The Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), Tumkur, is one among the 130+ educational institutions run by the Sri Siddaganga Educational Society. It was established in the year 1963 starting with three Courses leading to Bachelor of Engineering in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and is now offering undergraduate degree courses in 12 disciplines. In addition it also runs post-graduates programmes in 7 disciplines, including MBA and MCA Courses. It has nearly 4000 students pursuing the above courses with a faculty strength of about 273. The Institute is Affiliated to Visveswaraya Technological University, Belgaum and has granted permanent affiliation to SIT.
The Institute is one of the 14 Engineering Colleges under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) a World Bank Project, administered by the Government of Karnataka in the state and is granted Academic Autonomy from the Year 2007-08. From the academic year 2007-08 the 1st Semester is run under the autonomous status. Its undergraduate courses are Accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), an Autonomous body of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.
The Institute has 17 Teaching departments, offering 12 Under-garduate and 7 Post-graduate programmes. The Dept. of Placement and Training, the Dept. of Library and the Dept. of Physical Education and the SIT Group of Hostels, offer other supporting services and facilities.
Courses
Under Graduate Programmes
1 Architecture
2 Biotechnology
3 Civil Engineering
4 Chemical Engineering
5 Computer Science & Engineering
6 Electrical & Electronics Engineering
7 Electronics & Communication Engineering
8 Industrial Engineering & Management
9 Information Science & Engineering
10 Instruementation & Electronics Engineering
11 Mechanical Engineering
12 Telecommunication Engineering
Post Graduate Programmes
1 Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2 Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
3 M.Tech. (Civil Engineering - Structures)
4 M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering)
5 M.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering)
6 M.Tech. (Thermal Power Engineering)
7 M.Tech. (Signal Processing – E & C)
8 M.Tech. (Manufacturing Sc.– Engineering)
9 M.Tech. (Transport Engg.– Management)
10 M.Tech. (Computer Network Engineering)
Ph.D. Programmes (Research centre for M.Sc. Engineering & Ph.D. Degrees)
1 P.h.D (Chemical Engineering)
2 P.h.D (Civil Engineering)
3 P.h.D (Computer Science & Engineering)
4 P.h.D (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
5 P.h.D (Instruementation Technology)
6 P.h.D (Mechanical Engineering)
7 P.h.D (Management)
8 P.h.D (Mathematics)
9 P.h.D (Chemistry)
10 P.h.D (Physics)
11 P.h.D (Industrial Engineering – Management )
12 P.h.D (Telecommunication Engineering)
13 P.h.D (Biotechnology)
B.E / B.Arch Admissions for the Academic
Through CET Karnataka Selection Process (45% of the total seats)
Through COMEDK (30% of the total seats)
Through Management Quota (25% of the total seats)
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