Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET), formerly Thapar University, is a deemed-to-be-university, in Patiala, India. It was founded in 1956 by Karam Chand Thapar.

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
Former name
Thapar University
TypePrivate
Established1956
FounderKaram Chand Thapar
ChairmanR.R. Vederah
PresidentGautam Thapar
DirectorPrakash Gopalan
Location
Patiala
,
Punjab
,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUGC
Websitewww.thapar.edu

Campus
Thapar Campus Aerial View

The campus is housed in a 250-acre land in the heart of Patiala and has six old academic blocks, namely A, B, C, D, E, F and two newly constructed TAN and H block. The old building of Thapar Polytechnic College has been converted into an academic block named G.

Expansion in 2018

In 2018, the institute inauguration of 3 new buildings including a lecture hall complex, computer block and a new library.

The completed expansions included a new 5-floor Nava Nalanda library, one 6-Floor Computer-Complex consisting of Labs and Faculty Areas and one 6-Floor Lecture Complex with Lecture halls of capacity ranging from 200 students to 550 students each and activity rooms with capacity of 200 students each.

The campus includes state of the art hostels namely, A, B, C, D, H, J, K, L, M [M1, M2, M3, M4 (M5-8 Planned)], O, [Boys] E, F, G, I,N [Girls] with the total capacity exceeding 8,000 students.

Rankings
University rankings
General – international
QS (World) (2022)[1]1001–1200
QS (Asia) (2020)[2]261–270
Times (World) (2020)[3]601–800
Times (Asia) (2021)[4]144
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[5]51
NIRF (Universities) (2020)[6]31
Engineering – India
NIRF (2020)[7]29
Outlook India (2019)[8]27
India Today (2020)[9]23

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology was ranked 601–800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020[3] and 144 in Asia in the ranking of 2021.[4] The QS World University Rankings of 2022 ranked it 1001–1200 in the world[1] while the in 2020 it was ranked 261–270 in Asia.[2] In India, the university ranked 23 among engineering colleges by India Today in 2020,[9] 27 by Outlook India in 2019.[8] The National Institutional Ranking Framework has ranked 29th among engineering institutions in 2020,[7] 31st among universities[6] and 51st overall.[5]

Future expansions

Thapar University plans to set up two campuses over the next five years: one on a 14-acre (57,000 m2) campus near Chandigarh[10] and another in Chhattisgarh.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "QS World University Rankings 2022". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. "QS Asia University Rankings 2020". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2020.
  3. "Top 1000 World University Rankings 2020". Times Higher Education. 2019.
  4. "Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings (2021)". Times Higher Education. 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  5. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  6. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  7. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  8. "India's Top 150 Engineering Colleges In 2019". Outlook India. 13 June 2019.
  9. "Best ENGINEERING Colleges 2020: List of Top ENGINEERING Colleges 2020 in India". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  10. "Avantha group to invest Rs 100 crore in education sector". Indian Express. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  11. "NBCC Board of Directors". nbccindia.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.