Established in 1947 by Honourable Late Dhondumama Sathe, Walchand College of Engineering (WCE), Sangli, Maharashtra is an autonomous institute of national repute. In 1947, the college started with a Civil Engineering department offering an undergraduate degree (B.E. Civil) with a class for 60 students. It later introduced other disciplines such as Electrical, Mechanical and Information technology.
Affiliated with the Shivaji University, Kolhapur, the institute is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and accredited by NBA. The placement record of the college shows 463 undergraduate students placed in reputed organisations during 2010 and 2011.
| FY B.Tech | SY B.Tech | TY B.Tech | Final B.Tech |
| Civil | Civil | Civil | Civil |
| Mechanical | Mechanical | Mechanical | Mechanical |
| Electrical | Electrical | Electrical | Electrical |
| Electronics | Electronics | Electronics | Electronics |
| CSE | CSE | CSE | CSE |
| IT | IT | IT | IT |
| Sr.No. | Department | FY M.Tech. | SY M.Tech. |
| 1 | Civil | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering |
| 2 | Structural Engineering | Structural Engineering | |
| 3 | Mechanical | Design Engineering | Design Engineering |
| 4 | Heat Power Engineering | Heat Power Engineering | |
| 5 | Production Engineering | Production Engineering | |
| 6 | Electrical | Control System Engineering | Control System Engineering |
| 7 | Power System Engineering | Power System Engineering | |
| 8 | Electronics | Electronics Engineering | Electronics Engineering |
| 9 | CSE | Computer Sci. & Engg. | Computer Sci. & Engg. |
| 10 | IT | Computer Sci. & Inf. Tech. | Computer Sci. & Inf. Tech. |
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SportsWalchand College ranked No. 2 nationally out of about 127 institutes that participated in Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP), as reported in the survey conducted by Spectrum India. In 2011, the Walchand college again selected under Phase II of TEQIP, focused on development of post graduate education.
WCE hosts separate wi-fi enabled boys and girls hostels.
