Government Tool Room and Training Centre, Udupi

The Government Tool Room and Training Centre (GTTC) at Udupi is one of the unique technical institutions catering immense importance towards imparting quality education in the manufacturing and engineering sectors. This is an autonomous college established near Government High School, Kolalagiri Uppoor, Udupi, Karnataka; it is recognised by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

But at GTTC Udupi, three diploma courses are offered, each of which has a span of three years, and they specialise in modern subjects of manufacturing technologies. The total enrolment capacity of the institute is 180 students through the various programmes it offers and seeks to produce quality professionals equipped to join the current growing industrial market.

The facility in GTTC Udupi has the following facilities that would facilitate the learning of the students. The institute has its own fully furnished and stocked library so that the students get all the technical books and other resources required for their studies.

For students interested in physical activities, there are sports amenities for them, which make the school provide a balance between intellectual and physical education. It also boasts a good information technology platform to prepare the students on updated technology.

Most significantly, to provide substantive practical learning that is very relevant to engineering and manufacturing industries, GTTC Udupi encompasses departmental laboratories. At present, the institute runs three diploma programmes as full-time programmes with an intake capacity of 60 for each of the programmes, which makes the total capacity 180.

There are three programmes which are a diploma in mechatronics, diploma in precision manufacturing , and diploma in tool and die making. Every course aims to equip the learners with good academic knowledge and skills and practice them when they join the respective fields. Applicants to GTTC Udupi when seeking to enrol in the institution are offered a straightforward admission process.

Concerning details of admission, little is said, but today most of these institutes use previous academic performance in related fields and/or the set entrance tests and interviews.