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MAKAUT

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (formerly WBUT)

Kolkata (Salt Lake / Haringhata)

Official website

~200

Affiliated colleges

2001

Established

B++

NAAC

Engineering 151-200 band

NIRF 2025

Admissions & entrance exams

B.Tech (first year)

  • WBJEE (conducted by WBJEEB)
  • JEE Main (ranks accepted in WBJEEB counselling)

After diploma · lateral entry

JELET by WBJEEB for 2nd-year B.Tech/B.Pharm. Needs 3-yr AICTE diploma (or B.Sc/B.Voc) with 45% (40% reserved). Seats by JELET General Merit Rank; seat share per AICTE lateral-entry norms (not stated).

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M.Tech / MBA / MCA

  • GATE / PGET (WBJEEB) for M.Tech
  • WBJEM (WBJEEB) for MBA/MCA
  • PhD entrance (university)

Counselling: WBJEEB runs centralised online counselling at wbjeeb.nic.in for WBJEE and JEE Main rank holders (3 rounds plus mop-up), then decentralised rounds. JELET has separate WBJEEB counselling.

Popular programs

B.TechB.PharmBCABBAB.ScM.TechMBAMCAM.PharmPhD

~200 affiliated colleges

Annual Report 2020-21 cites 192 to 198 affiliated colleges (VC message says 'more than 200'), covering engineering, management, pharmacy, computer applications and allied courses.

As of 2020-21 · MAKAUT Annual Report 2020-21

Flagship institutes

  1. 1Jadavpur University, KolkataSeparate unitary state university, not affiliated to MAKAUT. NIRF 2025 Engineering #18.
  2. 2MAKAUT main campus (in-house schools), KolkataUniversity's own engineering, biotech and management schools.
  3. 3Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, JalpaiguriGovernment college affiliated to MAKAUT.
  4. 4Heritage Institute of Technology, KolkataPrivate autonomous college affiliated to MAKAUT.
  5. 5Narula Institute of Technology, Agarpara, KolkataPrivate college affiliated to MAKAUT.

Recognition & ranking

UGC
Recognised by UGC (state university under West Bengal Act XV of 2000)
AICTE
Affiliated technical programmes are AICTE-approved
NAAC
Grade B++ (CGPA 2.85, Dec 2023, 2nd cycle; per Careers360)
NIRF
NIRF 2025: Engineering 151-200 band; Pharmacy #83

Placements

NIRF data (via Careers360) shows a modest B.Tech median for the university's own campus; affiliated colleges report separately.

Average / median

₹4.5 LPA (median)

Highest

Not published

MAKAUT own campus, UG 4-year · 2023-24 (NIRF 2025 data) · source

Affiliated colleges place students on their own, so figures vary widely from college to college.

Industry & incubation

  • Ekta Technology Business Incubation Centre at MAKAUT (per Annual Report 2020-21)
  • Social Entrepreneurship Cell set up by the university

Good to know

  • CGPA to %: Percentage = (CGPA - 0.75) x 10 (e.g. 7.75 = 70%), per MAKAUT notice 'Process to Calculate Percentage From Grade Point'.
  • Follows AICTE model curriculum with CBCS; NEP-2020 features such as MOOCs (SWAYAM/NPTEL) credits and multidisciplinary electives are part of its regulations.
  • Mandatory MOOCs credit points and supplementary exams for backlogs; Jadavpur University is a separate top unitary state university.