Keeping in view the advancement of VIT in the digital era, VIT-AP has launched new courses to ensure successful employment with digital skills. B Tech Artificial Intelligence, BBA Business Analytics, Animation, and Media courses are few of the new courses to come into force from this academic session.
In a press conference held at the campus recently, VIT-AP University Chancellor Dr G Viswanathan unveiled the poster of new academic courses, and Sankar Viswanathan, Vice president of VIT-AP announced the university's collaboration with Toonz – for courses on animation, visual effects, and gaming. Also the Vice-Chancellor Dr D Subhakar further elaborated on the courses like animation filmmaking – advanced, Visual effects – advanced and 3D finishing programme, 3D FP, which will be an addition in VIT from this year.
Addressing the media, Dr G Viswanathan talked about the open book exams held at VIT. He said, 'The way we conduct exams traditionally only assesses students based on their ability to reproduce knowledge. With that, we aim to reform the way of assessment. We are aiming to match the assessment system with the outcome-based framework, our education and industry has adopted based on performance indicators.'
The Business school of the university has also launched a BBA in Business Analytics from the coming academic session in Amaravati campus.
With the additions in academic area, VIT Business School (VSB) is exploring an international credit transfer program with WP Carey School of Business, Arizona State University (ASU), USA for a 2+2 program where a student can study two years in India and two years in the USA and get an undergraduate degree from ASU.
Twelve universities from USA, UK, Australia, and Spain are offering international transfer programs. Dr CLV Sivakumar, Registrar, VIT –AP University informed that to ensure practical training to the B. Tech students, VIT-AP University is offering engineering clinics and six to nine months internship program as soon as they complete their first.
VIT-AP, one of the best university in the country – ranks number 13 in engineering institution by MHRD, Government of India – NIRF Ranking consecutively for three years (from 2016 – 2018.) With its foundation of 34 years in the education industry, the university's innovations in the field of education and research have also set a benchmark for higher education in India.