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{{Short description|University in Bengaluru, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox university
| name = PES University
| image = PES-University-Bangalore.png
| image_upright = 1
| motto = Perseverance, Excellence, Service
| established = 1988<ref name="web.archive.org">{{cite web |url=http://pesit.pes.edu/about-us |title=PESIT :: Home Page > About Us |website=pesit.pes.edu |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724220709/http://pesit.pes.edu/about-us |archive-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 34 Years
| type = [[Private university|Private]]
| accreditation = UGC, IET
| affiliations = PES University
| founder = M R Doreswamy
| chancellor = M R Doreswamy
| head_label = Pro Chancellor
| head = Jawahar Doreswamy
| vice_chancellor = Suryaprasad J
| city = [[Bengaluru]]
| state = [[Karnataka]]
| country = [[India]]
| coor = {{coord|12|56|1.75|N|77|32|4.12|E|region:IN}}
| undergrad = 6,656 (All campuses)<ref name="pes.edu">https://www.pes.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PES-University-Overall.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| postgrad = 1,091 (All campuses)<ref name="pes.edu">https://www.pes.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PES-University-Overall.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| doctoral = 86 (All campuses)<ref name="pes.edu">https://www.pes.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PES-University-Overall.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| academic_staff = 464 (All campuses)<ref name="pes.edu">https://www.pes.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PES-University-Overall.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| campus_size = {{convert|30|acre}}
| campus = Urban
| mascot = Jago
| colors = {{color box|#191970}} {{color box|#D90404}} Blue and red
| website = {{URL|www.pes.edu}}
| former_name = PES Institute of Technology (1988 - 2013)
}}

'''People's Education Society University''' ('''PESU'''), formerly '''PES Institute of Technology''' ('''PESIT'''), is a private university in [[Bengaluru]], India. Established in 1988, it is focused on the following educational areas: Engineering, Management, Law, Economics, Commerce, Architecture, Design, Psychology, Arts, Medicine and Life Sciences. The institution offers both foundation courses in these areas, as well as specializations, with a Bachelors, Master or PhD degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pes.edu/pes-university/about |title=About PES University |access-date=14 May 2014 |publisher=PES University}}</ref> The college was established as PES University in 2013, as a private university. There are 3 campuses under PES University in Bangalore, Ring Road Campus located at Banashankari 3rd stage outer ring road Bangalore, Electronic City Campus located at Electronic City hosur road Bangalore and Hanmumanth Nagar Campus located at Banashankari 1st stage Bangalore.

==History==
PESU is managed by the [[People‘s Education Society]] (PES), which was founded in 1972, in a rented gymnasium in Bengaluru, with around 40 students. PES currently manages over 45 educational programs in Karnataka and neighbouring [[Andhra Pradesh]], with a total of over 18,000 students.<ref>{{cite news|title=PESIT students outshine in Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Quiz|url=http://www.thisweekBengaluru.com/?p=3863|access-date=28 October 2011|newspaper=ThisweekBengaluru|date=14 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

PESU was started as PESIT in 1988 as the first engineering college under the PES group of institutions.<ref name="web.archive.org">{{cite web |url=http://pesit.pes.edu/about-us |title=PESIT :: Home Page > About Us |website=pesit.pes.edu |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724220709/http://pesit.pes.edu/about-us |archive-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The college was affiliated to [[Visvesvaraya Technological University]], [[Belagavi]] and later became an autonomous college under [[Visvesvaraya Technological University|VTU]]. The college was established as PES University in 2013 and renamed as PES University.
[[File:Pesit A-block.jpg|thumb|Prof. M. R. Doreswamy Silver Jubilee Complex (A-Block)]]

==PES University==
PES University was established as a [[private university]] by PES University Act, 2012 (Karnataka Act 16 of 2013)<ref>https://pes.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/THE_PES_UNIVERSITY_ACT.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> in 2013, to establish and incorporate in the [[State of Karnataka]] a university of unitary nature in the private sector to promote and undertake the advancement of university education in [[Engineering]], [[Medicine]], [[Pharmacy]], [[Science]], [[Arts]], [[Social Science]], [[Computer Applications]], [[Humanities]] and [[Management]].

There are three campuses under PES University:<ref>https://pesitsouth.pes.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Govt.-Approval-for-PESU-EC-Campus.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
* [[PES University, Ring Road Campus]]
* [[PES University, EC Campus|PES University, Electronic City Campus]]
* PES University, Hanumantha Nagar Campus (formed by the merger of PES College of Pharmacy and PES Degree College)

==Academic profile==

===Admission criteria===

PESU admits 40% of its students to undergraduate courses based on their [[Common Entrance Test|Karnataka CET]] ranks and 60% of its students based on PESSAT (the university's own entrance test) ranks. PESU also admits students under a Management quota, which may not place any merit requirements. There is a lateral entry scheme in place, by which students holding diploma degrees can directly enter the second year of study in engineering. On graduating, students receive a [[Bachelor of Technology]] degree.

Students are admitted to postgraduate courses based on their [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering|GATE]] test scores as well as on their Post Graduate [[Common Entrance Test|Karnataka CET]] scores. Upon graduating, they receive a [[Master of Technology]] degree.<ref>{{cite web|title=M.Tech Computer Science|url=http://pesit.pes.edu/mtech-computer-science|publisher=PESIT, Bengaluru|access-date=28 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101125115/http://pesit.pes.edu/mtech-computer-science|archive-date=1 November 2011}}</ref>

== Faculty and research ==

Crucible Of Research and Innovation (CORI) is a multi-disciplinary research center at PES University. It was inaugurated by Dr. [[C. N. R. Rao]] (former Director, Indian Institute of Science) on 7 February 2010. It has research facilities and a set of dedicated research staff who carry out research in various areas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gutka|first=Charmi|title=Sparsh Learning Raises Angel Funding From Blume Ventures And Tempus Capital|url=http://www.dealcurry.com/20110921-Sparsh-Learning-Raises-Angel-Funding-From-Blume-Ventures-And-Tempus-Capital.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110163422/http://www.dealcurry.com/20110921-Sparsh-Learning-Raises-Angel-Funding-From-Blume-Ventures-And-Tempus-Capital.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2014|publisher=Dealcurry|access-date=28 September 2011}}</ref>

Centre for Intelligent Systems (CIS) is a research center at PES University which researches on topics like Control Systems, Speech, Image and Signal Processing, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Low Power VLSI design. Selected students do internships in the PES Innovation Lab (formerly Microsoft Innovation Lab) on the university campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=PESIT Telecommunications|url=http://pesit.pes.edu/telecommunication/overview|publisher=PES Institute of Technology|access-date=28 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120214155/http://pesit.pes.edu/telecommunication/overview|archive-date=20 November 2011}}</ref>

== Rankings==
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and College

| NIRF_E_2021 = 83
}}

The university was ranked 83rd for engineering in India by [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2021<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_E_2021/>

== 2023 student suicide ==
On July 17, 2023, a student committed suicide by jumping off the 8th floor of a building on the campus<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-18 |title=Caught for ‘malpractice’, first-year BTech student in Bengaluru dies by suicide |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/caught-malpractice-first-year-btech-student-bengaluru-dies-suicide-8845628/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-17 |title=BTech student jumps to death after being caught using phone during exam in Bengaluru |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/btech-student-jumps-to-death-after-being-caught-using-phone-during-exam-in-bengaluru-1237942.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-18 |title=Caught with phone in exam hall, BTech student jumps to death in Karnataka |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/19-yr-old-btech-student-caught-with-phone-in-exam-hall-jumps-to-death/articleshow/101839792.cms |access-date=2023-07-20 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>. The deceased was identified as Aditya Prabhu, a 19 year old BTech student of the University. The incident occurred after he was caught using a mobile phone during an examination. Aditya was escorted out of the examination hall at around 11:30 hours. He was counseled by the college authorities and informed that his parents would be notified. Distressed from the harassment by college authorities, Aditya left the room and jumped to his death between 12:30 to 13:00 hours. Aditya's parents filed a police complaint against the University management holding them responsible for his death.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

*[http://www.pes.edu/ PES University]

{{Universities in Karnataka}}
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[[Category:All India Council for Technical Education]]
[[Category:Affiliates of Visvesvaraya Technological University]]
[[Category:Engineering colleges in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Engineering universities and colleges in India]]
[[Category:1971 establishments in Mysore State]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1988]]

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