Brief History of College

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History

Walchand College of Engineering is an autonomous engineering education institute in the city of Sangli, Maharashtra, India. The WCE campus is situated on nearly 90 acres of land in Vishrambag, roughly midway between the twin cities of Sangli and Miraj.

The college was established in 1947 by the Hon. (Late) Dhondumama Sathe and began with an undergraduate course in Civil Engineering with a capacity of 60 students. It was affiliated with Bombay University in 1947. After Pune University was set up in 1948, the college became affiliated with Pune University. In 1955, the college was renamed after Walchand Hirachand, an industrialist. Since the establishment of Shivaji University, at Kolhapur in 1962

Walchand College of Engineering offered its first academic program, an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering(B.E.(Civil)) for up to 60 students in 1947. In 1955, an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering (B.E.(Elec)) was established, and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree (B.E.(Mech)) was offered in 1956. Both programs had a 60 student capacity. Postgraduate coursework in all three engineering disciplines was first offered in 1971. Graduate and undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering were added in the 1980s and 1990s.

Walchand College main building

Postgraduate courses in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and a diploma course in Industrial Electronics were introduced in 1971. In 1986, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Electronics Engineering and an undergraduate course in Computer Science and Engineering were introduced, and a postgraduate course in Computer Science and Engineering was introduced in 1997.

In 2001, the college added a Bachelor of Engineering course in Information Technology with a capacity of 60 students, and capacity for an additional 30 students was added to the Computer Science and Engineering course. Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Geology have been established.