Work load on Engineering students to be reduced

Updated on: Wednesday, June 23, 2010

With the vice-chancellor of the new Anna University of Technology emphasizing more on practical learning and project work than theory, engineering students of north Tamil Nadu are set to witness a qualitative shift in technical education in the days to come.

Prof. C. Thangaraj, the first vice-chancellor of AUT Chennai, is keen on reducing the credit requirement for undergraduate students so that they can focus on practical subjects and real time learning.

The Vice-chancellor told, "My focus will be on reducing the academic burden of students. The students would be offered flexibility in the terminal years to choose their own areas of interest and practice in that field".

Presently, students need to get about 180 credits during their four-year study period.

He told, "Reducing about 30 credits, the heavens are not going to fall. For example, in mechanical engineering, instead of earning credits through theoretical knowledge in the fields of thermal area or mechanical design, the student can actually work on projectsâ€.

According to him, the university would give the concept to the colleges to implement these quantifiable measures. The university, on its own, would not have resources to implement it on a large scale.

Work load on Engineering students to be reduced

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