Oldest Engineering Colleges in India
April 6th, 2008I noticed there isn’t a listing of oldest engineering schools (colleges) in India ranked by established year. Here’s an attempt to draw one up:
My alma mater from Bangalore is one of the oldest!
This list is still not complete (at least till I compile the earliest 10). If you can help complete the list, please do let me know.
April 10th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Looks like University of Mumbai is 1857. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mumbai
May 8th, 2008 at 12:30 am
When did it have an Engineering school?
June 28th, 2008 at 7:24 am
PDA College of Engg has established sometime in 1957ish I guess. Dont know whether it make it 10
July 4th, 2008 at 6:45 am
IISc was established in 1909
September 15th, 2008 at 3:51 am
Interesting to note that most of these colleges are on a downhill spiral now. Only Roorkee is saved since it became an IIT. You may find this article interesting to read. We need to fix our higher education system: http://indradhanush-laal.blogspot.com/2008/08/it-education-in-need-of-reboot.html
March 6th, 2009 at 7:18 am
You are forgetting VJTI, Mumbai
A Brief History of VJTI
Established in 1887, the V. J. T. Institute started with only two departments, namely the Sir J. J. School of Mechanical Engineering and the Ripon Textile School for the two branches of industry in which Bombay was vitally interested at the time. The aim was to with a desire to meet the technical manpower requirements of Bombay. The first step in the expansion of the Institute was taken in 1903 when courses in Electrical Engineering were introduced. The Technical & Applied Chemistry Department was added in 1906 which was followed in 1914 by the Department of Sanitary Engineering. In 1913 by G. R. No. 1850 of 27th June, the institute was recognised by the Government of Bombay as the Central Technological Institute, Bombay Province. In the early days, the Institute was housed in Byculla in a building donated for the purpose by Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit. In the course of development, the Institute’s building at Byculla proved insufficient for the growing number of students who sought admission and soon after the First World War in 1923, the Institute moved to its present and more commodious, specially constructed building at Matunga, which represents the most important landmark in the history of the Institute. This would not have been possible but for the liberal grants given by the Government and the Bombay Millowners’ Association. A new block of northern light roof type construction was added in 1931 for housing the textile machinery and equipment which was obtained through the kind offices of Sir Ness Wadia.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:30 am
hello people….
i am sure my college,harcourt butler technology institute(HBTI) will make it among the top 10 in the list…
it was established in 1921 n still is among the top 25 engineering college in india according to the outlook ranking of engineering colleges
HBTI rOcKs….and so does harcourtians….!!!
August 5th, 2009 at 5:42 am
jamia millia islamia was established in year 1920 nw in delhi a central univeruity,i guess it must be in top 10
September 4th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Indian School Of Mines University, Dhanbad
Established in 1926 on the lines of Royal school of mines
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:44 pm
College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala - 1939
October 24th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
for your knowledge, i would like to correct you that nit patna was established in 1889 not in 1900
December 12th, 2009 at 12:50 am
birla vishwakarma mahavidyalaya,v.v.nagar,anand was started in 1948.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Govt Engg College was set up in 1947
January 10th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Govt Engg College, JABALPUR, was established in 1947
February 8th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Good one.
NIT Surat-1961
Birla VishvaKarma Vidyalaya,Anand-1948
LD Engineering,Ahmedabad-1948
IIT B- I guess 1950 (make it sure)
Might help you for further list.
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
the institution of engineers (india) established in 1920 at madras started AMIE examination in 1928