Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology - [ZHCET], Aligarh

The Zakir Husain College of Engineering & Technology was established on 21st November 1938, after a great scholar of AMU and the former President of India, Dr. Zakir Husain. It is affiliated by Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. The College is accredited by AICTE and also approved by NBA.

• It provides students with modern as well as traditional values
• They have 400 staff and 2000 students
• The College offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research level courses to the students

Notable Alumni:

• Manoj Bhatia -Associate VP (Mahindra Satyam)
• Mansoor Ahmed- General Manager (Airport Authority of India)
• Sudhanshu Jain- Director of Product Management (Alcatel)

Departments

• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Electrical Engineering
• Department of Computer Science Engineering
• Department of Electronics Engineering
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Petroleum Engineering  
• Department of Architecture

Placements:

Extracurricular Activities

• Roboclub: AMU Roboclub fosters enthusiasm towards electronics to implement new, innovative ideas.AMU Roboclub alumni attribute a portion of their successes to the time and effort they spent at AMU Roboclub.It was formed in 2006 to motivate the ZHCET to improve their soft skills
• @Ingenious Solutions: It is a Students' Club that aims to develop the soft skills of student

The lists of technical societies are:

• IEEE
• IETE
• ASME
• SAE
• ASCE

Facilities

Library:

• The Library name is Maulana Azad Library

Festival:

• ZARF: It is annual fest of ZHCET. It is provides a platform to the students to come forward and access their expertise in various fields like aero-modeling, robotics, junkyard wars etc.  
• Tameer: festival for Civil Engineering
• Paradigm: festival for Mechanical Engineering
• Kaleidoscope: An art and literary festival

Ranking:

• The National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) under MHRD recently ranked ZHCET at number 4 out of 236 institutes for TEQUIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Program)
• Outlook India ranked 60 out of the top 75 Engineering Colleges of India in 2012.
• Dataquest ranked 51st in top 100 Engineering Schools of India by in 2005