Walchand College of Engineering is a college in the city of Sangli, Maharashtra, India. The WCE campus is situated on nearly 90 acres of land in Vishrambag, roughly midway between the twin cities of Sangli and Miraj. The college was established in 1947 by the Hon. (Late) Dhondumama Sathe and began with an undergraduate course in Civil Engineering with a capacity of 60 students. It was affiliated with Bombay University in 1947. After Pune University was set up in 1948, the college became affiliated with Pune University. In 1955, the college was renamed after Walchand Hirachand, an industrialist. Since the establishment of Shivaji University, at Kolhapur in 1962, Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli has been affiliated with Shivaji University. Since 2007, it has been an autonomous college offering the B.Tech. degree  in Maharashtra with 'financial and academic autonomy'. It is known for its vast campus and placement.

History
Walchand College of Engineering offered its first academic program, an undergraduate degree in civil engineering (B.E.(Civil)) for up to 60 students in 1947. In 1955, an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering (B.E.(Elec)) was established, and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree (B.E.(Mech)) was offered in 1956. Both programs had a 60-student capacity. Postgraduate coursework in all three engineering disciplines was first offered in 1971. Graduate and undergraduate degrees in computer science and electronics engineering were added in the 1980s and 1990s. Postgraduate courses in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering and a diploma course in industrial electronics were introduced in 1971. In 1986, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in electronics engineering and an undergraduate course in computer science and engineering were introduced, and a postgraduate course in computer science and engineering was introduced in 1997. In 2001, the college added a Bachelor of Engineering course in information technology with a capacity of 60 students, and capacity for an additional 30 students was added to the computer science and engineering course. Departments of physics, chemistry, mathematics and geology have been established. The placement record of the college shows 464 undergraduate students placed in organisations during 2010 and 2011. The college was selected under the World Bank funded Government of India scheme "Technical Education Quality Improvement Program"(TEQIP) in 2005. It received nearly Rs. 9 crores of funding under TEQIP which ended in March 2009. As reported in the survey conducted by Spectrum India, Walchand College ranked No. 2 all-India out of about 127 institutes that participated in TEQIP. In 2011, the college was selected under Phase II of TEQIP, focused on development of PG education. In 2017, Once again college was selected under Phase III of TEQIP under TWINNING Arrangement with Jabalpur Engineering College.

Campus
The college campus spreads over an area of about 90 acres (36 ha). The college has different buildings for different departments. The central quadrangle (as it is called) has classrooms large enough to seat 60-70 students, and a few classrooms with a capacity of around 100 students. At the center of the quadrangle is an assembly hall called Tilak Hall and an open-air theatre. The newly constructed library building also has a reading room. The library is named after Ajit Gulabchand as Ajit Gulbchand Central Library. It is one of the biggest libraries in Asia. The remainder of the campus is mostly covered with dense trees. The campus is famous as a mini peacock sanctuary as you will find them everywhere in college.

Hostel
The college has had a hostel facility for males since 1958 and for females since 1987. There are eight hostel blocks (D1 to D8) with high speed internet connectivity through WiFi, and a capacity of 738 students. In response to the recent trend of increasing female enrollment, two hostel blocks were suitably modified and converted into women's hostels. At the initiative of the Chairman, Shri Ajit Gulabchand, another hostel block with a capacity of 46 students was converted into a cyber hostel with internet connectivity. Over 300 female students are presently inhabiting hostel accommodations. There is a plan to construct a new hostel for women, as per the new Campus Master Plan developed by the firm HOK (USA).

Lab Facilities

• Unix Lab
• Microprocessor Lab
• High Performance Computing Lab(For M-tech)
• Nvidia Lab
• John Deere research center in Embedded system

The IT department in WCE has various Moodle addresses. Students have direct access to these models. They can check their attendance, and can upload their assignments. Teachers can upload assignments for the students. Quizzes on some subjects are held on the moodle.

Undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of technology (B. Tech)

• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics Engineering
• Information Technology
• Mechanical Engineering

Postgraduate Degrees: Master of Technology (M.Tech)

• Computer Science and Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering [Information Technology]
• Electrical Engineering- Control Systems
• Electrical Engineering- Power Systems
• Electronics Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Heat Power Engineering
• Mechanical Design Engineering
• Mechanical Production Engineering
• Structural Engineering

(Source:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walchand_College_of_Engineering,_Sangli)