Overview
- St Xavier’s University formally launched the Xavier School of Engineering and Technology and began classes for its inaugural BTech cohort on Tuesday, enrolling 240 students.
- XSET offers four undergraduate programmes: Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering (AI and Machine Learning), Information Technology, and Electronics and Communication Engineering.
- Admissions for the first batch were held through St Xavier’s own entrance examination, which the university used to select the 240 students.
- IIT Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty addressed the inauguration and said IIT Kharagpur is ready to provide outreach collaboration to help build teaching and research capacity at the new school.
- University leaders framed the curriculum around teaching AI as a tool rather than a competitor and grounding engineering education in character, service and ethics to shape 'ethical innovators' who use technology to serve society.