University of Petroleum & Energy Studies is one of the finest Private Universities known globally for its excellence in education and creation of talents. This prestigious university is located in the educational capital of Uttarakhand, Dehradun. The university is most commonly known as UPES which is the shortened form of University of Petroleum & Energy Studies. This University is named so because it specializes in the field of petroleum, energy and power.
UPES, Dehradun was established in 2003. It was established by an act of Uttarakhand state which is based on non-profit basis and managed by Hydrocarbons Education & Research Society. UPES is located in a well connected area of Dehradun which is in proximity to beautiful tourist’s destinations like Mussoorie, Auli and holy ciites like haridwar, Rishikesh etc.
The university was created with a vision of being an institution of global standing known for its excellence in education and creation of professionals who are fully devoted towards contributing to nation building. The university offers its all course and programs with a mission of developing industry-focused leader in various areas with an international outlook.
UPES Courses and Programs
UPES Courses are offered at Undergraduate, Post graduate and doctorate levels. The university offers more than 100 courses at all levels in the core sectors of Petroleum and Energy. UPES offers its prestigious courses under followings heads:
• School of Engineering
• School of Law
• School of Design
• School of Business
The university also has Center for Continuing Education and Center for Aviation Studies which offers specially designed executive programs for professional.
UPES Admission and Selection Procedure
Candidates who are interested in the courses of UPES, Dehradun can apply by visiting the official website of the university. The candidates need to fill all the details properly and submit it. The university will send you a verification email along with login credentials. Again login to the website, fill the form by entering proper information. Submit the application form after filling and reviewing it. Pay application fee which is around INR 1350. Candidates will be shortlisted or selected on the basis of the scores of various entrance exams. Shortlisted candidates will be called for group discussion and personal interview rounds.
UPES Placement and Fee
Placement of UPES University is remarkable and has been maintaining it since its inception. The university has Placement cell which works 24×7 for placing each and every student who wish to do a job after completing their education from UPES. The university does not care or does not focus too much on placing students. It focuses on building strong leaders which will not be rejected by any company. Due to its focus on making each and every candidate eligible and completely prepared for industry, top-notch companies come every year to recruit from our pool of talent. Currently the university has links with more than 1050 recruiters from which 60% are repeat recruiters. Till today there are more than 9900 placements.
• UPES Dehradun is the only GRIPHA rated University in India. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has given four-star rating to UPES campus.
• More than 2200 students placed in 2018-2019
• Placement record of 2018-2019 shows 94% of the students placed with reputed companies.
• More than 560 companies participated in 2018-2019 campus placements.
• In 2018, Indian media house DNA awarded UPES the 'Best Academic-Industry Interface' Award.
• ‘University with Best Industry Academic Partnership’ as per India Today TV-Higher Education Excellence Awards 2018
• UPES got ‘Best University for Placements and Employability’, in 2018 by Times Now National Education Excellence Award 2018
• In 2017, CEO World magazine (USA)ranked the university amongst world's top 30 universities for oil, gas and petroleum engineering
• The university has been given Five stars for employability and campus facilities and four stars for teaching methodologies by QS Ratings, 2016
• The university got accreditation by IACBE (International Accreditation Council for Business Education)for MBA programs (2017).
P.O. Bidholi Via-Prem Nagar, Dehradun-248007
enrollments@upes.ac.in
Conducting IIMs have been changed the pattern of the CAT exams several times over the years. It is extremely beneficial for the aspirants to know the CAT paper pattern as it helps in preparation and the aspirants can prepare according to the pattern and weightage of the topics.
Mode of the Exam | Online Only |
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Total number of Questions | 100 |
Total Marks | 300 |
Duration of the Examination | 3 hours (180 minutes) |
Sectional Division of the Paper | 3 sections |
Types of the Questions | Both MCQs and Non MCQs |
Marking Scheme |
For Correct Answers → +3 marks For Incorrect Answers → -1 mark For Unattempted Questions → No marks |
Name of the Sections |
1. Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension 2. Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation 3. Quantitative Aptitude |
This Exam is conducted once in a year usually in the month of November on online mode and it is expected that this year this exam will held in the last week of November. The question paper contains 100 questions to be solved in 3 hours. 3 marks are assigned for correct answer and 1 mark is deducted for wrong answer in CAT Exam. English is the only medium of answering the questions. Each question consists of four choices from which only one is correct, candidates have to select the right answer from the given options.
CAT question paper consists of three sections divided as
Section’s Name | Number of Questions | Duration (in mins) |
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Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | 34 | 60 |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DI & LR) |
VA → 10 Questions RC → 24 Questions |
60 |
Quantitative Ability (QA) |
DI → 16 Questions LR → 16 Questions |
60 |
Total | 100 | 180 minutes (3hours) |
This section is a combination of two sub-sections namely Verbal Ability (VA) and Reading Comprehension (RC). The main focus of this section is on the English language skills of the candidates and how they understand and elucidate the paragraphs and Passages. This section consists of 34 questions, 10 questions of Verbal Ability and 24 questions of Reading Comprehension. Verbal ability sub-section consists of questions related to Para-jumbles, Summary based questions, Sentence Correction and Completion. The other sub-section, Reading Comprehension is based on the questions related to Vocabulary, title etc.
This section is also divided into two sub-sections, one is Logical Reasoning (LR) and other is Data Interpretation (DI). A total of 32 questions are asked in this section, 16 questions from both the sub-section. LR section contains solvable questions generally from the topics like inequalities, symbol operations, direction sense test etc. On the other hand DI section is a little difficult and time-consuming section as it consists of several confusing data case lets questions. This section contains tricky question and a little mistake in understanding the case lets can lead the candidates to attempt all the questions from a particular set incorrectly.
This section is a standalone section which comprises only numerical questions from different topics of Math. A total of 34 questions are asked in this section. This section contains questions based on Basic Arithmetic, Number System, Geometry, Algebra, Modern Math etc. The questions in this section ranges from easy to moderately high and can be answered easily with proper practice of the syllabus of Quantitative Aptitude.
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B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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