visvesvaraya technological university (vtu), previously spelled visveswaraiah technological university, is a collegiate public state university in belagavi, karnataka established by the government of karnataka.all colleges in the state of karnataka imparting education in engineering or technology, except those that have the consent of vtu and sanction of the government, are required to be affiliated with visvesvaraya technological university, belagavi.the university is named after sir m. visvesvaraya, an indian civil engineer, statesman and the 19th diwan of mysore.vtu is one of the largest technical university which provide opportunities for engineering students and management students.for effective administration, four regional offices at the four revenue divisional headquarters, namely, belagavi, bangalore, mysore and gulbarga were established.vtu was established by the government in order to promote planned and sustainable development of technical education consistent with state and national policies and bringing various colleges affiliated earlier to different universities, with different syllabi, different procedures and different traditions under one umbrella.the vtu headquarters is named “jnana sangama”.additionally, the university has three regional centres in bangalore, kalaburagi and mysore.visvesvaraya institute of advanced technology, also known as viat, is a research institute being constructed near muddenahalli, karnataka.the university also has 13 quality improvement programme (qip) centers in various affiliated colleges and 16 extension centers for offering postgraduate programs.it has around 2,305 departments recognised as research centres which are spread across its affiliated institutions in karnataka.the jnana sangama, belagavi campus and the regional and extension centres of vtu at bangalore, davangere, gulbarga and mysore offer m.tech, mba, mca and phd programs.the university offers postgraduate programs that lead to master of technology (mtech), master of architecture (march) master of science (msc) by research, master of business administration (mba), master of computer applications (mca) and doctorate (phd).the msc and phd are research degrees while the rest are taught degrees.programs and one undergraduate board which offers bachelor of architecture (barch) course:  ‡ the architecture board offers the barch course.programs:   === scheme and syllabus === visvesvaraya technological university accomplished its primary task of setting a common syllabus across the state in 1998.the university regularly revises the syllabus keeping in view technology upgrades around the world.the syllabus has been updated in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2021.vtu adopted a choice based credit system (cbcs) for students admitted to the university from the academic year 2015–2016.the cbcs provides a choice for students to select from the prescribed courses (i.e.core, elective, foundation and mandatory non-credit courses).as part of the new cbcs scheme, vtu also moved to a cumulative grade point average (cgpa) grading system from the previous system of awarding percentage and class to students.vtu has also made an internship of eight weeks mandatory for undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students in affiliated colleges.to obtain a degree, in addition to clearing all the subjects, a student must also obtain a minimum cgpa of five (5.0).prior to the introduction of the choice based credit system, students were awarded a percentage and a class, as defined:  first class with distinction (fcd): not less than 70% of the aggregate marks in first attempt first class (fc): less than 70% but not less than 60% of the aggregate marks in first attempt second class (sc): less than 60% of the aggregate marks in first attempt   === collaborations === the university has signed mous with multinational corporations like ibm, intel asia electronics inc., ingersoll-rand (india) ltd., bangalore, nokia, bosch rexroth and microsoft to improve the industry interactions for students and teachers.vtu is also a member of association of indian universities and association of commonwealth universities.
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