● First Year Engineering Department is for taking care of the first-year students.

● Department contributes to laid a foundation of Engineering and make students ready to peruse their career in engineering.

● It imparts knowledge in various courses like Basic Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Professional Core Courses, Vocational and Skill enhancement Courses, Indian Knowledge system, Ability enhancement Courses, Liberal Learning Course to build up roadmap for their career.

● Rural/Social Internship and F. Y. Capstone Project are the two mandatory courses.

● Per Semester Fourth Hours Fundamentals of Aptitude and Technical training to all first year students.

● Department is proud to share its glory here as it has total thirty faculty, out of which nine faculty have been awarded Ph.D. degree from esteemed Universities, nineteen faculty members are pursuing their Ph.D. degree.

● The Department has well equipped laboratories- Applied Physics Laboratory, Applied Chemistry Laboratory, Language Laboratory, Design Thinking Through Innovation Laboratory, Computer Programming Laboratory, Civil Laboratory, Electrical and Electronics Laboratory, CAD Laboratory. These laboratories enable faculty and students to employ fundamental principles, create innovative solutions which are then handed off to engineering disciplines to be refined, enhanced and used to address important problems.

● Liberal Learning Course – Coding Club, Adventure Club, Art and craft Club, Photography Club, Foreign Language Club, Film Making Club, Music, Dance, Guitar, Yoga and Meditation, Paining, Interior Design etc.

● The department believes in contributing to the image of D.Y. Patil College of Engineering and Technology, Kolhapur with hard work and sincerity.