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VTU

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Belagavi

Official website Results Grievance

~200

Affiliated colleges

1998

Established

no grade found

NAAC

Engineering band 151-200

NIRF 2025

Admissions & entrance exams

B.Tech (first year)

  • KCET (KEA): Physics, Chemistry, Maths, 60 MCQs each, 80 min per paper, no negative marking. Engineering rank = 50% KCET + 50% 2nd PUC PCM marks
  • COMEDK UGET: for private unaided colleges (150+ KUPECA members). 180 MCQs on PCM, 3 hours, computer-based. Needs 45% in PCM (40% reserved, Karnataka)

After diploma · lateral entry

DCET (KEA): diploma holders join 2nd year (3rd sem) B.E. 100 marks, 3 hrs. About 45% in diploma needed (40% SC/ST/Cat-1). Seats: up to 10% supernumerary plus vacant 1st-year seats (AICTE)

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M.Tech / MBA / MCA

  • Karnataka PGCET (KEA) for M.Tech, MBA, MCA
  • GATE for M.Tech (GATE-qualified get priority)
  • VTU's own Ph.D. entrance test for research admissions

Counselling: KEA runs online option entry and seat allotment for KCET and DCET (cetonline.karnataka.gov.in). COMEDK runs its own counselling for private college quota seats.

Popular programs

B.E. / B.Tech (UG in 37 disciplines)B.ArchB.PlanM.Tech / M.E. (PG in 96 disciplines across schemes)MBAMCAM.Arch / M.PlanPh.D. and M.Sc. (Engg.) by researchB.Voc (VTU regulations, 2026)

~200 affiliated colleges

154 affiliated plus 46 autonomous colleges. 154 non-autonomous affiliated colleges and 46 autonomous colleges, plus 4 regional centres (Belagavi, Bengaluru, Kalaburagi, Mysuru) and Centres for PG Studies

As of VTU About page, checked October 2026 (page undated) · VTU official website (About VTU)

Flagship institutes

  1. 1RV College of Engineering, BengaluruAutonomous college affiliated to VTU
  2. 2BMS College of Engineering, BengaluruAutonomous college affiliated to VTU
  3. 3M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, BengaluruAutonomous college affiliated to VTU
  4. 4Siddaganga Institute of Technology, TumakuruAutonomous college affiliated to VTU
  5. 5The National Institute of Engineering, MysuruAutonomous college affiliated to VTU
  6. 6VTU Centre for PG Studies, Jnana Sangama, BelagaviUniversity's own teaching campus

Recognition & ranking

UGC
State university recognised under UGC Act Sections 2(f) and 12(B)
AICTE
B.E./B.Tech, MBA, MCA programmes at affiliated colleges are AICTE-approved
NAAC
Not officially published (no current NAAC grade found on VTU or NAAC sites)
NIRF
NIRF 2025: Engineering band 151-200, University band 101-150 (NIRF 2026 not yet released)

Placements

VTU's own UG programme (constituent departments only) placed 31 of 42 graduates in 2023-24. Affiliated colleges report placements separately.

Average / median

₹3.0 LPA (median)

Highest

Not published

VTU's own UG 4-year programme only (NIRF ID IR-E-U-0249); excludes all affiliated and autonomous colleges · 2023-24 graduating batch (NIRF 2025 data) · source

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

Industry & incubation

  • Most affiliated colleges are in or near Bengaluru, India's largest IT and electronics hub
  • Colleges run their own placement cells; there is no single VTU-wide placement figure
  • Regulations allow SWAYAM/NPTEL and other approved online courses for credit, including Honours and Minor degrees
  • Autonomous colleges set their own curriculum and run their own placements and exams

Good to know

  • Grades O(10) to P(4), F fails. Percentage = CGPA x 10 (BE/BTech Regulations 2022, clause 22OB 6.7)
  • 2022 regulations framed with NEP-2020 in mind: Honours/Minor via 18 extra online credits, and credits kept if you re-join within 3 years of exit
  • Carry-over: you need F grades under 16 credits in 1st year to reach 3rd sem, and all 1st-year courses passed to enter 7th sem. Pass = 40% overall, 35% in SEE