Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Lucknow

Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Lucknow which is also known as the ‘Engineering College’ in Lucknow is considered as one of the topmost technical institutes. It is affiliated to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University and was set up by the government of Uttar Pradesh in 1984.

The institute started out with the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and just offered B.Tech in three branches such as Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science. Later, within a year, it added two more branches such as Civil and Mechanical. IET Lucknow is spread over a 100-acre campus, it offers hostel facilities for boys and girls, and all the hostels are situated in the campus. The hostels have their own mess and are equipped with all basic modern facilities. The institute also has a placement cell and it got the status of industry partnership cell in 1999 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

It is fully-residential and in the initial days, the institute was affiliated to the University of Lucknow and from 2000-2012, it was under the affiliation of the Uttar Pradesh Technical University. It was also a constituent college of Gautam Buddh Technical University. Institute of Engineering and Technology is AICTE approved. IET Lucknow conducts various extra-curricular activities and organises fests to encourage students to focus on other things apart from academics. For instance, the institute conducts an annual fest and a sports fest which sees the participation of various colleges from throughout India.