VGEC Ahmedabad: Courses, Fees, Admission , Placement,Ranking

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Vishwakarma Government Engineering College - [VGEC] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Overview

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  • The GATE test for the year 2024 will be held on multiple dates. The dates are Feb 1, 2, 15, and 16. 
  • On January 18, 2025, VGEC will hold its international alumni meet for students of batches from 2015 and before. 
  • For the BE, B.Tech courses, JEE Mains will be conducted between January 22 to January 29, 2025 
  • For B.Arch, and B.Plan courses,  JEE Mains will be conducted on January 30, 2025.
  • The last date for GUJCET registrations for the year 2025 has been extended to January 7. 
  • The GUJCET for the year 2025 examination will be conducted on March 23. 

The Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Ahmedabad, was established in the year 1994. The college is affiliated with Gujarat Technological University. The institute is located in Chandkheda, Ahmedabad. The institute is a co-educational college. It is recognized by AICTE as well and is administered by DTE Gujarat. The institute has been ranked at the 121st position by the IIRF rankings out of a total of 160 B.Tech colleges in the year 2024.

VGEC, Ahmedabad offers Undergraduate courses like B.E. and Postgraduate courses like M.E.. The institute has around 20 full-time courses under these programs. The range of the fees starts from ₹6,000 for the Undergraduate courses and goes up to ₹15,000 for the Postgraduate courses. VGEC Admission is via the students’ eligibility criteria. One must have passed their 10+2 degree to get into any Undergraduate course and must have a Graduate degree to get into a Postgraduate course. Admission is also held through entrance exams like GUJCET, GATE as well as Gujarat PGCET. 

The placements at VGEC, Ahmedabad improve by the year. ₹ 3.5 LPA was the median package given to the students at the institute for the year 2023. Top recruiters from VGEC are Bacancy Technologies, TCS, IBM, Infosys, Nirma, etc. Facilities like placement cells, hostels- separate for boys and girls, cafeteria, library, gym, etc are also present in the campus. 

VGEC, Ahmedabad: Quick Highlights

Particulars

Details

Top Recruiters

  • Bacancy Technology Pvt. Ltd
  • Silver Touch Technologies Limited
  • Infosys
  • TCS
  • Tatva Soft 
  • IBM 
  • Amrut Energy 
  • Torrent Power 
  • Schneider Electric
  • Hexacoder Technologies and others. 

Fees Range

₹6,000 to ₹15,000 for the entire duration of the course based on the specialization chosen by the student

University Type

Government

Ranking

  • IIRF Ranking in India for the year 2024: 121 out of 160 B.Tech Colleges. 
  • IIRF Ranking in India for the year 2023, 129 out of 170 B.Tech Colleges. 
  • According to the 2020 NIRF Ranking, ranges from 6 to 25 out of 25 colleges in India

Entrance Exams

GUJCET, Gujarat PGCET, GATE.

Year of Establishment

1994

Popular Courses

B.E., M.E.

Application mode

Online, Offline


VGEC, Ahmedabad has been ranked at the 121st position by the IIRF rankings out of a total of 160 B.Tech colleges in the year 2024. The IIRF and NIRF rankings look at conditions like academic excellence, outreach, teaching practices, research outcomes, placements, infrastructure and others. The details of these rankings for VGEC is listed in the table below: 

Organization

Year

Ranking

IIRF

2024

In India, 121 out of 160 B.Tech Colleges

NIRF

2020

Ranges from 6 to 25 out of 25 colleges in India 

IIRF 

2023

In India, 129 out of 170 B.Tech Colleges




Vishwakarma Government Engineering College - [VGEC] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Programs

VGEC, Ahmedabad provides Bachelors of Engineering and Masters of Engineering courses. It provides a total of around 20 courses. Under the BE courses, students can apply for subjects like computer engineering, data science, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, power electronics, information technology and others. Under the ME courses, it provide subjects like chemical engineering, signal processing, electronics, and communication. The range of fees of the various programs in the institute is from ₹6,000 to ₹15,000 for the entire duration of the course. 

Further details about the same are given below: 

Courses

No of Subjects

Fees (1st year)

Duration

BE

17 specializations

₹1,500

4 years

ME

3 specialization

₹7,500

2 years

Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech]

19 courses • 3 years
--Average tuition fees
--Median salary
--Exams accepted
-Application date

Master of Technology [M.Tech]

19 courses • 2 years
--Average tuition fees
--Median salary
--Exams accepted
-Application date

Vishwakarma Government Engineering College - [VGEC] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Admissions

Courses at VGEC, Ahmedabad are provided in a full-time mode only. Admission into the various programs of the institute is through entrance exams and is also based on merit. For the UG programs, students must have passed their 12th grade with subjects in the science stream, and for the PG programs, students must have a Bachelor’s degree in the same field. Students must also qualify for the cut-off marks specified by the college in exams like GUJCET which is conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, GATE as well as Gujarat PGCET. The details regarding the same are given here: 

Courses

Eligibility criteria

Entrance exams

BE

Students should have passed 10+2 in Science Stream with subjects like Physics, Chemistry, and Maths.

GUJCET

ME

Students should have completed a Bachelor’ Degree in the same subject from any university. 

GATE, 

Gujarat PGCET

Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech]

19

Courses

3 yrs

Duration

--

Total Seats

--

Tuition Fees

--

Exams

--

Eligibility

19

Courses

2 yrs

Duration

--

Total Seats

--

Tuition Fees

--

Exams

--

Eligibility

FAQs related to Admissions

The student must have passed his 10+2 or any equivalent exam in the Science stream and must also qualify the GUJCET exam with the necessary cut-off.

Students can write exams like GATE, Gujarat PGCET, to get admission in the ME courses at VGCE.

Vishwakarma Government Engineering College - [VGEC] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Placements

VGCE, Ahmedabad has conducted a successful placement drive. The placement cell of the institute takes care of all the placement- related activities at VGCE. In the year 2023, the median package for BE was ₹ 4.42 LPA, and for ME was ₹ 5 LPA. 

According to the NIRF 2024 report, 473 undergraduate students were placed. Similarly 4 Post-graduate students got placed. Companies like Bacancy Technologies took 24 students, Tatva Soft took 23, Crest Data Systems took 8, other renowned companies provided offers for the students at VGCE. The highlights for the year 2023 according to the NIRF Ranking has been outlined below. 

Placement Highlights for the year 2023 

Key Metrics

Placement Statistics

Students placed in UG

473

Average Package (UG)

₹ 4.42 LPA

Students placed in PG

4

Average Package (PG)

₹ 5 LPA

FAQS

Bacancy Technologies took the highest number of BE students from VGCE during the placement drive.

In the 2020-2021 placements, 213 students got placed. This increased to 313 in 2021-2022 and to 473 in 2022-2023. This was for the UG students.

Bacancy Technology Pvt. Ltd took the highest number of students in their recent placement drive.

The range of the salary packages offered by the companies for the 2023 placement drive starts from  ₹6.0 LPA to ₹37.5 LPA.

Vishwakarma Government Engineering College - [VGEC] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Scholarships

VGCE, Ahmedabad by itself does not provide its own scholarships. Students can avail some other scholarships that can be used in the institute too. Details of some of them are given below: 

Name

Eligibility 

Scholarship Offer

Post Matric Scholarship 

SC students are eligible 

Provided by the Government of Gujarat

PRAGATI, SAKSHAM

For girl students and differently-abled students  

Offered by AICTE, New Delhi.  

VGCE Ahmedabad itself does not provide any scholarships. There are external scholarships for which students of VGCE are eligible.   


Vishwakarma Government Engineering College - [VGEC] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Infrastructure

FAQs related to Infrastructure programs

VGEC, Ahmedabad has been ranked 129th out of 170 B.Tech colleges in India in the year 2023. 


According to IIRF Rankings, VGEC has secured the 121st position in the year 2023 and has secured 129th position in the year 2024 among the B.Tech Colleges. In the year 2020, according to the NIRF Rankings, VGEC was ranked between 6th to 25th out of overall 25 colleges in India. Based on this VGEC has good rankings.