College of Engineering, Pune – 2021

College of Engineering Pune (COEP) was started as a Pune Engineering Class in 1854 to provide suitable learnings to the subordinate officers in the Public Work Department in Bhawani Peth, Pune with three detached houses for teaching and one separate house for the Principal. The foundation stone of the new college was laid by then Governor Sir Bartle Frere in 1865, then it was affiliated to the University of Bombay in 1866. However, in 1868, the college was moved to the new buildings. In 1879, two new classes, Agricultural and Forest classes, were added to the college and the name of the college was changed from ‘The Pune Civil Engineering College’ to ‘The College of Science.’ However, in 1911, the name of the college was again changed to College of Engineering Pune and was affiliated to the University of Bombay and later it was affiliated to the University of Pune. In 2003, the college got the autonomous status to decide its own curriculum and its financial and administrative matters.

In this analysis, we are going to check out all the details pertaining to the institute’s students’ stats, faculty, courses offered, graduation outcomes & placements, median salary & top recruiters, infrastructures and fees structures. All the details are authentic since we got these from the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) where College of Engineering Pune gave its reports.

Courses Offered at COE Pune

College of Engineering Pune offers 9 courses in undergraduate programmes and a considerable number of 25 courses in postgraduate programmes in engineering.

Students Intake at COE Pune

Students Intake
College of Engineering Pune gave admission to 570 students each at UG in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively; and it admitted 444 students each in 2021 and 2020, respectively.
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Faculty
College of Engineering Pune has 252 distinguished professors at its faculty and 53.57% of them are PhD holders, the faculty-to-student ratio is 1:15, that is, one professor is available for every 15 students.

COE Pune Annual Expenditures

Capital Expenditure
In the year 2021, College of Engineering Pune spent Rs. 10 crores as a capital expenditure, of which 16.4% spent on procuring books, journals and e-resources for the library, a whopping 44.15% spent on buying new equipment and software for quality research, a modest 13.63% spent on engineering workshop, and a considerable 25.82% of its fund spent on the creation of capital assets and other expenditures. In 2020, the capital expenditure was Rs. 3 crores, and in 2019, it was around Rs. 7 crores. The spending as capital expenditure has increased in 2021 when compared to the last two years.
Operational Expenditure
In 2021, College of Engineering Pune spent over Rs. 95 crores as an operational expenditure, of which a good 51.72% of its funds spent on paying salaries to professors and supporting staffs, a considerable 47.05% of its funds spent on maintaining academic infrastructures, and the remaining 1.23% spent on conducting Seminars, Conferences and Workshops. Spending as an operational expenditure was Rs. 88 crores in 2020 and Rs. 79 crores in 2019. The spending as an operational expenditure has also increased in 2021 when compared to the last two years.

COE Pune Research Details

Patents Details
Since College of Engineering Pune has a good faculty and good infrastructures, therefore, it was able to file 14 patents in 2021 and got 4, filed 3 patents in 2020, however, got nothing, and it got just 1 patent from 8 patents filed in 2019.
Sponsored Projects
College of Engineering Pune has many distinguished professors and research scholars at its faculty, so, many big companies are willing to sponsor this institution, and therefore, it received Rs. 3.97 crores through the 55 sponsored research projects from 16 companies in the year 2021. In 2020 and 2019, it received Rs. 7.93 and Rs. 3.93 crores through 25 and 39 sponsored research projects from 16 and 17 companies, respectively.
Consultancy Projects
College of Engineering Pune received Rs. 9.4 crores through 546 consultancy projects from 515 companies in 2021, and it received Rs. 10.4 and Rs. 6.25 crores through 442 and 368 consultancy projects from 411 and 307 companies in 2020 and 2019, respectively.

COE Pune Graduations & Placements

UG Graduations & Placements
At College of Engineering Pune, 777 students were admitted to UG degree courses and 91.76% of them were awarded graduations, of whom 87.81% got placements at top companies and 143 were selected for higher studies in 2021; 88.61% students were awarded graduations, of whom 91.44% got placements and 151 were selected for higher studies in 2020; and 91.6% students were awarded graduations, of whom 91.6% got placements and 112 were selected for higher studies in 2019.
PG Graduations & Placements
At PG programmes, 88% students were awarded graduations, of whom 51.1% got placements at top companies and 10 were selected for higher studies in 2021; 90.56% students were awarded graduations, of whom 58.9% got placements and 4 were selected for higher studies in 2020; and 85.22% students were awarded graduations, of whom 64.75% got placements and 9 were selected for higher studies in 2019.
PhD Research Programmes
In the PhD research programme, College of Engineering Pune admitted 257 students to research studies, of whom 12 were awarded graduations in 2021, 26 and 29 students were awarded graduations in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Median Salary & Top Recruiters
Median Salary of UG Graduates: Rs. 7.87 LPA in 2021, Rs. 7.8 LPA in 2020 and Rs. 6.45 LPA in 2019 at top companies.

Median Salary of PG Graduates: Rs. 5.34 LPA in 2021, Rs. 5 LPA in 2020, and Rs. 7 LPA in 2019.
Many tops and high-paying companies such as TCS, Infosys, IBM, Wipro, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, Tata Elxsi, Deloitte, Satyam Computer, Geometric Software, Iflex Solution, Atos Origin, Patni Computers, Krawler Networks, NV India, etc., are looking for graduates from this institution.

Students Diversity at COE Pune

There are 3724 students currently pursuing their degrees, of whom 69.33% are boys and an impressive percentile of 30.67% are girls; 3398 students are from within the state, 117 from outside of the state and 209 from foreign countries.

Facilities on COE Pune Campus

College of Engineering Pune has a lot of facilities that students can use. It has hostels, hospitals, labs, libraries, auditorium, gym, wi-fi, lift/ramp, etc.

Campus Festivals at COE Pune

MindSpark is the annual technical fest where students are participating and showcase their technical skills. Besides MindSpark, a start-up festival is also being organised in this institution.

Zest is the annual boat show which has been celebrated for 88 years, where students demonstrate the use of various boats such as Kayaks, Sculls, etc.

Besides MindSpark and Zest, an annual social gathering (the intra-institute cultural fest) is also being conducted where acting, singing, dancing and also drama, street play, and Mad Ads in which this institution is famous for, are being conducted.

Accessibility

College of Engineering Pune is in Pune which is one of the industrial cities of India and the second major city in Maharashtra where a good transportation facility is available. Pune Junction Railway Station is 2.8 kms away and Pune International Airport is 11.6 kms away from this institution, so students from any part of India and the world can reach this institution without any problem.

How to Get Admission at COE Pune

For UG courses at College of Engineering Pune: Students who passed or appeared for the +2 exam can take and should clear Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main/MHT-CET.

For PG courses: Students who passed a bachelor’s degree or appeared for the final exam can take the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)/Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) for M. Plan courses and should get valid GATE/CEED scores to get admission to this institution.

Fee Structure at COE Pune

Students need to pay Rs. 3.47 lakhs as fees for UG courses at College of Engineering Pune, however, the saving grace is they can get a good salary of Rs. 7.87 LPA at top companies, so they get back this amount within a year.

COE Pune Scores by NIRF

Teaching, Learning and Resources: College of Engineering Pune has a good faculty and better infrastructures for doing innovative research. Therefore, it scored 64.83%, which accounts to 30% of overall NIRF scores.
Research and Professional Practice: College of Engineering Pune has many distinguished professors and research scholars and it got patents for some innovative technologies, so it scored 22.39%, which accounts to 30% of overall NIRF scores.
Graduate Outcome: As College of Engineering Pune has a conducive atmosphere for study, many students graduated at the minimum stipulated time, so for this good performance it scored 67.83%, which accounts to 20% of overall NIRF scores.
Outreach and Inclusivity: College of Engineering Pune has students from every section and every part of India as well as the world, so it scored 54.17%, which accounts to 10% of overall NIRF scores.

Perception: College of Engineering Pune has a good faculty, good infrastructures and a conducive atmosphere, and its graduation outcomes and placements at top companies are also good, however, it is not got much popularity like first-generation IITs, so it scored 29.57%, which accounts to 10% of overall NIRF scores.

COE Pune got 48.12% as an overall NIRF score and ranked at number 52.

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