‘Engineering Design’ course which was being offered to Mechanical and Electrical domain students at the 3rd semester has been restructured to offer product development experience in an inter-disciplinary environment. This is an attempt probably first of its kind in the engineering education scenario at a large scale. It is a 3 credit course which will…
Understanding the difficulty students face in appreciating mathematics and mathematics related courses, lead the initiative to bring about reforms in mathematics teaching on the lines of ‘ Calculus reform movement’ of Harvard University consortium. The pedagogy of mathematics teaching in the college follows rule of four i.e. every topic is dealt not only symbolically and…
This is an initiative to promote culture of innovation and research in undergraduate students by introducing ‘Research Experience for Undergraduates’ course. The course first of its kind in India, has created a lot of excitement in the students who want to pursue research as their career and has lead to substantial increase in the paper…
KLE Tech is one of the first few Institutions in India offering PhD in Engineering Education. This program is started from 2015-2016. This program is designed with a vision of contributing to leadership development in Engineering Education. Experiences of a few of the leading universities in the world are used in designing the program.
Curriculum design puts high emphasis on experiential learning by introducing Course projects, Mini-Projects, and Industry Internships. Mini-projects vertically integrated with each of the curriculum threads of the program, are carried out by the students in the pre-final year and provide an opportunity to integrate knowledge and skills acquired in a set of courses belonging to…
Keeping in mind lack of focus on education research, the college started Centre for Engineering Education Research (CEER) with an objective of bringing out innovations in curriculum frameworks, pedagogy and assessment. The centre inspired by Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) has enabled the college to adopt Outcome Based Education Framework (OBE) and carry out…
Most of the M.Tech students join teaching profession after their degree without any training in teaching. It was felt necessary to expose them to Basics of Engineering Education through a new course “Principles and Practices of Engineering Education”. It is introduced as a core course for all MTech courses of KLE Tech from 2015-2016 in…
A new course by name “Engineering Exploration” is introduced in the new curriculum of KLE Tech from the year 2015-2016. This course is co-designed with Virginia Tech, USA keeping in line with global best practices of Engineering Education and the changing needs of Engineering Profession. The course follows active and collaborative learning pedagogical practices. Through…
A course on ‘Social Innovation’ has been conceptualized and offered to the students of first year undergraduate engineering. The objectives of the course are as follows: To build students’ capacity to use problem solving skills to address social issues through innovative solutions. To transform students’ perspective on the world around them by enabling them to…
In addition to their primary area of study, undergraduate Engineering students have the opportunity to study one of the Minors offered by departments/schools/centers in some of the most interesting areas in the profession today. Engineering Minors allow students to gain interdisciplinary experience and exposure to concepts and perspectives that may not be a part of…
