Best Practices

Best Academic Practices at COEP Technological University

• Choice-based Credit System with Relative Grading and Transparent Evaluation, with Honors and Minor Certifications Schemes (with additional credits) introduced for aspiring Learners.

-“A Learner Centric Academic System with Choice and Transparency at Every Step”.

• Regular and Major Revision in Curriculum at the Structure level after every FOUR years, with Technology Road Map guided by the Department-wise Industry Advisory Board(IAB).

-“Innovations imbibed in every Revision, considering rapid and global changes in Technology and Attitudinal changes in the mindset of learners”.

• Inclusion of MOOCs, Liberal Learning courses, Industry Internships, and Mini-project in the curriculum with due credits.

-“Initiatives for Self-learning, Industry & Corporate Exposure, and Development of Testable Prototype after Design & Simulate in Mini-project”.

• Mathematics courses essentially in ALL EIGHT Semesters in UG Programs, Mandatory Program Specifics Mathematics course at ALL PG Programs.

-“With a firm belief that Mathematics is the language of Engineers, it is ubiquitously present across all semesters on-campus”.

• Mandatory Courses on ‘Innovation’ and ‘Entrepreneurship’ in 2^nd year and 3^rd year respectively.

-“With an Intentional Focus on creating First Generation Entrepreneurs & Innovators”.

• Strong Focus on Science Fundamentals with courses on Humanities, Social Science, and Performing Arts.

-“Engineering Curriculum must encompass Living Machines as a paradigm to be explored technologically.”

• Inclusion of Skill-based courses at Undergraduate level, one in each semester.

-“Towards enhancing Employability in tune with Nation’s ‘Skill India’ initiative”.

• Co-teaching with Industry personnel/IIT faculty for at least a single course in a Semester, in every department.

-“Associated Industry partner, in co-teaching a course, brings industrial essence”.

• Students Exchange Program effectively implemented for Autonomous Colleges in the State with a Credit Transfer Scheme deployed for a Semester.

-“A Bilateral Students Exchange among Autonomous Institutes in the State, with Credit Transfer, adds value to the aspirants in terms of Experiential Learning”.

                                                                      NEP Implementation

Initiatives

• As a lead institute, COEP is committed to disseminating the NEP to other institutes.
• COEP has planned to conduct multiple workshops for the engineering faculty fraternity, imparting hands-on experience to design and develop NEP compliant curriculum.
• Interdisciplinary Mini Projects/Projects are part and parcel of the designed curriculum. This is very well feasible as two/three departments are grouped under the umbrella of Schools.
• Summer Social internship is made mandatory to the students after successfully completing the first year in summer vacation. Guidelines for internal mentors, time-sheet, and effective rubrics are developed for the assessment of the quantum of the work and awarding grades to the students.
• MOUs are signed with the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and FinIQ Consulting Industry for additional Multidisciplinary Minor certification at the University Level. A few MOUs are in the pipeline for the introduction of similar Multi and Interdisciplinary Minor certifications.
• Additional Bridge courses on Mathematics and Communication Skills for Direct Second Year students are introduced identifying their requirements.
• The flipped classroom concept is officially introduced and will be in force on every working Saturday from A.Y. 2024-25.
• Indian Knowledge System (IKS) is designed with the help of subject experts to increase the effectiveness and interest of students
• The “School Connect” program is introduced, executed, and monitored for increasing Gross Enrollment Ratio.
• UG and PG degree programs are designed for working professionals.
• 95% of the students are registered with the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC).
• Industry-sponsored Ph. D programs
• The extended campus of COEP Tech at Chikhali, Pune is ambitiously developed with EIGHT Multi-disciplinary Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in Sunrise areas of Applied technologies, an Industrial Research and Innovation Park all with envisaged win-win associations and partnerships of industry/corporate and alumni.
• COEP’s Bhau Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership (BIEL) is an emerging world-class startup incubation in India. This is a Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India supported Technology Business incubator (TBI), exhibiting itself as ‘House of Start-ups’ at COEP Tech.