Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering (commonly referred to as DSCE) is an autonomous engineering college in

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. It is affiliated to

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Background

DSCE is located in

Bangalore, Karnataka Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. It is a sector of Dayananda Sagar Institutions. The institute is named after its founder, Shri R Dayananda Sagar, best known for his role in setting up the Mahatma Gandhi Vidhya Peetha Education Trust in 1960, Sagar also played an important role in the education sector of emerging India. It is an autonomous institute affiliated to

. DSCE has been securing maximum marks under Visvesvaraya Technological University for five years, continuing the trend of securing 54 university ranks, highest by any college in

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. In 2015, the college was granted autonomy. It is an ISO 9001:2008 certified institute, approved by

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and the University Grants Commission, and accredited by the

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. It is ranked as one of the top engineering colleges in Karnataka. It is run by the Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Peetha Trust. The trust manages 28 institutions in the name of Dayananda Sagar Institutions and multi-speciality hospitals in the name of Sagar Hospitals The institute offers a wide choice of engineering branches, with 15 undergraduate and 13 postgraduate courses. Some of the Engineering branches are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation. The institute has received a National Mission Project from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. It has 21 research centres in different branches of engineering which are recognised by Visvesvaraya Technological University..

Academics

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering offers 160 undergraduate programs leading to 4/5 year bachelor's degrees, 16 post graduate programs leading to 2/3 year master's degrees and 21 research centers offering a 2/5 year M.Sc.(Eng.)/Ph.D. degrees. The academic degrees are awarded by

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) ranked it 126 out of 200 engineering colleges in 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dayanand Sagar College Of Engineering All India Council for Technical Education Affiliates of Visvesvaraya Technological University Engineering colleges in Bangalore 1970 establishments in Mysore State Educational institutions established in 1979