About University

Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) is a government owned autonomous university in Kochi ( Cochin), Kerala, India. Founded in 1971, the university consists of three campuses, two in Kochi and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, about 66 km inland. Nearly 2,000 students engage yearly in various areas of undergraduate and postgraduate study. The university awards degrees in various fields of engineering and allied subjects at the undergraduate, postraduate and doctoral Level.

The institute is poised to become Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, Kochi (IIEST Kochi), which will bring CUSAT into an elite group of institutes of national importance. ^[1]but this is its sad area …..it won’t be IIEST because of political reason

Past of the University

Originally known as University of Cochin, the University came into being in 1971 through an Act of the Legislature of Government of Kerala that was the result of a concerted campaign for postgraduate education in the State of Kerala. Reorganization of the university into Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in February 1986 saw the fulfillment of the aspirations of the pioneers who spearheaded the movement for establishment of a science & technology university in the state. The process of reorientation resulted in redefining the objectives as the promotion of undergraduate and postgraduate studies and advanced research in applied science, technology, industry, commerce, management and social sciences ^[2].

Admissions are based on an All India Entrance Examination known as Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the University which includes different papers for admissions to various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Various Departmental Admission Tests (DAT) are also conducted for some postgraduate Courses.

Faculties

CUSAT is academically structured into nine faculties: Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Humanities, Law, Marine Sciences, Medical Sciences and Technology, and Social Sciences.

Faculty of Science

Department of Applied Chemistry

The Department of Applied Chemistry was established in 1976 with the support of University Grants Commission to play an important role in the further development of the industrial belt in the Greater Cochin area by providing scientific support and trained personnel to the existing industries. The Department started an M.Sc programme in Applied chemistry in 1971. An M.Phil programme in chemistry was started in the year 1986. The Department has also served as a nucleus for starting the Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology and the Department of Biotechnology by initiating B.Tech and M.Sc courses in the respective areas.

Department of Physics

The department of Physics is one of the oldest Departments of the University, established in 1963. It was from this mother Department that specialized areas such as Electronics, Computer Science and Photonics later branched out to form independent Departments. The Department has maintained a creditable record of postgraduate teaching and research.

Department of Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics conducts Masters Degree programmes in Mathematics and Operations Research and Computer Applications along with M.Phil and Ph.D programmes. The research scholars in the Department are in receipt of fellowship from various Government of India funding agencies such as University Grants Commission (India), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM). Current research activities of the Department are in the areas of Analysis, Algebra, Operator Theory, Functional Analysis, General topology, Fuzzy mathematics, Graph Theory, Combinations, Convexity Theory, Fluid Dynamics, Non-linear waves, Stability, Stochastic Processes in general and Random Graphs, Operations Research and History of Mathematics.

Department of Statistics

The Department of Statistics was formed by converting the Division of Statistics, a constituent of the now defunct School of Mathematical Sciences established in 1994. The Department offers M.Sc. and M.Phil. programme in Statistics and M.Tech in Engineering Statistics (Quality & Reliability Engineering) besides research programmes leading to the Ph.D.degree in the areas of Bayesian inference, Reliability, Modelling, Distribution Theory, Queueing models, Stochastic processes, Inference in time-series models and Demography. The Dept. of Statistics is affiliated to several foreign and Indian universities and have students working and doing research abroad as well as in pioneering institutions in India like IIT’s.

Faculty of Technology

Department of Electronics

The department has well equipped Microwave Electronics instrumentation and Microprocessor Research laboratories for carrying out research and the doctoral programmes mainly in fields such as Underwater acoustics, Ocean electronics, Microwave propagation antennas, Microwave image processing, pattern recognition, microprocessor applications in signal processing and display devices. External agencies like the DST, ISRO, AICTE, DOE, DRDO, MOD and the state Government support this Department through various research projects and fellowships.

Department of Instrumentation

The department runs a B.Tech, programme in instrumentation which was started in 1996. This course covers almost all areas of modern instrumentation such as Analytical techniques, process control, PC and microprocessor based Instrumentation, instrumentation, Optoelectronics, Vacuum and Cryogenics, Robotics, etc. This department has taken up several consultancy work for industrial and R&D establishments.

Department of Polymer Science & Rubber Technology

The Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology was started in 1971 by introducing a 2 year Post B.Sc. B.Tech Programme in Polymer Science and Rubber Technology. This was reorganized into a 3 year programme to fall into the all India pattern, in 1977. This programme was later on revised into a four-year B.Tech course. The starting of an M.Tech.course in 1985 was a major milestone in the growth of the Department. Periodically the Department is organizing national seminars to bring polymer scientists, technologists and engineers for academic and research institutions and industrial organizations to a common platform and evaluate the status and nature of manpower training and research activities in the country.

Department of Ship Technology

This Department is one of the pioneers in the field of Naval Architecture education in India, established in 1974. A B.Tech programme in Naval Architecture and Ship Building was started in 1975. In technical collaboration with University of Rostock, Germany since 1978, it is producing a new and dynamic generation of Naval Architects to meet the requirements of shipbuilding industry, Ship Classification Societies, R&D organizations, the Indian Navy and other related organizations. This Department maintains active collaboration and interaction with IITs, Universities outside India, Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Vizag and various shipyards. These organizations extend their facilities and expertise to impart training to the B.Tech students.

The Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India approved the B.Tech course for the M.O.T. Certificate Examination. The Indian Navy has recognized this department as a centre for the higher education of their officers. The Department has a highly qualified and dedicated faculty, an excellent library, computer centre, laboratories and workshops. The faculty have over 100 research publications to their credit. The course is also accredited by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), UK as satisfying the Engineering Council (UK) requirements for the registration at stage 1 of the Chartered Engineer section. An academic collaboration took birth with Chosun University, Republic of South Korea in 2003 whereby exchange of students and faculty members take place.

The quality of education imparted and the resulting professional competence of the graduates enabled the Department to achieve a unique record of over 100 percent job placement of its graduates in India and abroad. In the year 2007-08 the job placement of the 29th batch of Naval Architects was as high as 426% with salaries as high as 1.8 million INR per annum. ^[3].

International School of Photonics

Manpower development and establishment of research activities in photonics and related fields are the major objectives of ISP. A three semester M.Tech course in Optoelectronics and Laser Technology and an M.Phil course in Photonics are offered, with an objective to train teachers in the area of photonics. At present the school has collaborative research activities with various institutions in India and abroad, including the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. This joint programme is supported under the MHO assistance offered by the Dutch government to ISP. ISP CUSAT

Department of Computer Applications

The Department of Computer Applications offers Master’s programme in Computer Applications and research programmes leading to Ph.D., sanctioned to the University jointly by U.G.C, and Dept. of Electronics, Govt, of India. Guest lectures, seminars by experts in in IT, workshops and symposia are regular features of the Department.

Department of Computer Science

The Department has excellent laboratory facilities with most modem computing environments, at present the lab has LANSs with windows NT and GNU/Linux servers with 25nodes silicon Graphics workstation,and oracle RDBMS SERVER WITH 15 CLIENTS. The Department has initiated and successfully completed several projects funded by agencies like UGC, AICTE, and DST The Department currently coordinates infrastructure oriented as well as research oriented projects. The Department has excellent library with around 3500 titles and handful of leading journals in several areas of computing.

Faculty of Engineering

• School of Engineering, Thrikkakara
• CUCEK, Pulinkunnu

Faculty of Environmental Studies

• School of Environmental Studies

Faculty of Humanities

• Department of Culture and Heritage

Faculty of Law

School of Legal Studies

The School of Legal Studies is located on the campus of the Cochin University of Science and Technology. It is located about 15 kilometers north of Kochi city, the Queen of the Arabian Sea. The School was established in 1962 as the Department of Law of the Kerala University. With the creation of the Cochin University in 1971, the School became its integral part.

Faculty of Marine Sciences

The faculty of marine sciences consists of the following

• School of Ocean Science and Technology
• School of Industrial Fisheries
• Department of Atmospheric Sciences
• Department of Chemical Oceanography
• Department of Marine Biology
• Microbiology and Biochemistry
• Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics
• Department of Physical Oceanography

Faculty of Medical Sciences and Technology

Department of Biotechnology

The Department of Biotechnology was established in 1991. The M.Sc. course in Biotechnology which was initially started in the Department of Applied chemistry was later transferred to this Department with an annual student intake of 10. It also offers a Ph.D.programme. The M.Sc. course is a professional one, designed to train students in frontier areas of biotechnology. The research activities of the Department are presently focused on areas such as Microbiology, Molecular Neurobiology and Cell Biology, Medical Biochemistry, Genetic Engineering and Plant Biotechnology.

Faculty of Social Sciences

Department of Applied Economics

The Department of Applied Economics is a research Department offering M.Phil and Ph.D.programmes. Situated in a Science and Technology academic environment, the Department’s research mainly focuses on economics of the technology. Apart from Economics, two areas where the Department has attained considerable teaching capability are econometrics and operations research. The Cochin city has an important industrial belt around and a long coastal area suitable for fishing activities. Further, the industrial and fishing activities have contributed much to environmental pollution in the area. Therefore, the Department has devoted its research to the technology problems of industry and the fisheries sector and also the economics of environment. As in the large scale sector, small business economics and flexible specialization is another area of research in the Department.

School of Management Studies

The School of Management Studies (SMS)is one of the oldest academic units of the University. It actively pursues all the four areas of academic activity, viz., teaching, training, research and consultancy. It offers a 4-semester full-time and a 6-semester part-time M.B.A. programme in addition to a 4-semester full-time Masters’ programme in International Business (M.I.B.). All these programmes provide considerable options to specialize in different functional areas. Currently the School offers specialization in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Systems and Operations and Human Resource Management. The School also offers Ph.D. Programmes. Talentime, a cultural and management fest conducted by SMS is one of the famous events of the state and is attended by various enthusiasts from all over India.

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