Lucknow: The Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS), an autonomous establishment of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), is ready to start undergraduate engineering courses in advanced expertise from the 2025-26 educational session.For the primary time, the CAS, a analysis institute, affords 4 BTech courses in pc science and engineering, synthetic intelligence and machine studying, VLSI design and expertise and mechanical and mechatronics. “The four new courses are skill-based, industry oriented, and in line with the NEP giving students the flexibility to exit the course in the first year if they don’t want to continue further. Admission will be done on 180 seats in the four courses,” mentioned dean, lecturers, Anuj Sharma. He mentioned for admission, one should have handed the ten+2 examination with a minimal of 5 topics, together with physics and arithmetic as obligatory topics, and any one among chemistry, biology, pc science, or biotechnology. Candidates ought to have appeared in the JEE (Main) as admissions will likely be performed contemplating its scores. He mentioned these courses, that are not often provided by engineering institutes in the state, will now be out there in Lucknow. So far, CAS affords MTech and PhD programmes in pc science and engineering, mechatronics, nanotechnology, manufacturing expertise and automation, and vitality science and expertise.