Admissions The institute admits students for its Bachelor in Technology (BTech) programme from all over India through the competitive JEE Mains. Accreditation The Bachelor of Technology courses in Civil, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical, Computer Science and Chemical branches of the institute are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation. Affiliation The institute became autonomous in 2011-2012 session for B.Tech. branches but is affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow. Location BIET is in the historical city of Jhansi in the Bundelkhand region of the state of Uttar Pradesh in north India. The institute's campus is around 12 kilometres from the Jhansi Central Railway Station, on the Jhansi-Kanpur National Highway (NH 25). Departments Chemical engineering The Department of Chemical Engineering was established in 1996. The department has organized training programs under World Bank Assisted, Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP). The department has Chemical Engineering lab, Fluid Mechanics Lab, Fluid and Particle Operations Lab, Heat Transfer Lab, Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab, Process Dynamics and Instrumentation Lab, Chemical Technology Lab, Energy Lab and Mass Transfer Lab. The department has a CAD lab with Chemical Engineering software like Aspen, Origin, and Pro simulator. Civil engineering The Department of Civil Engineering was established in 1989. The department is engaged by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, Rural Engineering Services and U.P. Jal Nigam to train field and sector professionals for government departments. The department does research projects sponsored by AICTE/DST/UP-CST. Computer science and engineering The Department of Computer Science and Engineering was established in 1989. The department is a member of the Computer Society of India (CSI). The department has a Software Development Lab, Information System Lab, Computer Graphics Lab, UNIX and LINUX Lab, and a Database Management Lab. The unique feature of the college is SUN Java Lab, which is not available in any other college of UPTU. The department gives internet service to students through the ISDN line provided by BSNL. These computers are connected through LAN and these are supported by a SUN server with EM 64T (extended Memory 64-bit Technology Intel Xeon processor) with 800 or higher MHz front-side bus and hyperthreading support. The systems are equipped with operating systems such as LINUX, UNIX, Solaris, Windows NT, Windows XP and software packages that include Java, Oracle 10i, Developer 2000, C++/C, Visual Basic, ASP, SQL Server etc. and open-source software packages. Electronics and communication engineering The Department