University College of Engineering BIT Campus, Anna University (Tiruchirappalli)

Academic Excellence

Anna University Tiruchirappalli otherwise Anna University Chennai – Regional Office, BIT CAMPUS, Tiruchirappalli (AUC-ROT), erstwhile Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, is a technical university department of Anna University, It is located on Tiruchirappalli–Pudukkottai National Highway 336, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established on 1999 as a part of Bharathidasan University with five departments viz., Bio-Technology, Petrochemical Technology, Information Technology and Pharmaceutical Technology. In 2007, due to management constrains Anna University was split into six universities, namely: Anna University, Chennai; Anna University, Chennai – Taramani Campus; Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Coimbatore; Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Madurai; Anna University Chennai – Regional Office, Tiruchirappalli; Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Tirunelveli. Government acquired this campus from Bharathidasan University and renamed it as Anna University Tiruchirappalli in 2007.The university is an accredited university with powers to grant affiliations to colleges and universities conducting graduate and post graduate studies, as well as diploma courses, and is so recognized by the UGC.

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Vision

To transform students into competent professional and responsible citizens by focusing on assimilation, analysis, synthesis and dissemination of knowledge to meet the societal needs.

Research

This Centre is offering admission to Ph.D. programme twice a year. Around 11,000 research scholars are pursuing Ph.D. programme. Foreign scholars are admitted through ICCR and QIP scholars have been admitted through AICTE. In order to further enhance the research activities in Anna University and to become a global competitor in research, meritorious and talented youth with PG degree are attracted by “Anna Centenary Research Corpus” supporting 50 research fellowships every year with a stipend of Rs.20,000/- per month to each scholar for a maximum period of 3 years.

The Centre is looking after the recognition of Departments of various affiliated Engineering Colleges and Industrial Units/R&D centres to do research with this University. It is also providing a platform for the faculty members to interact with other experts in their area of specialization within India and abroad which provide an opportunity for others to understand the research quality of this University and also pave way for scientific collaboration. Around 5000 teaching staffs/experts are recognized as supervisors by the Centre for guiding research scholars.