Harcourt Butler Technical University: The mother of an IIT & the pride of UP

The college curriculum is very relevant and ever since the institute was converted into an autonomous University, its curriculum is updated regularly to match the ever growing industry and give an edge to students during placements. The relevance of the curriculum enhances the employability of the students and thereby producing able technocrats with sufficient knowledge to cater of the industry needs.

There a Traning & Placement Cell that ensures training the students to appear for various rounds of interview to prove their employability. The placement rate is an impressive 80 percent, with some branches like Paint Technology overseeing 100 percent placement since decades. The highest package is over a crore under normal circumstances while lowest is 4 LPA. Thr average is around 8-10 LPA. Many students also go for GATE to works in PSUs.

The fee is low, when compared to central universities. The fees is around ?1,35,000 with little to no hike. Over that, the state government also offers various scholarships to students. Some seats are even reserved for fee waiver candidates. Even private trusts also come forward to assist students financially. Various banks also provide loans to students. Various companies also visit the campus due to its proximity with IIT Kanpur and hire students with a decent compensation.

There is Adhyay (cultural fest), Technika (technical fest), Hunkaar (literary fest) that ensure the proper exposure of students. The college also has various clubs which host various competitions, activities and workshops to upskill students. The clubs and fests are managed by student bodies and are supplemented by adequate funds and infrastructure to carry out various extra-curricular and co-curricular activities.

The admission is through Joint Entrance Exam Mains rank. The cutoff is vaires every year and depends of various factors like number of students appearing for the exam, number of applicants etc. Seats are reserved for SC, ST and OBC students, there's also female reservation, however, its important to note that over ninety percent of the seats are reserved exclusively for UP students.

The faculties are decent, well experienced and have a decent industry experience too. Although, some faculties, at times, will be hard to deal with, but it's an engineering college afterall, there can't be all sunshine and rainbows. The faculties are always there to deal with the doubts and even facilitate career guidance and personal growth of the students