusiasts who promote technology and knowledge sharing with Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 technologies.

RoboManipal

The RoboManipal team was formed in early October 2010. It is the only official robotics team of the college that takes part on a yearly basis in an international competition Robocon. It consists of enthusiastic budding engineers from branches of engineering like electronics and communication, mechatronics, mechanical and manufacturing, etc.

This year will mark the team's second year at ABU Robocon.

Parikshit

Parikshit is a new team formed in 2010. It is the official satellite team and the first of its kind in Manipal. It is building a satellite for a planned launch in July 2012. It currently consists of students covering almost all branches.

Accreditation

Manipal University is accredited by the Government of India's National Assessment and Accreditation Council
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.-History:NAAC was established in 1994 in...

 (NAAC) .

Statistics

  • Hostel (dorm) buildings: 21
  • Capacity: 5500
  • Boys: 4200
  • Girls: 1000
  • Post graduate: 300

  • Staff quarters: 327
  • Capacity of faculty body: 268

  • College building: 403900 sq ft (37,523.5 m²)
  • Hostel buildings: 674415 sq ft (62,655.2 m²)
  • Staff quarters: 191576 sq ft (17,798 m²)
  • Total land area: 7384576 sq ft (686,049.6 m²)

Alumni

  • Rajeev Chandrasekhar
    Rajeev Chandrasekhar
    Rajeev Chandrasekhar is an Indian businessman and presently serves as an Independent member of the Parliament of India representing Karnataka and Bangalore Urban in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament...

    , Member of Parliament (Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

    ), Chairman and CEO of Jupiter capital, FICCI President, former CEO and founder of BPL mobile.
  • Rajeev Suri, CEO, Nokia Siemens Networks
    Nokia Siemens Networks
    Nokia Siemens Networks is a global data networking and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It is a joint venture between Nokia of Finland and Siemens of Germany...

  • Ajay Chandra, Managing Director, Unitech Group
    Unitech Group
    The Unitech Group is India's second largest real estate investment company, and has recently claimed to be the largest real estate builder in the country.....

     (Spent first two years at MIT, Manipal and transferred to Cornell University
    Cornell University
    Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

     for the latter two years)
  • Satya Nadella, President, Servers & Tools Business, Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

    ; former head of Bing.
  • Ashwani Gujral, author, investment analyst,commentator and trainer. www.ashwanigujral.com
  • Rishi Nath Khanna, Director, C&S Electric
  • Anuj Nath Khanna, Director, C&S Electric
  • R. K. Anand, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Business Unit, Juniper Networks
    Juniper Networks
    Juniper Networks is an information technology and computer networking products multinational company, founded in 1996. It is head quartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The company designs and sells high-performance Internet Protocol network products and services...

  • Vivek Khuller, founder and CEO, Divitas Networks
    Divitas Networks
    DiVitas Networks is a Mobile Unified Communication startup company based in Mountain View, California. It was founded in April, 2005 by Vivek Khuller and shipped the industry's first Mobile UC product in April, 2007...

  • Krishnan Iyer, Vice President, Sequoia Capital
    Sequoia Capital
    Sequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"...

     India
  • Ravi Bapna, Executive Director of CITNE and Professor, Indian School of Business
    Indian School of Business
    The Indian School of Business is a business school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. It offers a Post Graduate Programme in Management , a Fellow Program in Management, and a Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior...

  • Amit Behl, Director, Intel India
    Intel Corporation
    Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...

  • Sunil Madan, Director and Head of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Division, Deutsche Bank
    Deutsche Bank
    Deutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...

  • Anup Paul, former Country Head of Varian, Inc.
    Varian, Inc.
    Varian, Inc. was one of the largest manufacturers of scientific instruments for the scientific industry; they had offerings over the whole range of chemical analysis equipment, with a particular focus on Information Rich Detection and Vacuum technology...

    , India
  • Mr. Suresh H Shah, Chairman and Managing Director,Asian Electronics Limited
  • Ashok Krishnamurthi, Founder CEO and Executive Chairman of Xsigo Systems; former senior VP of Juniper Networks
    Juniper Networks
    Juniper Networks is an information technology and computer networking products multinational company, founded in 1996. It is head quartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The company designs and sells high-performance Internet Protocol network products and services...

  • Praful Shah, Vice President of RingCentral; former-VP, WebEx Communications Inc. (bought by CISCO for 3B$); Former-Director, Oracle Corporation
    Oracle Corporation
    Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

  • Rajan Kohli, Director of Fidelity Investments
    Fidelity Investments
    FMR LLC or Fidelity Investments is an American multinational financial services corporation one of the largest mutual fund and financial services groups in the world. It was founded in 1946 and serves North American investors. Fidelity Ventures is its venture capital arm...

     USA; former-VP, CitiGroup
  • Vihang Dholakia, Managing Director at GE Capital
    GE Capital
    GE Capital is the financial services unit of General Electric, one of five major units. Its various divisions include GE Capital Aviation Services, GE Capital Real Estate, GE Energy Financial Services and GE Money....

  • Glenville da Silva, Vice President, Volvo
    Volvo
    AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...

     (India)
  • Anant Talaulikar, Chairman and Managing Director, Cummins India Limited
    Cummins
    Cummins Inc. is a Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems...

  • Balachandra Patil, Senior Scientific Officer, Indian Institute of Science
    Indian Institute of Science
    Indian Institute of Science is a research institution of higher learning located in Bangalore, India. It was established in 1909.-History:After a chance meeting between Jamsetji N...

  • Prof. J. S. Sathish Kumar, Vice-President of Vinayaka Missions University.Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation, Deemed University
    Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation, Deemed University
    Vinayaka Missions University , is a higher education institution based in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.-History:Vinayaka Missions had its inception in the year 1981 with the establishment of the Thirumuruga Kirupananda Variyar Thavathiru Sundara Swamigal Medical Educational and Charitable Trust. Not...

  • Narasimha Bhat, founder and CEO of Manipal Dot Net Pvt, Manipal
    Manipal
    Manipal is a university town situated in the state of Karnataka in India. It is a suburb within Udupi city and is administered by Udupi City Municipality. It is located in the rocky hinterland of the Malabar Coast of south west India, about 8 km from the Arabian Sea...

  • Ram Menon, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Tibco Software
    Tibco Software
    TIBCO Software Inc. is a provider of infrastructure software for companies to use on-premise or as part of cloud computing environments. TIBCO manages information, decisions, processes and applications in real-time for over 4,000 customers worldwide...

  • Harish K Murthi, installed the country’s first ATM in 1988 for Indian Bank and also the first drive-in ATM for the same bank, Chairman and Managing Director of India Switch Company Pvt. Ltd., HMA Starware Pvt. Ltd., CashLink Global Systems Pvt. Ltd
  • Pankaj Oswal
    Pankaj Oswal
    Pankaj Oswal is an Indian Australian businessman. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of Burrup Holdings Limited. BOY is a Perth based company and one of the world's largest liquid ammonia production companies. Oswal has a fortune of over A$2 billion making him one of Australia's richest...

    , CMD and founder, Burrup Fertilizers
  • Sunil Rao - Chief Design Engineer@NASA
  • Himesh Dhungel, President of Hamilton Clark & Co
  • Dr. Aloysius Henry Sequeira, former Registrar of National Institute of Technology, Karnataka.
  • Dr. B. Upendra Nayak, former Director Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune under the ministry of Water Resources, Government of India.
  • Prof. T. G. Pai, visiting Professor - NWTF, Aerospace Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  • Sri Ranjeeth Deshmukh, Vice President and President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 1982 onwards, member of Maharashtra Legislative Council(1985–1990, 1990–1995 and 1998–2004). Cabinet Minister for Rural Development M.S w.e.f 1992 to 1995
  • Radhakrishna G Iyer, member of Technical Staff, Advanced Micro Devices
  • K. Shankar Narayan, Dy. General Manager, HAL, Nashik and Hon. Secretary Aeronautical Society of India, Nasik Branch. MIT, Manipal

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