K. J. Somaiya Institute of Technology - KJSIT, being an autonomous institute permanently affiliated to University of Mumbai possesses more flexibility in adapting newer approaches to reach higher levels of excellence in technical education.
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KJSIT provides education with wide ranging standards of excellence in 4 Undergraduate (UG), 1 Postgraduate (PG) programs in engineering and 3 Ph.D programs in Engineering. Our institute is accredited with ‘A’ grade by NAAC and 3 programs are accredited by NBA. KJSIT received ‘BEST COLLEGE AWARD’ from University of Mumbai in urban region and ‘BEST ENGINEERING COLLEGE AWARD’ by CSI local chapter and also from ISTE Maharashtra and Goa Section..
KJSIT placed in Rank Band 51-100 in India Rankings 2023 (Innovation Category) by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Education(MoE), Govt. of India from 1417 institutes participating from all over India.
KJSIT - Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) recognized with top ratings by the Ministry of Education's (MoEs) Innovation Cell in Annual Performance Ratings for 5 consecutive years since its establishment.
With an ideology that the root of innovation is ‘Interest’, the curriculum offers a wide range of elective courses - grouped into core and inter-disciplinary domains. At par with international engineering education, the students can choose to study courses concerning areas of their interests.
KJSITs syllabus under the autonomy comprises state-of-the-art courses and laboratory sessions on emerging areas of technology, fostering students for developing innovative solutions to real-world issues of the society and/or industry through the acquired knowledge.
The curriculum introduces Skill-Based Learning (SBL), Activity-Based Learning (ABL), and Technology-Based Learning (TBL) as eXposure (SAT) courses - that assure X factor in all the students of the institute. The SAT courses shall be practiced across the first three years of engineering, focusing on graduate attributes like work ethics, responsibilities towards society, problem-solving ability, communication skills, motivation for life-long learning, leadership and teamwork, etc. that may not be copiously imbibed through regular engineering courses. The proficiencies acquired herein shall open huge employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for the students.
Students of the institute are provided exposure to the work culture and trends in industries through live / collaborative projects / product developments concerning healthcare, agriculture, societal / industrial need-based problems, etc. as well as pursue internships making them industry-ready engineers. The blend of all these learning components in the curriculum shall strengthen the research and innovation ecosystem in the institute for best benefits of the students.
For placements, our Institute is approached by global business houses like TCS, Accenture, Delloite, Cognizant, Larsen & Toubro InfoTech, Reliance Jio etc. with a steady record of recruitments of our students. While offering best innovative educational practices, we also have experienced faculty and state of the art infrastructural amenities and laboratories.
In the global scenario, the students graduating from this Institute are truly empowered with recent technical trends so as to become world leaders and contribute significantly for the philanthropic cause of the society. .
Through joint efforts of all stakeholders, strategic planning, and efficient execution of neoteric educational practices with hi-tech wizardry, KJSIT shall strive to become a role model autonomous institute across the nation.