The university strongly believes in kindling the interest among the students to understand the concepts they study thoroughly and apply them in new ways. The proactive support for research based activities has helped the university to attract qualified and experienced faculty.
Basic engineering research at PES University is a systematic pursuit for greater knowledge and understanding of the fundamental aspects of the research domain. These efforts are rooted in the observations during wide range of projects handled by the students, faculty and researchers. Many basic research projects have laid the foundation for strengthening knowledge that lead to applications over a period of time. Technology organizations have urged support for initiatives basic research, mainly because basic research, innovation, and development are closely linked.
Applied engineering research at PES University is in the nature of a systematic inquiry involving the practical application. Applied research deals with solving practical problems and research organization and industries have sponsored projects that require the mix of deep domain knowledge with practical orientation and advanced infrastructure. The projects executed by the students, faculty and researchers have met the stringent requirements of the critical areas like military and aerospace.