Bennett University

Bennett University is a private university located near Sector XU-3, Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 2016 by Times of India Group and established under Uttar Pradesh Act No. 24 of 2016,[2][3][4] the university has a fully residential 68-acre campus, near the proposed metro station on the Noida-Greater Noida metro railway line.

Not to be confused with Bennett College.

Bennett University
TypePrivate
Established2016 (2016)
ChancellorVineet Jain
Vice-ChancellorDr Prabhu Kumar Aggarwal [1]
DeanDr. Abhay Bansal
RegistrarCol. Guljit Singh Chadha
Location
Dabra village, Greater Noida
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
Websitewww.bennett.edu.in

Administration

The chancellor of the university is Vineet Jain and vice-chancellor is Prabhu Aggarwal.

Bennett University is administered by its Academic Council, and Planning Board.[5][6]

Academic Structure and Admission

The university has 5 schools and 2 centres on its campus. It offers Undergraduate, Post graduate and PhD programs in the areas of Engineering, Management, Law, and Media.[7] The medium of instruction is English.

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) offers B. Tech. Admission is based on either JEE Main or SAT scores for all applicants.[8]

SEAS also offers PhD programs in all its disciplines. The admission to PhD program is held through a written and interview based admission test held twice a year.[7]

The school has departments such as Computer Science Engineering,[9] Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,[10] and Biotechnology[11]

School of Management

The School of Management offers BBA and MBA programs.[12][13]

School of Law

The School of Law offers courses in law at undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, and doctoral levels:[14] It is currently ranked 387th nation-wide.

Times School of Media and Mass Communication

The Times School of Media and Mass Communication is an interdisciplinary professional school and offers the courses at undergraduate, diploma, and doctoral levels:[15]

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)

CIE in collaboration with Babson College, United States fosters an environment of innovation and entrepreneurship. The partnership has set up 'The Bennett Hatchery", the on-campus incubator, which provides physical space, funding, training, mentoring and resources needed to start their projects.[16]

Center of Executive Education

The Center of Executive Education offers executive programs primarily focused towards personal and professional development of industry personnel.[16]

Student Clubs & Societies

University has an active student life and provides ample opportunities to students with varied interests to participate in different activities and events organized by these clubs from time to time. A few clubs active are Alexis Club, Nomads club, Astronomy club, ISSAC club, Robotics Club, BU Pulse, SPIC MACAY among others.

Campus

The Bennett University has a completely residential 68 acre campus in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

The campus contains administrative and academic blocks (consisting of classrooms and labs), girls and boys hostels, and sports facility.

It has a supercomputer (NVIDIA), purchased through a MoU between School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and NVIDIA.[17]

References
  1. "Dr Prabhu Aggarwal Appointed As New Vice Chancellor Of Bennett University". The Times of India. 17 February 2021.
  2. "Ordinances, Statutes Rules and Regulations". Bennett University.
  3. "Launch of Bennett University "a historic milestone" for the Times of India Group: Vineet Jain". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 10 August 2016.
  4. "University Grants". ugc.ac.in.
  5. "Leadership". Bennett University.
  6. "Bennett University" (PDF). bennett.edu.in.
  7. "Admission". Bennett University.
  8. "Admissions Procedure for Bennett University".
  9. "Computer Science and Engineering College have best Syllabus in Greater Noida (Delhi NCR) – Bennett University".
  10. "Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering". Bennett University.
  11. "Biotechnology". Bennett University.
  12. "Bennett University: BBA and MBA Course Eligibility, Fee Structure and Scholarship". PaGaLGuY. 26 March 2019.
  13. "School of Management - Best Management Schools in India - Management College in Greater Noida". Bennett University.
  14. "School of Law". Bennett University.
  15. "School of Media And Liberal Arts". Bennett University.
  16. "Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship". Bennett University.
  17. "Bennett University gets artificial intelligence boost with super computer". The Times of India. December 2017.
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