# Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB), formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT), is a public technical university located in Haringhata, West Bengal, India. Established in 2001 by the West Bengal legislature, it is fully funded by the Government of West Bengal. The university provides management and engineering degrees through affiliated colleges and in-house departments.

## History

An expert committee was set up on 31 December 1998 by the Government of West Bengal, under the Chairmanship of Ashesh Prosad Mitra, for establishing a university of engineering and technology in West Bengal. The university was formalized on 15 January 2001 by an act of the West Bengal Legislature. The university changed its name from West Bengal University of Technology to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal in April 2015. From 2023 University started to give access to DigiLocker System to Students.

## Campus

The university has a main campus covering approximately 40 acres at Haringhata, provided by the Government of West Bengal. Hostels accommodate both male and female students. The university is located in between Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya and IISER Kolkata.

## Organisation and administration
### Schools, Departments & Centers

The university has 11 different Schools of Studies and there are 75 Undergraduate and 100 post-graduate courses.
| Schools | Department and Centres |
| SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Biotechnology |
| SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Bioinformatics |
| SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Applied Biology |
| SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Life Sciences |
| SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Centre for Bio Resource Management & Bioeconomy |
| SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING | Computer science and engineering |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Information technology |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Emerging technologies |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Information science-Undergraduate |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Information science-Postgraduate |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Computer Applications |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Geo-informatics and Spatial sciences |
| SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Industrial Engineering and Management |
| SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Microelectronics and VLSI Technology |
| SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Centre for Robotics & 3D Printing |
| SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Centre for Biomedical engineering |
| SCHOOL OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | Environmental science |
| SCHOOL OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | Renewable Energy Engineering |
| SCHOOL OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | Centre for Waste utilization |
| SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | Management & Business administration |
| SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | Management & Business Studies |
| SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | Undergraduate Business Studies |
| SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | Hospital administration & Management |
| SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | Hospitality & Hotel administration |
| SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Applied Chemistry |
| SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Applied Mathematics |
| SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Applied Physics |
| SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Applied Statistics |
| SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Forensic science & Technology |
| SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | Materials science & Technology |
| SCHOOL OF FOOD SCIENCE & AGRO TECHNOLOGY | Food Science |
| SCHOOL OF FOOD SCIENCE & AGRO TECHNOLOGY | Food technology |
| SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE & HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY | Pharmaceutical technology |
| SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES | Applied economics |
| SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES | Applied psychology |
| SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES | Linguistics |
| SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES | Humanities |
| SCHOOL OF MEDIA SCIENCE & ENTERTAINMENT | Media Science |
| SCHOOL OF MEDIA SCIENCE & ENTERTAINMENT | Multimedia technology |
| SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE DESIGN | Archaeology (Heritage Cell) |

## Academics
### Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 157 among engineering colleges in 2020, 158 in 2021. And gave rank band 201–250 in 2022 and 101–150 in 2023 & 2024. In 2024, NIRF's newly introduced parameter, "State Public University" it ranked within 51-100.

### Accreditation and recognition

The university is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). It has been awarded B++ with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.87 by the NAAC.
In the year 2022 University received NBA accreditation for two Undergraduate B.Tech. courses in CSE and IT for 3 years and for Postgraduate M.Tech. course in Biotechnology for 6 years.