THE opening up of deemed university status to standalone engineering and management colleges has enabled some institutes such as St. Peter’s University to drastically increase capacity in the last two to three years. While the recent decision by the government to derecognise some of them came as a jolt, the Supreme Court’s decision to maintain status quo has resulted in most of these colleges moving further up on their growth path.

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While some of the deemed universities like Amrita  have begun to produce academic work of good quality, all of them have infrastructure of a reasonable quality. Some of these colleges like SRM have multi-location campuses while many others like VIT  boast of  a truly international student body. Most of them have student exchange programmes with different universities. What stands in good stead for the student is the assurance of a certain level of infrastructure and resource availability, though the level of teaching and learning experience vary widely. With individual admission processes and large capacities, these colleges do provide a better chance of obtaining an admission vis-à-vis some of the comparable state colleges. So  it makes sense to keep some of these colleges in your consideration set. 
 

College Profile: St. Peter’s University

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Chancellor: Dr.(Mrs.) T. Bhanumathi
Flagship programme: BE/BTech (Honours)
Entrance exam: ENAT (EPSI National Admission Test), SPIHER (St. Peter’s Institute of Higher
Education and Research) Entrance Test
Student intake: 1,120 
Disciplines: Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Engineering, Mechanical, Production, Electrical and Instrumentation, Chemical, Information Technology, Biotechnology, Civil, Biomedical, Aeronautics, Automobile
Full-time faculty: 369 (Professor-57, Assistant Professor-64, Lecturer-258)
Fees (full course):  Rs. 250,000
Board & lodging (two years): Not available
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE approved,NBA accredited 
Average placement salary: Not available
Top recruiters: Not available
Other programmes: MBA, MCA, Science and Humanities
Other campuses: None
Web site: www.stpetersuniversity.org 

Located in Anna Salai, Chennai, St. Peter’s University was established in 1993, and became Deemed-to-be-University from 2008-09 onwards. 

Each engineering discipline has its own laboratories. 

For instance, the aeronautical engineering department has these laboratories: Basic Workshop, Aero Dynamics Laboratory, Aircraft Structures Laboratory-I & II, Aircraft Structures Repair Laboratory, CAD Laboratory and a Computer Aided Manufacturing Laboratory.

The library services are automated through using the standard library software package called ‘AutoLib’. Infrastructural facilities include laboratories, 24x7 internet connectivity, guest rooms, health care, seminar halls etc. Guest lectures, industrial visits, and conferences are conducted regularly. 

SPU recently signed an MoU with the university Canada West, Canada, and has been a signatory of MoUs with other national and international institutes too.

Separate hostels are available for boys and girls with the total built-up area of 17,000 sq.m, which have reading rooms, TV rooms and recreation halls.