Amrita Schools of Engineering

Type	Private Engineering schools
Established	1994
Founder	Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
Parent institution	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Affiliation	AICTE, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, National Board of Accreditation
Dean	Dr. Sasangan Ramanathan
Location	Coimbatore, Bangalore, Kollam, Chennai, Amaravati , India
Campus	Rural/Urban, 900 acres (360 ha)
Language	English
Website	www.amrita.edu/school/engineering

Amrita Schools of Engineering are private engineering schools in India part of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore which is spread across its five campuses in Amritapuri (Kollam), Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, and Amaravati. The schools offer undergraduate, integrated degree, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes in various engineering disciplines.^[1][2][3][4]

The schools were founded by Mata Amritanandamayi Devi in 1994, and are managed by her international humanitarian organization Mata Amritanandamayi Math.^[5]

History

The Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore was established in 1994 as Engineering college in Ettimadai, about 20 km away from the Coimbatore city. It was the first higher educational institution to be set up by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math, which at then had only 120 students and 13 faculty members. In 2003, it became Deemed university. As Amrita's first campus, Ettimadai campus is home to the administrative headquarters of Amrita University.^[6][7]

Later in 2002, two new campuses were opened with schools of engineering at Bengaluru, and Amritapuri. While the Bengaluru campus sits in Kasavanahalli, a neighbourhood in south-west of the Bengaluru metropolis, the Amritapuri campus was set up in the village of Vallikavu, next to the international headquarters of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.

In 2003, Amrita Vishwa Vidapeetham became one of the youngest universities to be conferred the status of a deemed university.

In 2019, an engineering school started operating in the newly established Chennai campus, at the outskirts of the Chennai city in the village of Vengal.

In 2021, an engineering school started operating in its new campus at Amaravati, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh.^[8]

Campuses

Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri

Amrita School Of Engineering, Amritapuri

The school of engineering in the Amritapuri campus started in 2002, and it has Computer Science, Electrical & Electronics, Electronics & Communication, and Mechanical Engineering departments.^{[9][10][11][12][12]}

Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore

Amrita school of Engineering - Coimbatore

The school of engineering in Coimbatore campus predates the university, and in 1994 became the first higher-education institution to be set up by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math. Being the headquarters of the University, it has the largest intake of students annually, and offers the most number of programs among the five engineering schools of Amrita. Among the five, It is also the only school to have Aerospace and Chemical Engineering Departments. Other than that, the school has Civil, Computer Science, Electrical & Electronics, Electronics & Communication and Mechanical Departments.^[9][16]

Rankings

Amrita School of Engineering is ranked 19th among Engineering institutions in India in 2023^[21] by National Institutional Ranking Framework, an organisation under Indian Government Ministry of Education.^[22][23][24]

Academics

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