Graphic Era
Graphic Era Deemed to be University (formerly Graphic Era Institute of Technology) is an institute of higher education in Clement Town, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. The university was founded as 'Graphic Era Institute of Technology' in 1993. In 2008 it was accorded the status of deemed university.
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Former names | Graphic Era Institute of Technology (GEIT) |
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| Motto | Transforming Dreams Into Reality |
| Type | Deemed to be University |
| Established | 1993 |
| Chancellor | Prof. (Dr.) R. C. Joshi |
| President | Prof. (Dr.) Kamal Ghanshala |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. (Dr.) Rakesh Kumar Sharma |
Academic staff | 270 |
Administrative staff | 251 |
| Students | 5433 |
| Undergraduates | 4615 |
| Postgraduates | 632 |
| 145 | |
| Location | , , 30.267469°N 77.995927°E |
| Campus | DEHRADUN AND BHIMTAL |
| Affiliations | UGC, AIU, NAAC, MHRD[AICTE]. |
| Website | geu.ac.in |
History
Graphic Era was founded in 1993 and started with undergraduate programs in core engineering and allied sciences. In 2008 the institute was accorded the status of deemed university.[1] In 2015 Graphic Era was accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with grade ‘A’.[2]
Academics
Recognition and accreditation
- Deemed university status under General Category August 14, 2008 See: Ministry of Human Resource Development, GOI, Notification F, 9-48/2007 U-3(A) Under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956.[1]
- Accredited by National Assessment Accreditation Council (NAAC) with grade 'A'.[3]
- As of the 6 June 2018, it is the only private university in the state of Uttarakhand to have obtained an approval from AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education).[4]
- In 2019 the National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked Graphic Era the second highest engineering institution in Uttarakhand, after IIT Roorkee.[5]
Admissions
Admission to all courses at Graphic Era is granted on a merit basis.[6]
Academic programmes
The university offers 37 undergraduate and postgraduate courses across disciplines like engineering and technology, management, allied sciences, humanities and social sciences, and hospitality.[7] GEU has six schools:
- School of Engineering and Technology
- School of Computer Application
- School of Management Studies
- School of Hotel Management and Hospitality
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Commerce
Placements
Graphic Era has a training and placement department, the Corporate Resource Cell.
International collaborations
Graphic Era lists collaborative partnerships with the following international institutions and organizations:[8]
- European Regional Educational Academy, Armenia
- Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
- Nahda University, Egypt
- Polytech Nantes, France
- Université de Haute-Alsace, France
- Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Iraq
- Stenden University, Netherlands
- Hochschule Fulda – University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Taylor's University, Malaysia
- Lyceum of the Philippines University, Philippines
- Astrakhan State University, Russia
- Chechen State Pedagogical Institute, Russia
- South-West State University, Russia
- Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia
- Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Russia
- Robot Research Initiative, South Korea
- Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Spain
- Birmingham City University, UK
- Arkansas State University, USA
- California State University, San Bernardino, USA
- Chatham University, USA
- National University, USA
- University of California, Riverside, USA
- University of North Alabama, USA
- Education for Advancement, Florida, USA
References
- "University". www.ugc.ac.in. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- "National Assessment and Accreditation Council". kar.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- "Accreditation List". web5.kar.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- "Government of India, All India Council for Technical Education -". www.aicte-india.org. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- "MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)". nirfindia.org. National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), MHRD. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- "Scholarship of Graphic Era University". CollegeSearch.in.
- "Graphic Era courses offered". geu.ac.in. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- Era, Graphic. "GEU International Tie-ups with Colleges". www.geu.ac.in. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2017.