Universal Engineering College, Thrissur

The UEC came into existence in the year 2011, and it is a well-renowned Engineering College situated at Thrissur, Kerala. This affiliated college, which has the approval of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), has the accreditation of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). UEC, with a 10.

14-acre campus, is home to about 1,068 students, where the university offers several programmes in engineering. College has a well-qualified teaching staff with about sixty-two members, and the college is fortunate to have a student-teacher ratio of 1:1.

UEC offers 8 courses at two different levels, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, in engineering disciplines such as Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and Civil Engineering. The college is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and is affiliated with APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (APJAKTU), Kerala.

Universal Engineering College has vowed to put up all modern facilities to enable students to have the best learning environment they deserve. The UEC library is a treasure trove and contains over 5000 books of text, and over 40 journals and magazines.

It also provides the facility of over 275 e-journals through its upgraded and sophisticated digital library system and has the Bibliographic Database System for preserving and providing facilities to store digital data in multimedia form. For their health, the College has multi-talented playgrounds, both indoor and outdoors, under a fully equipped Department of Physical Education.

The IT standards at UEC are superb; therefore, students can enjoy a technologically enhanced educational process. They include the following programmes: At the undergraduate level, the college offers four programmes, while at the postgraduate level, the college offers four programmes. The B.

Tech programmes, which are the full-time courses, are of four-year duration, and concentrations offered are as follows: Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering , Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering. These include Post Graduate Degree programmes in Structural Engineering, M.

Tech and a two-year, full-time programme in Thermal Engineering. Originally, the total approved intake for all courses in UEC is 387 students, of which the maximum number of intakes is 120 students for B. Tech Computer Science and Engineering . The entrance test at Universal Engineering College is mainly the Kerala Engineering Architecture & Medical Examination (KEAM) .

This is a state-level entrance examination through which aspiring students are able to get admission into this University to pursue B. Tech courses offered by UEC. The admissions in various engineering disciplines are done through the KTHM score, which is fairly competitive at this college.