College of Engineering, Pune

COEP Technological University, Pune
Former name
1854–1864: Poona Engineering Class and Mechanical School

1865–1879: The Poona Civil Engineering College
1879–1911: The College of Science (Agriculture and Forest Classes)
1911–2003: Government College of Engineering, Poona
2003–2006: Pune Institute of Engineering and Technology
2006–2022: College of Engineering, Pune

2022–present: COEP Technological University
MottoStrength Truth Endurance Ethics Reverence
Typestate university
EstablishedJuly 1854 (July 1854)
ChairmanVinayak Pai
Vice-ChancellorSunil Bhirud
Academic staff
20
Administrative staff
400
Students4500
Undergraduates2,800
Postgraduates1,000
Address
Shivajinagar
,
Pune
,
Maharashtra
,
India
CampusUrban, 36.81 acres
Websitecoeptech.ac.in

The College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Technological University is a unitary public university of the Government of Maharashtra, situated in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Established in 1854, it is the 3rd oldest engineering institute in India, after College of Engineering, Guindy (1794) and IIT Roorkee (1847). The students and alumni are colloquially referred to as COEPians. On 23 June 2022, Government of Maharashtra issued a notification regarding conversion of the college into an independent technological university. On 24 March 2022, both the houses of the state government passed the CoEP Technological University bill, which has conferred a unitary state university status on the institute.

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