GCET Greater Noida - Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology

Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology popularly known as GCET is located in  Greater Noida. The college was established in the year 2000 by Smt. Shakuntla Educational and Welfare Society. Galgotias is affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi.

Galgotias offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses to the students. There are nine undergraduate programmes in the field of B.Tech and two post graduate programmes which are MBA and MCA. The college has over 100 faculty members with a P.h.D. degree

Galgotias Highlights

GCET Location

GCET is located in Greater Noida at Knowledge Park II, Uttar Pradesh. The distance between Ghaziabad Railway Station and the college is around 60 km. Whereas the Knowledge Park II Metro Station (Acqua Line) is at the distance of 1 km from the GCET Greater Noida. IGI Airport is at a distance of 55 km from the college and Greater Noida Bus Stop is 7 km away from the college. 

Awards, Recognitions Accreditations and Collaborations

Awards

• Candidates of ECE department of Galgotias have made a full working robot 'Eve' The robot was made with the motive of a " Receptionist robot (Romeo) ". It has the capability of greeting people by presenting a bouquet, shaking hands as well as speaking a welcome voice note.

• International research award has been awarded to Dr. A.Ambikapathy on Science and Engineering. Award title is “Women Research Award.”

 GCET Accreditations

• Galgotias is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).

Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology Collaborations

• Huawei - ICT Academy

• Learnogether Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Noida

• Department of Electronics - Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence Group, Shantou University, China

• DKOP Labs, Noida

• Infosys

• Wipro

• C# - Corner (MCN Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Noida)

• SAP

• CETPA Infotech Pvt. Ltd, Noida

Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology Clubs, Committees and Councils

GCET has various student clubs that help to hone the skills of the students. Extracurricular activities are given due importance and the club serves this purpose. Being a part of the students club not only helps the students to enhance their skills but it also helps in the overall personality development of the students.

Galgotias Music Club: Crescendo: The Music Club of the college organises various musical events and programmes for the students and it provides a platform to the students to showcase their musical talent.

Galgotias Drama Club: Kalakriti: The Dramatics Club of the college is for theatre and dramatics enthusiasts.This club consists of actors and performers. It organises events like street plays, stage plays etc.

Galgotias Fashion Club: Scintillations: This Club has students interested in the field of fashion designing and it gives a platform to showcase their talent in this field.

Galgotias Photography Club: Cam Circle: The Photography Society of GCE Greater Noida provides a platform for budding photographers to showcase their photography talent.

Galgotias Dance Club: Studio: The Dance Club has well trained dancers who perform in various dance competitions and function to showcase their dancing skills.

Sports Societies: This Club promotes sports and encourages students to actively participate in various sports programmes and activities conducted by them.

Galgotias Fine Arts Club-art Beats: The fine arts Club of the college aims to promote the culture of fine arts in the institute. It conducts practice sessions, exhibitions, workshops, lectures to spread the knowledge of fine arts amongst the students.

Technical Society: This society gives an opportunity to the students in innovation with the finest technical knowledge covering every aspect of engineering.

 GCET Infrastructure and Facilities

Galgotias has a well established infrastructure which has a lot to offer. Facilities like separate girls and boys hostel, library, computer labs, sports facility, so on and so forth are provided by the college.

• Hostel: The institution has a hostel in order to provide accommodation to them. Students can avail the facilities of Wi-Fi networks, indoor games, TV rooms, etc.

• Computing Centre: The institute has a computing centre to satisfy all the computational and technological requirements of the students and the faculty.

• Library: The institution has a library that has all kinds of text and reference books for the students and is a perfect place for book lovers.

• Sports: The institute provides sports facilities and encourages them to participate in indoor and outdoor games for their physical and mental well being.

 GCET Courses, Fees and Eligibility

Galgotias courses are offered at UG and PG level. The institute offers 9 undergraduate programmes, 7 masters programmes to the students. 

GCET academic departments are:

B. Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering

B.Tech Civil Engineering

B Tech Computer Science and Engineering

B. Tech  Electrical and Electronics Engineering

B. Tech Information Technology

B. Tech Mechanical Engineering

B. Tech Artificial Intelligence

B. Tech Data Science

B. Tech Electrical Engineering

MBA

MCA

GCET Fee

The admission fee for all the courses is paid either through a demand draft, online mode or NEFT/RTGS in favour of GCET. The average fee for B.Tech programme Rs. 4.72 lakhs. The average fee to be paid for the MBA programme is Rs. 2.37 lakhs whereas the total fee for the MCA programme is Rs. 2.37 lakhs. 

Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology Admission

Admission to various undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology is done through Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examination (UPSEE). Students have to both apply and appear in UPSEE entrance examination. Step by step process for admission in Galgotias is mentioned below:

Admission to B.Tech/MBA/MCA

• Students have to appear in the UPSEE examination.

• Students are required to qualify the UPSEE examination.

• According to the marks scored by the students a merit list is prepared by GCET.

• In the next step, the students have to register for the UPSEE counselling.

• Participating in the UPSEE counselling is important for choice filling, seat locking and seat allotment.

• The final admission in the desired course will be based on the merit of UPSEE, participation in the counselling process, document verification as well as the fee payment.

 GCET Scholarship

Students pursuing B.Tech, M.Tech and MA programmes from Galgotias are not offered any scholarships as of now.

Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology Cutoff

The cut off for GCET is released every year for admission to the B.Tech programme. The cutoff is based on the marks obtained by the students in UPSEE or JEE exam. Several factors affect the cut off of GCET. The reasons for the 2020 Cutoff are listed below:

• The difficulty level of entrance exam

• Total number of applicants

• Availability of seats

• Previous year's cutoff trends

Galgotias Placement 

GCET has released its placement data for the year 2019. Candidates belonging to various courses participated in the placement drive. Several companies leading in different sectors visit the college for conducting the placement drive. 

The details of the placement drive are mentioned-below:

• Total number of students placed: 848

• Companies that participated in the placement drive: 155

• Average Package-  Rs. 3,58,000 per annum

• Highest Package- Rs. 10,00,000 per annum

Top recruiters are: 

• Infosys    

• TCS    

• Wipro    

• Samsung R&D    

• Cognizant    

• Byjus

• Aerolith Business Pvt ltd    

• Industrybuying

• Capgemini    

• Vedantu Innovations Pvt Ltd.     

• Amazon    

• NTT Data    

• Radical Minds    

• Robert Bosch    

• Prepinsta    

• Cvent  

• Extramarks Education India    

• Fareye 

• Hike Education    

• Mphasis      

• Eckovation     

• Rahman Industries

• EDOOFA     

• Future Supply Chain    

• Indian Machine Mart    

• Paytm Payments Bank    

• Ashok Leyland    

• Nagarro Software (P) Ltd    

• SMS India Pvt. Ltd.    

• Socomec India Pvt Ltd

• Great Learning    

• Ultratech    

• GrownMind Educational Services Pvt. Ltd     

• Huddle

• Pure Software    

• Ericsson    

• Thermax Ltd.    

• Cloudshope Technologies Pvt. Ltd.    

• DataNova    

• Didactic Systems India    

• Enthuons Technologies    

• Genpact    

• Torrent Power    

• Vivo Mobile    

• VVDN Technologies Pvt Ltd    

• Airtel    

• Virtusa

Galgotias Scholarship

Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology provides financial aid or scholarships to students who excel in the field of sports. There are several criterias through which the students can avail scholarships. One could either get a scholarship directly without any sports trial or admission through sports trial.

Galgotias Sports Scholarship

1. Direct Scholarship without trial: Students who have participated in the following competitions are eligible for direct scholarship:

• Olympic Games by International Olympic Committee (IOC) 

• Paralympics Games by International Paralympics Committee (IPC)

• Asian Games by Olympic Council of Asia 

• World Championship/ World Cup by International Sports Federations (ISF) 

• South Asian Games (SAG) by South Asian Sports Council (SASC) 

• Asian Championships by International Sports Federations (ISF) 

• Commonwealth Games by Commonwealth Games Federations (CGF)  

2. Scholarship through trials: The students who have not participated in any of the above mentioned competitions have to give a trial.

Galgotias Sports Scholarship

 Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Does the institute have any alumni committee?

A. Yes, GCET has an alumni committee. The president of the committee is Prof. Brijesh Singh.

Q. Does GCET have any accreditation?

A. Yes, Galgotias is accredited by the National Board Accreditation (NBA).

Q. Does GCET provide any scholarship to the students?

A. No, there are no provision for scholarships in GCET as of now.

Q. What is RPFC in Galgotias?

A. Galgotia’s College of Engineering & Technology has constituted a Research and Project Funding Committee (RPFC) to create and update the general research capabilities of Students & Faculty members.

Q. What are the infrastructural facilities offered by Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology?

A. Galgotias facilities include a library, labs, hostels, innovation centre, computing centre, sports facilities, so on and so forth. 

Q. Does GCET provide placement?

A. Yes, GCET gives several placement opportunities to the candidates. Some of the GCET recruiters are listed below:

• Infosys    

• TCS    

• Wipro    

• Cognizant    

• Byjus

• Ericsson  

Q. Does Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology have any hostel facility?

A. Yes, GCET has separate hostels for both boys and girls within the campus itself.

Q. How is ECE branch’s placement in Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology?

A.The placement of ECE branch in GCET has a lot to offer. The highest salary package is around 12-15 lakhs per year.The college has tie-ups with a lot of IT based companies. The top companies which come to GCET are TCS, CTS, Wipro, Airtel, Infosys and many more.

Q. Are good placement opportunities provided to mechanical engineering students in GCET?

A. Yes, companies like Tata group, General Motors and many others visit the college for placement drive.

Q. What was the highest package offered to a B.Tech student in Galgotias?

A. The highest package offered to a B.Tech student in GCET is Rs. 10,00,000 in the year 2019.