Wednesday, 28 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
UPES has concluded its annual placements for the academic year 2020-21 at 91 per cent. About 2,100 under-graduate and post-graduate students from the university’s School of Engineering, School of Computer Science, School of Business, School of Design and School of Law received over 2,800 offers from 500+ companies with many students receiving multiple job offers. Despite the pandemic, School of Engineering and School of Computer Science registered 100 per cent placements.
This is the fifth year in a row for the School of Computer Science to achieve 100 per cent placements. Overcoming the challenges thrown by the pandemic and lockdowns, over 2,600 internships were arranged for the students to get real-time industry experience and put their knowledge and skills to use. Students have been recruited by various industries, predominantly by research and consulting firms, IT, education and edu-tech sectors. About 53 per cent of the students at UPES have received job offers for core profiles and major roles like business analyst,cyber security analyst, IoT developer, quality analyst, UI/UX designers, cloud engineers, fire and safety auditor, technology analyst, risk and financial advisor, game programmers, operations and marketing head and domain-specific consultants.
Top recruiters include Indian and global corporations such as Amazon, Infosys, Cognizant, Dell, ZS Associates, Vedanta, Flipkart, Ericson, Wipro, Deloitte, EY, Maruti, LinkedIn, Genpact, Accenture, Royal Enfield, VMware, Exxon Mobil and Halliburton.
