Himalayan School of Science & Technology (HSST) is ranked among the top engineering colleges in Dehradun. At HSST, previously known as the Himalayan School of Engineering & Technology (HSET), we enable you as engineering professionals who push the boundaries and provide technical solutions in a time of rapid social and technological changes.
The school is committed to preparing our students for lifelong learning and the ability to work in multidisciplinary settings. From the very beginning, the approach at HSST has been to groom and create Engineering professionals who are sensitive to the needs of society and can apply their technical knowledge to fill this gap in a sustainable, ethical and humane way.
Adapting itself to the changing technology, our schools has a wide range of programs for the students that encompass an industry-driven curriculum, coupled with academic flexibility and are taught using internationally recognized pedagogy.
With an emphasis on practical learning, innovation and skill development to increase the employ ability of the students, the teaching learning environment at HSST, a private engineering college in Dehradun, provides world-class education, exposure to the latest technological advancements as well as hands–on experience through training programs, workshops and other technical activities. Regular guest lectures by industry experts, industry visits and interaction with eminent personalities of the various fields encourage students for innovation and research and prepare them to face challenges and opportunities that may arise in their professional careers.
The faculty, having a blend of both industry and academia, provide hands-on learning and help students gain practical insights at our Dehradun engineering college. Our faculty and staff is engaged in cutting-edge research and knowledge which brings fresh perspectives to the laboratory and classrooms. With Medical, Nursing, Bio Sciences, Yoga Sciences and Management Colleges under the same roof, the School provides a great platform for interdisciplinary research and innovation that can truly benefit the society.
To give our students an edge over the others, we have collaborated with IBM (in the areas of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Dev Ops, and Data Science). We have also signed MoU with Uttarakhand Space Application Centre, a nodal center of ISRO. Our School has taken membership of Computer Society of India (CSI) and established a student chapter of CSI. Through this chapter students participate in various technical & non-technical activities at national level.
In keeping with the mission of holistic growth of students in our University, students are also encouraged to participate actively in the yoga & meditation classes along with other cultural activities. The University makes a conscious effort to remain closely connected with the Industry and makes required revisions in its curriculum from time to time. Our laboratories are equally well-equipped & sophisticated, designed with the latest technology to facilitate practical exposure, in tune with the need and aspirations of students, as well as, the demands of the industry.
Over a period of time, we have also been successful in winning the trust of reputed Companies like IBM, Wipro Technologies, Cogniziant, TCS, Infosys, Capgemini, Deloitte, Hitachi Systems, Rubico IT BYJU’S, Concentrix, Extramarks, Ozone Overseas Ltd., JBM, Suavao etc. as our students are recruited by the Placement Drives.
HSST’s placement support has excellent links with industry and leading institutions making it a top B.Tech college in Dehradun. It also provides ‘Summer Internship’ and 100% placement support has resulted in students securing placements with good packages. Rupees Ten lakh per annum being the highest package so far.
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
The aim of the department is to contribute towards the advancement of Computational Technologies and provide industry with skilled resources in engineering and other fields requiring computing skills. It strives to impart high quality technical education in theory, design, development and application of Computer Systems and Information Processing techniques. We also have a collaboration with IBM for joint teaching and certification in niche areas of IT such as Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Dev Ops and Data Science.
Exposure is given to the students in various fields – from Microsoft valuable licensing subscription to Visual Studio 2012, Dos Box, GCC, Turbo C along with MSDN academic alliance. Students have access to well-furnished laboratories with modern & advanced infrastructure and a wide range of licensed software (such as MySQL 2012 express edition, Tally-9, Turbo C++, JDK, Visual Studio Professional 2012, WAMP-2.5, Cisco packet tracer v6.0.1) that provide a distributed computing environment.
These laboratories are set on Unix environment with different operating systems viz. Centos, and Fedora (by Red Hat), IBM Rack Mounted servers, and state-of- the-art hardware.
Students are guided by competent faculty involved in high quality research in the field of Database and Information Systems, Programming Languages, Computer Networks and Distributed Systems, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering etc.
Major laboratories in the department
- DBMS Lab
- Computer Network
- Algorithms
- Web Technology
- Computer Graphics
- Programming Labs in Java, C/C++, Linux Programming, .Net Programming and Python
- Cloud Computing & Virtualization Lab
- IoT Lab
