Deccan College of Engineering and Technology

Deccan College of Engineering and Technology
Type	Technical institute
Established	1984
Chairman	Asaduddin Owaisi
Director	Dr.Syeda Gauhar Fatima
Undergraduates	2500
Postgraduates	120
Location	Hyderabad, Telangana, India; 17°23′05″N 78°27′54″E / 17.3846°N 78.4649°E
Campus	Urban, 1.51 acres
Affiliations	Osmania University
Website	www.deccancollege.ac.in

The Deccan College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) is a technical institute at Darussalam, Nampally in Hyderabad, India. The college is one of the eight Engineering colleges affiliated to Osmania University in Hyderabad.

History

The college was established in 1984 as a self-financing minority institution by the Darussalam Educational Trust chaired by Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, a prominent politician and Member of Parliament.

Campus

The campus is in the heart of the city at Nampally. The college occupies an area of 66,070 sq ft (6,138 m2) built-in area with adjacent open space of approximate 16 acres (65,000 m2) for further expansion. It also houses the Deccan School of Management, the AIMIM party office, Etemaad Press Office, Deccan School of Pharmacy and the Deccan School of Planning and Architecture which was started in the year 2011 with an annual intake of 80 students.^[1]

Objective

The main objective of this group of institutions is to impart technical knowledge and skill in all aspects to the deserving candidates particularly the Muslim Minority community and promote them to the international standards. The institutions take efforts to develop every student into a well qualified Professional of the future India and also to instill confidence and courage in them to face the challenging world with new vision. Also the institutions intend to make all the students know the fundamental principles so that they can build their research career in the future. The basic objective will be developing R&D in the fundamentals of Science, Engineering & Technology disciplines.

Courses offered

The institute is consistently ranked among the best in Hyderabad.^{[citation needed]} It offers four-year Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in the following fields:

For Post Graduation, the institute offers two-year Master of Engineering (M.E.) degree in the following fields:

Civil Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering with specialization in Digital Systems
MTech in Computer Science and Engineering

It also offers a three-year Master's programme in Computer Applications (M.C.A.).

Admissions

For admission to the first year of the four-year degree course in Engineering, candidates must fulfill the eligibility requirements as prescribed by the government of Telangana State and Osmania University from time to time. The intake of first year is 620 students from all branches. All admissions are made strictly in accordance with the government rules in force at the time. Since it is a Muslim minority college 75% of the seats are reserved for Muslims who appear and qualify in the state-level Engineering and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET). The remaining 25% seats are filled by the College Management.

Admissions to the three-year Master of Computer Applications is made through the Integrated Common Entrance Test (I-CET).

References

^ "A new college of architecture -- Deccan School of Planning & Architecture -- has been granted permission by the Council of architecture, New Delhi to start a 5-year undergraduate degree course in AP with an annual intake of 80 students. - Times of India".

External links

Official website

[1] "A new college of architecture -- Deccan School of Planning & Architecture -- has been granted permission by the Council of architecture, New Delhi to start a 5-year undergraduate degree course in AP with an annual intake of 80 students. - Times of India".

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