Vignan University: Admission 2024, Fees, Rankings, Scholarship, Guntur

Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology, and Research (VFSTR) is a deemed to be university commonly known by the name Vignan University. It was founded in 2008 with an aim to impart quality education to make the individuals competent and inspired engineers. The University is approved by AICTE and UGC, and is accredited by NBA and NAAC with “A” grade.

Vision: The University’s vision is to produce individuals who are mentally strong and emotionally balanced, imbued with social consciousness and moral values by disseminating creative and inventive teaching learning practices. To promote academic achievement and excellence in research to evolve the university as the center of excellence in Science and Technology.

Mission: VFSTR works with a mission to contribute to the economic development of the country by promoting job opportunities, business, leadership, and research aptitude among the students. To achieve its mission it aims at providing top notch education programs, training activities, and innovative research opportunities with the support of industry- institute interaction.

Inspiring students who want to build their career in the field of Management, Engineering, and Humanities can take admission in the university to do their desired courses. A wide range of choices are thus provided by the university to pick up the best option. Some of the courses offered by the university are B.Tech, B.Sc, BBA, MBA, BCA, MCA, B.Sc (Hons), B.Pharm, B.A.LL.B (Hons), and more. The courses are offered at UG, PG, Doctorate, and M.Phil level under the following schools and departments.

• School of Computing and Informatics
• School of Core Engineering
• School of Electrical, Electronics, and Communication Engineering
• School of Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Department of Management Studies
• Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities
• Department of Agriculture, Food Sciences & Technology

Admissions in the VFSTR for most of the courses are generally based on the marks secured by the candidates in the Vignan's Scholastic Aptitude Test (V-SAT), a computer based online test conducted at all India basis. Students are admitted based on the merit secured by them in the V-SAT exam and by following the reservation policy. However, it is the responsibility of the candidate to make sure whether they satisfy the minimum eligibility criteria for the respective courses before appearing in the entrance test conducted by the university. The eligibility criteria of a few of the courses are tabulated below:

For Undergraduate Courses:

Note: The maximum age limit of the candidates to apply for any of the above course is 18 years except for B.Sc course which is 19 years.

For Postgraduate Courses:

Note: Candidates appearing in the qualifying exam and waiting for the results can also apply for admission.

Students looking for eligibility criteria of courses other than the above mentioned courses can visit the official website of the university or should visit the university campus.

Admission process of the NRI students is different from the national students. The University has reserved 5% of the total intake capacity from the category B seats for admission to foreign students in UG and PG programs.

Scholarships are awarded to the students who have excellent academic record and are allotted in all the programs offered by the university. 25% of the overall seats in each education department are reserved for scholarships of which 5% seats with 75% scholarship, 10% seats with 50% scholarship and the remaining 10% with 25% scholarship. The criteria of allotting the scholarship is on the merit score secured, availability of seats and first come first serve basis. The Scholarship is applicable for four years and the continuation of it is subject to securing at least 70% marks in each preceding year with no backlogs. Additionally, students taking admission by qualifying in the GATE exam in addition to 100% scholarship will get suitable remuneration per month.

Note: Students interested in applying for the scholarship to any of the courses must first check the eligibility criteria which is different for different courses and must visit the authorised portal of the university.