University of Visvesvaraya vs R. V. College

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University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Bangalore

Bangalore, Karnataka · Public

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R. V. College of Engineering Bangalore

Bangalore, Karnataka · Private

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	University of Visvesvaraya	R. V. College
Location	Bangalore, Karnataka	Bangalore, Karnataka
Type	Public	Private
Established	1917	1963
Approvals	—	AICTE
Entrance exams	—	COMEDK
Courses offered	1	1

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University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Bangalore

The University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) is a government engineering college in Bengaluru. Its website says it was established in 1917 by Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya as the Government Engineering College, the fifth engineering college in the country, and describes itself as the first state autonomous institution on the IIT model. It is affiliated to Bangalore University and has over 3,300 stu…

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R. V. College of Engineering Bangalore

R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE) is on Mysore Road in Bengaluru, about 13 km from the city centre, on a campus of 16.85 acres. Its About page says it was established in 1963 with three engineering branches, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical, and now offers 13 undergraduate engineering programmes, 13 master's programmes and doctoral studies. The college reports an annual intake of over 2,000 for its UG and PG program…

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