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Cochin University of Science and Technology
By Sudheesh Kumar B K
Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a government owned autonomous university in Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India. Founded in 1971, the university has three campuses, two in Kochi and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, 66 km inland. The university awards degrees in engineering and allied subjects at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels.
Nearly 2,000 students engage yearly in undergraduate and postgraduate study in this university. Admissions are based on an All India Entrance Examination known as the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the University which includes papers for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Departmental Admission Tests (DAT) are also conducted for some postgraduate Courses. Cochin University of Science and Technology is structured into nine faculties: Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Humanities, Law, Marine Sciences, Medical Sciences and Technology, and Social Sciences.
Cochin University of Science and Technology has 29 departments of study and research offering graduate and postgraduate programmes across a spectrum of disciplines in engineering, science, technology, humanities, law & management. The University provides research facility and consists of Research labs. The research laboratories have been developed/augmented using the 2007 MHRD grant.
The Faculty of Engineering offers engineering in following streams- Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Information Technology, and Safety and Fire Engineering. Cochin University of Science and Technology established a separate CELOS in July 2002 which conducts manpower training in Photonics and related fields. The activities under CELOS have been proposed by the Department of Physics and Department of Electronics in CUSAT. CELOS offers a five year integrated M.Sc degree course in Photonics.
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