University College of Engineering (RTU), Kota

CAMPUS:

UCE is located on the outskirts of Kota on the banks of the Chambal river. The campus is spread over 385 acres (1.56 km) (probably the largest campus in Rajasthan) and comprises five academic blocks, one administrative block, one library building, one gymnasium, one building for the proctor, training and placement activities, electrical and mechanical workshops, and laboratories.

Campus amenities include bank, post office, dispensary, and shopping center. There are four boys and one girls hostel with amenities like food and recreation. A gymnasium, three indoor badminton halls, a football and an athletic ground have been built. Residential quarters are provided to faculty members and supporting staff. For visitors, a guest house with kitchen facility has been provided.

DEPARTMENTS:

Management
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Humanities and Social Science
Computer Engineering and Information Technology
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Electronics Instrumentation and Control Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Aeronautical Engineering
Production and Industrial Engineering
Technical activities

Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE):
The IETE is a professional society devoted to the advancement of the science and technology of electronics, telecommunication and IT. It was founded in the college in 2004. The IETE conducts and sponsors technical meetings, conferences, symposia, and exhibitions all over India, publishes technical journals and provides continuing education as well as career advancement opportunities to its members.

Industry - Institute Interaction Cell UCE strives for close interaction and partnership with industry, in projects of relevance to local industry

Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE):
ISTE is the organization working for the improvement of technical institutions in India. The institute has full fledged chapter and a student chapter of ISTE. Activities of ISTE chapters include curriculum development, organising seminars, conferences and short term courses on technical developments.

A course on "Finite Element Techniques" have been organised for the teachers of Engineering Colleges of India.

The institute has active chapters of IEEE society and Vivekananda Kendra.

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES:

Techlaunch is the national level paper and poster presentation and is organised annually. Students form engineering institutes participate in this event. It started in 2005. The event is organised by third and final year students. This is generally a three to five day long event.

Anukriti Anukriti is the main cultural event of the institute and is organized annually in February. Students from colleges across India participate in this event. Cultural weekends are organised from time to time.

SPIC MACAY SPIC MACAY is a society for the promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture among Youth. A college chapter of SPIC MACAY has run since 1986. It organises concerts and lectures/demonstrations by renowned artists.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES:

National Service Scheme (NSS) NSS provides students with an opportunity to participate in social and community service activities. Student volunteers have visited the slum dwellers, to educate the illiterate and to help them in understanding the importance of personal hygiene.

National Cadet Corps (NCC) The institute has a full fledged NCC unit namely 14th Raj Bn, NCC Kota and 7RAJ AIR SQN NCC, with Under Officer as company head.

ECK is the only government engineering college to have an NCC with a cadet strength of over 60. Besides regular activities like parades and classes on weekends, NCC conducts welfare activities in the college premises such as tree planting and blood donation. The students of NCC airwing are giving aircraft training and some have done sorties up to five hours in ZenAir microlite.

PLACEMENTS:

The institute assists in placement of final year students. The main recruiters are IT companies, however other companies visit the campus. Some of the companies visiting campus are Accenture, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, Tech Mahindra, L&T, Cummins Research and Technology India Limited, Vedanta, Impetus Technologies, Cognizant Technology Solutions, HCL Technologies, IBM, Secure Meters etc.,Chambal Fertilizers,samtel glass, Mahindra and Mahindra, Ambuja Cement, GMR Infra, Indian army, and Indian navy. The avg pakage in this institute is around 4-5 lakh.