Government Engineering College Thrissur was established in 1957. The foundation of the building was laid down by Honorable Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The campus of GEC Thrissur is spread over an area of more than 75 acres of land. The college is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). The college is affiliated to the University of Calicut and APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University. Government Engineering College Thrissur is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Council of Architecture (COA). The vision of the college is to be a centre of excellence with the mission of providing quality education to transform the students into responsible citizens of the nation. The institute has secured 156th rank in the Engineering category in NIRF 2021 Ranking with a overall score of 34.91 out of 100.
The institute offers courses in the fields of engineering, computer science, planning, architecture and research. Courses offered by the institute are B.Tech, B.Arch, M.Tech, M.C.A., M.Planning and Ph.D. GEC Thrissur accepts scores of KEAM for B.Tech, NATA for B.Arch and GATE for M.Tech programme admission. The total number of students enrolled at GEC Thrissur is 2961. The college has a total of 184 well-qualified faculty members. Thus, the student-teacher ratio at GEC Thrissur is 16:1. The college has many clubs, committees and societies for the overall growth and development of the students. The college has many collaborations and has also signed many MoUs.
Many facilities are available at GEC Thrissur. Some of them are boys hostel, girls hostel, auditorium, cafeteria, IT infrastructure, medical clinic, library, sports, transport, laboratories, convenience store, bank, etc. The college has a placement cell, which provides placement assistance. The placement cell also conducts various activities like workshops, seminars, guest lectures, industrial visits, mock interviews, etc, GEC Thrissur also provides many scholarships like Merit Cum Means Scholarship, E-GRANTZ Scholarship, Central Sector Scholarship and Snehapoorvam Project.
GEC Thrissur is located at Ramavarmapuram Engineering College P O, Thrissur, Kerala. There are various modes of transport to reach the college. One can travel by air, road or rail to reach Government Engineering College Thrissur. The nearest bus stop to the college is Vimala College Bus Stop. The distance between the bus stop and the college is 650 metres and students can reach in 1 minute by walk. The nearest railway station to GEC Thrissur is Thrissur Railway Station. It is located at a distance of 6.9 km and would take approximately 13 minutes from a cab or auto. Cochin International Airport is the nearest airport and is 53.6 km far from the college. It would take around 1 hour 20 minutes from cab or auto to reach GEC Thrissur.
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