The National Education Policy-2020 brought out by Govt. of India, is changing the landscape of higher education in the country. Aligning itself with NEP, RV College of Engineering (RVCE) is prioritizing outcome-based education and experiential learning which includes constant innovation, industry-based activities, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities as part of teaching-learning and assessment. The institute's commitment to pursue academic excellence consistently has helped it to be a leader in technical education and develop into one of the preferred destinations for engineering aspirants in Karnataka. The institute has multiple departments offering top-notch education including department of aerospace engineering, artificial intelligence and machine learning, biotechnology, chemical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering to name a few.

RVCE has also created an ecosystem in the campus to learn entrepreneurship. There are five courses available for students. They are learning subjects on Intellectual Property Rights, Management & Behaviour Science, Economics and Systems Engineering. The institute has an Entrepreneurship Development Cell with over 200 students as members as well.

World-class Education through Experiential Learning

RVCE adopts digital technologies for online learning, quizzes and tests, demonstrations, expert lectures, proctored tests and various online events to make students learn better. The programs offered by the institute are designed with requisite number of foundation courses, advanced courses, SWEBOK, MOOCS, NPTEL, QEEE, industry-based electives and skill based laboratories to facilitate MEME and enhancement of competence of the students in all the relevant domains and render them employable, prepare them for higher studies, entrepreneurship, and public service. RVCE has open electives for interdisciplinary courses. It also integrates liberal arts and IKS as a part of technical courses.

The institution has set itself a vision- 'Leadership in Quality Technical Education, Interdisciplinary Research & Innovation, with a focus on Sustainable and Inclusive Technology'. All the activities are carried out in line with the vision of sustainable and inclusive technology development, with a focus to contribute to both technological leadership of the nation and at the same time, to the development and welfare of all sections of the society. The curriculum of every program has been developed not only to meet the Program Outcomes (POs) but also emphasis is on inclusiveness through interdisciplinary courses and experiential learning. Adding more about the unique teaching methodologies adopted by the institute, Dr. K. N. Subramanya, Principal, RVCE, says, "We are constantly reviewing our set up to update and improve while making sure that students gain thinking skills, analytical frameworks, entrepreneurial skills, interpersonal and communication skills. Students are allowed to take up interdisciplinary projects in final year with students of other programs. These initiatives help the graduates of RVCE to attain/achieve the skills required for an engineering graduate. PG students are provided internship opportunities in industries, which is also a path to get better employment opportunities".

Constant Innovation & Consistent Improvement

RVCE is rapidly expanding its R&D activity and Industry academic collaboration. Companies have set up their lab in the campus for students to continue their projects under them, which in return is making a student-company rapport, enhancing students' employability. Students of the institute are involved in research and innovation, which helps them to file patents. The institution has more than 100 MOUs and collaborations mainly for student internship programs, student projects for B.Tech and M.Tech with durations varying from eight weeks to eight months, faculty sabbaticals, exchange programs, developing skill-based labs, establishing Centers of Excellence, research and consultancy works, industrial visits, and Visiting Professorship among many others. The companies RVCE has MOUs which include Intel, IBM, CISCO, TI, NI, NXP, Samsung, Pace, Freescale Semiconductor, Bosch, Wipro, SAP, ABB, Bosch Rexroth, Mindtree, Infosys, Cognizant, Agilent, Hind High Vacuum, K-Pack, Kennametal, Lapp Cable, and Tejas Networks, to name a few. The institution has also established 24 centres of excellence/competencies in Macroelectronics, Cisco sponsored Centre of Excellence in Internet of Things, RVCE-Mercedes Benz Centre for Automotive Mechatronics, Toyota Kirloskar Motors sponsored Automotive workshop, Centre for Smart Antenna.

Evolving with the changing times, RVCE is aiming to enhance student centric learning through ICT and pedagogy based on NEP-2020, develop sustainable solutions for local problems through projects, skill development & activity points, increase number of patents & commercialization of products through incubation centre, enhance IRG through CoE, industrial consultancy, training programs, and constantly update its infrastructure. The institute is also aiming to increase the number of visits by the leading organizations for their talent search/recruitment across various sectors, which includes software engineering & information technology, chemical process, health care, bio process, pharmaceutical, construction, manufacturing & production, consultancy, business analytics & supply chain management, e-Commerce & retail business, global finance & banking service, research & development. RVCE is giving major emphasis on converting internships to full-time employment for its students as well.