Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB), formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT), is a public technical university located in Haringhata, West Bengal, India. An expert committee was set up on 31 December 1998 by the Government of West Bengal, under the Chairmanship of Ashesh Prosad Mitra, to establish a university of engineering and technology in West Bengal. The university was formalized on 15 January 2001 by an act of the West Bengal Legislature and is fully funded by the Government of West Bengal. It changed its name from West Bengal University of Technology to its current name in April 2015. The university's main campus covers approximately 40 acres at Haringhata, provided by the Government of West Bengal, with hostels for both male and female students, situated between Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya and IISER Kolkata. It has 11 Schools of Studies offering 75 undergraduate and 100 postgraduate courses. The university is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and has been awarded B++ accreditation with a CGPA of 2.87 by NAAC. In 2022, it received NBA accreditation for select undergraduate and postgraduate courses. NIRF ranked it 157 among engineering colleges in 2020 and 158 in 2021.