Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal

The erstwhile Chhotu Ram State College of Engineering, Murthal Haryana Government Institute was upgraded to Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Murthal through an act of legislation dated 30.10.2006 issued vide Haryana Govt. notification No. Leg./33-2006 dated 6.11.2006.The University is located on the National Highway No. 1(G.T. Road) 48 Km. from ISBT, New Delhi towards Chandigarh. The location of university falls within one of the fastest growing industrial belt of Haryana. The University is spread over 273 acres and has a fully residential campus with ample built up space in a contemporary architectural idiom.
This university aims to create new frontier of knowledge and produce excellent engineers who have learnt their skills in an environment of highly competent & skilled faculty– engineers who will known for their innovation, imagination, synthesizing & analytical competence, scientific intellect and who are committed to excellence.
The campus also houses Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology(CIPET), established by the Act of Parliament. CIPET was inaugurated by Haryana CM Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda on May 11, 2013.[citation needed] The university has been awarded with the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme Phase - II (TEQIP Phase-II) of the World Bank Project.

History
The Institution started with Mechanical Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering, with an intake of 30 students in each branch.[citation needed] It was known as the Chhotu Ram State College of Engineering, Murthal until the government of Haryana upgraded it to University in 2006.

Location
The university is located on National Highway No. 1 at a distance of 50 km from I.S.B.T., Delhi and at a distance of 8 km from Sonipat railway station. The sprawling campus of the College has been developed on 273 acres (1.10 km2) of land which falls within the industrial and commercial belt extending from Kundli to Panipat. The site has a strategic location in that it is near the national capital while being in the clean and unpolluted environment of the country side.