VELS University gives admissions on both merit and entrance basis. Students can check the programme-wise eligibility first before applying. The university conducts VEE for some of its courses, such as BTech, MCA, MPharma, and more. Exams like CAT/ XAT/ MAT/ TANCET are also accepted.

Students have to submit some documents during VELS University admission and application process. The general list is as below:

• Class 10 and 12 marksheet and Passing Certificate
• UG marksheet & Certificate
• Entrance exam scorecard
• Counselling Letter
• School Leaving Certificate
• Caste Certificate - if applicabl

VELS School of Engineering offers BTech Biotechnology and BTech Biomedical Engineering courses as full-time undergraduate programmes. To be eligible for these courses, candidates must have Physics, Chemistry and Biology/ Bio Techonology/ Maths.

VELS School of Engineering offers BTech programe in the following specialisations in computer stream:

1. BTech IT
2. BTech CSE
3. BTech CSE AI
4. BTech CSE AI & DS
5. BTech CSE AI & ML
6. BTech CSE (Software Engineering) powered by Kalvium

VELS School of Engineering offers decent placements annually to its M.Tech students. According to the NIRF report, a total of 44 M.Tech students were placed during the 2025 placement drive out of the total 47 graduated students. The median package secured by M.Tech batch 2025 was INR 4.71 LPA.

The institute has not released the placement report as of now. According to the NIRF report 2026, the median package offered to BTech and M.Tech students of the batch 2025 was INR 4.55 LPA and INR 4.71 LPA.

School of Computing Science, VELS Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies BSc is offered in various specialisations. The specialisations are gievn below:

• Computer Science
• Computer Science (AI and ML)
• Computer Science (AI and Data Science)
• Computer Science (Cyber Security)
• Information Techno

According to students' reviews on Shiksha page, the School of Mass Communication, VELS Institute of Science Technology the lowest package offered during the recent placement drive was INR 1.5 LPA.

The salary details for batch 2026 are yet to be release. As per the students reviews on the Shiksha page, the highest and the lowest package secured by recent batch of School of Mass Communication, VELS Institute of Science Technology was INR 2.5 LPA and INR 1.5 LPA. The lowest salary stood at INR 2

No, entrance exam is not required for admission in School of Computing Science, VELS Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies BSc programme. The final selection is merit-based on the percentage of marks secured in the qualifying examination.