SRM Institiute of Science & Technology
1.About University
SRM Institute of Science & Technology is a Deemed University established in Kuttankulathur, Kanchipuram,Madras. The Institute was originally established as SRM Engineering College in 1985 under University of Madras. Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University was the former name of the institute. SRM Institute is one of the top ranking universities in India with over 38,000 students and more than 2600 faculty across all the campus. The University offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in Engineering, Management, Medicine and Health sciences, and Science and Humanities.
SRM Institute of Science and Technology was founded in 1985 as SRM Engineering College in Kattankulathur, under the University of Madras. SRM Institute of Science and Technology includes six campuses, out of which three are in Tamil Nadu — Kattankulathur, Ramapuram, and Vadapalani, one in NCR Delhi, one in Sikkim and one in Amaravati. The institute was renamed SRM Institute of Science & technology after it has gained Deemed University status in 2003-2004 academic session. The University status which it had gained in 2006 was dropped in 2017 & was renamed as SRM Institute of Science & Technology. As of 2019, more than 170,000 students had appeared for the examination out of which 76,000 were called for counseling.
2.Regulating Body of the University
- Chairman: MR. Ravi Pacha moothoo
- President: DR.P. Satyanarayana and
- Vice – President: Dr. R. Shivakumar
- Vice- Chancellor: Dr. Sandeep Sancheti
- Registrar: DR.N. Sethuraman
3.Accreditations
SRM is highly accredited by national and international accrediting agencies.
- NAAC (National Accreditation & Assessment Council) – A++ grade in 2018
- NBA (National Board of Accreditation) – 11
- ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) of USA- 33
- Engineering Accreditation Board of the Engineering Council
4.Campuses
SRM Institute of Science & Technology has 7 campuses.
They are:
- Chennai – 1985
- Rampuram – 1985
- Vadapalani – 1985
- Guntur (AP) – 2017
- Ghaziabad (Delhi) – 2013
- Haryana – 2013
- Sikkim- 2013
5.University Rankings
Category | Ranking Authority | Rank |
International (General) | QS Asia 2019 | 351- 400 |
International (General) | UI Metrics | 362 |
International (General) | Times Higher Education World | 31 |
National (General) | NIRF (overall) 2019 | 52 |
National (General) | NIRF (Universities) 2019 | 32 |
National | UI Metrics | 9 |
Engineering | Outlook India 2019 | 27 |
Engineering | The Week 2015 | 2 |
Private Colleges | India Today 2018 | 1 |
Pharmacy | NIRF 2019 | 14 |
Best University | MHRD | Category A |
Engineering | NIRF 2019 | 36 |
Engineering | Outlook India | 27 |
Engineering | India Today | 7 |
6.Academics
SRM offers admissions to Under graduate courses through SRMJEE UG ( Shri Ramaswamy Memorial Joint Entrance Exam UG) & to Post Graduate courses through SRMJEE PG (Shri Rama swamy Memorial Joint Entrance Exam PG) which are conducted every year in the months of May & June.
7.UG Courses
SRM offers Undergraduate courses in 4 disciplines, Post Graduates in 4 disciplines, PhD in 3 streams, Diplomas in 16 streams which are offered to 38000 students mentored & guided by 2600 faculty with a ratio of 10 students : 1 faculty.
8.Eligibility
Resident Indian or Non-Resident Indian (NRI), holder of PIO or OCI card issued by Government of India are eligible to apply for SRMJEEE (UG). Minimum 50% aggregate in PCM
Admisssion Process | Dates |
Application Start date | Nov |
Application Last date | March |
Online tests | April |
Results | May |
9.LIst of Schools in SRM
Teaching at SRM is structured around schools listed below. Students are registered in one of these schools according to their field of study.
- School of Engineering
- School of Architecture & Interior Design
- School of BioEngineering
- School of Basic sciences
- School of Chemical & Material Technology (SCMT)
- School of Languages
- School of Medicine
- School of Humanities
- School of Media Studies
- School of Hotel Management
- School of Education
SRM offers a special program – Centre for Applied Research in Education (CARE) which involves the use of various “e- tools” like
- E- lab
- E – Curricula
- E- Circuit
- E- Skill
- E- Verify
- E- Train (AI- ML)
10.Selection Process
- SRMJEE is a Computer Based Test (CBT)
- It is a 2: 30 hr exam with Maths (40), Physics& Chemistry (35 each), Aptitude (10), English (5) questions.
- Each question carries 1 mark which makes a total of 125 marks for the entire exam.
- No negative marks for the wrong answer
Event | Commencement (Tentative) |
Application Start date (2020) | 3rd Week of Feb |
Application End date | 1st week of March |
Slot Booking | 2nd week of April |
Online Exam | 4th week of April |
Result Declaration | 1st week of July |
Counseling | Last week of July |
Application Start Date | October 4th week |
11.Application fee
Fee can be paid either Online – 1100
Offline – 1160
12.Total seats available for Engineering
Branch | Seats |
Mechanical Engineering | 60 |
Computer Science & Engineering | 780 |
Civil Engineering | 120 |
Electronics communications Engineering | 360 |
Information Technology | 120 |
Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 120 |
Medical Engineering | 60 |
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning | 60 |
Computer-Aided Design | 30 |
Structural Engineering | 30 |
Bachelor of Architecture | 80 |
Bachelor of Technology in the Internet Of Things | 60 |
13.Fee Structure
First Year One-time non-refundable and non-transferable registration fee of Rs.10,000/- for programs with an annual fee of Rs.1,00,000/- and above and Rs.5,000/- for programs with an annual fee less than Rs.1,00,000/-
Campus | Tuition Fee |
Ramapuram | 2,50,000 |
Kattakulthur | 3,80,000 |
Vadapalani | 2,25,000 |
Amaravati | 2,50,000 |
Hariyana | 1,50,000 |
Ghaziabad | 1,75,000 |
Hostel fee is the same for all the campuses but differs for categories like AC, Non- AC, Sharing criteria, etc.
Category | Boys | Girls |
Hostel | 44,500- 1,55000 | 44,000- 1,60,000 |
Mess | 55000 | 55,000 |
Laundry | 6000 | 7000 |