Vellore Polytechnic College, Vellore: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Affiliated college present in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, The Vellore Polytechnic College was founded in the year 2010. The institute is recognised by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the institute offers diploma in different fields of engineering. This college is located on a campus of 5.05 acres and the total enrolled students including both under graduate and post graduate stands at 740 and a team of faculty consists of 63 members. This college offers a versatile number of full time and part time diploma programmes to meet different educational requirements of the students. Lack of competition and specialisation on technical education and training has made the institution an ideal place for engineers in the region.

Vellore Polytechnic College has many infrastructures that have been put in place to improve the learning environment of the learners. A well-stocked library stands as an information centre with books, journal newspapers and periodicals of different subjects on display. GGC is a sporting college with adequate facilities for physical activities such as Kabaddi, Kho-kho, Football and Athletics. Computer laboratory and communication laboratory are also available to facilitate student in all computerised activities and to provide result-oriented personnel of the contemporary business world. There is an auditorium for conferences and seminars, a canteen with cheap means for students and bus services that are free to students running in eight routes. Furthermore, the college has well-equipped laboratories and workshops so as our students to be exposed fully in their line of specialised areas.

Vellore Polytechnic College offers eight diploma programmes in total, including both day and evening classes. While the full-time programmes take three years, the part-time courses take the learners four years to complete. The institute offers six regular Diploma courses and two evening diploma courses in Engineering fields. The authorised number of students in total for all courses is 570, proving the Colleges possibility to admit a vast number of students wishing to become engineers. Lack of exact figures regarding the number of graduates produced in the most recent year, the college proclaims a belief in the pragmatic method of education to equip students with the qualities that will enable them to seek profitable employments in the respective vocations.

The admission policy at this institute is equally friendly in approach to ease admission for the aspiring students as a Polytechnic College. But the details about the admission process are not mentioned and generally, the polytechnic colleges conduct admission on the basis of entrance test of the respective state or 10th standard results. The college has providing the engineering courses such as Mechanical engineering, Electrical and Electronics, Computer engineering, civil engineering Electronics and telecommunication engineering and Tool and Die engineering. The larger diversity of programmes enables students to select a field of study they wish to have when they complete the course. It also show its flexibility in offering part time diploma in Mechanical Engineering and in Electrical and Electronics Engineering for those who cannot afford full time study or those in jobs. For example, although specific information regarding certain scholarships cannot be disclosed or amidst the researchers, most polytechnic colleges in Tamil Nadu offer scholarship grants based on merit or numerical need that students who intend to join college would wish to approach the college to seek for more information.