In Coimbatore, there are several engineering colleges imparting undergraduate and graduate courses in engineering, applied engineering and sciences. Some of the renowned and reputed institutes in the country are present in Coimbatore. In total more than 100+ universities and colleges offer engineering courses in Coimbatore.
The below list are prepared by many Poll from the various Poll Results. Engineering colleges in India are ranked by several magazines and newspapers like Times of india, Outlook India, India Today , COMPETITION SUCCESS REVIEW, Career India, Careers 360 and Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry's etc...
The List of Top 10 Engnieering Colleges in Coimbatore
- Psg College Of Technology-Coimbatore
- Coimbatore Institute Of Technology-Coimbatore
- Government College Of Technology,Coimbatore
- Amrita School Of Engineering (Amirta University)
- Karunya Institute Of Technology And Sciences
- Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore
- Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College-Coimbatore
- Sri Krishna College Of Engineering And Technology
- Tamilnadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore
- SNS College of Technology and Park College of Engg.and Tech
1. About Psg College Of Technology
PSG College of Technology, an ISO 9001:2000 certified institution is one of the foremost institutions founded by the PSG & Sons' Charities Trust (1926). The College was established in the year 1951 and the Founders wisely decided to locate it in the same campus as the PSG Industrial Institute for effective industry-institute interaction.
The PSG College of Technology is situated at about 8 km from Coimbatore Railway Station and 5 km from Airport. The campus is spread over 45 acres of land, economically utilized for the College, Hostels, Staff Quarters, Play Fields and Gardens.
PSG College of Technology, under the guidance of illustrious Managing Trustees Sri G R Govindarajulu, Dr G R Damodaran, Sri G Varadaraj, Sri G R Karthikeyan, Sri V. Rajan, Sri G.Rangaswamy and presently under Sri L Gopalakrishnan, all with foresight and far reaching vision, has been in the forefront of innovation in technical education. The founder Principal Dr G R Damodaran was instrumental in the planned growth of the institution from the humble beginnings in 1951 to the present status of a world-renowned technological institution. Dr G R Damodaran was succeeded by Dr R Subbayyan, Dr K Venkataraman, Dr A Shanmugasundaram, Dr S Subramanyan, Dr P Radhakrishnan and Dr S Vijayarangan as Principal's. Presently Dr R Rudramoorthy is Principal.
The College today has a student strength of about 8518 with 15 engineering and technology departments besides the computer applications, management sciences, basic sciences and humanities departments. Among the various Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate programmes offered by the college, as many as 18 programmes were accredited in the year 1997 itself by the National Board of Accreditation of AICTE. The departments are greatly benefited by the expertise of more than 15 visiting faculty from renowned institutions and industries. Each department conducts annually at least one National / International Conference / Seminar / Workshop for effective dissemination of state-of-art technologies and research findings for the benefit of teaching faculty and industries. On an average every year, five short term programmes on current topics of interest are conducted for the teaching faculty from other colleges with funding from AICTE / ISTE and other agencies.
More than 505 research scholars are pursuing research programmes leading to Ph D / MS / M Tech degrees and the college is a recognized QIP centre for Postgraduate and Ph D programmes.
The college is extremely proud of its alumni, a considerable number of them being entrepreneurs or senior executives in industries both within India and abroad. Some of them are holding prestigious positions like Chief Executive and Managing Director and also as Chairmen of various disciplines in universities abroad. A good number of our alumni occupied the position of Vice Chancellor in various reputed universities in India . A few educational institutions have also been established by our alumni.
Several advanced centres are set up with financial support from the Ministry of Human Resources Development, DST and other agencies. These include: the CAD/CAM/CIM Centre, Virtual Reality Centre, Virtual Instrumentation Centre, Educational Technology Centre, Centre for Non-Formal and Continuing Education, PROJECT IMPACT Centre (a project funded by the World Bank, Swiss Development Corporation and the Government of India), UNDP Jute Project Centre, TIFAC - CORE, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Centre, Festo-PSG Centre for Pneumatic and Control Engineering, Metals Testing and Research Centre, Industry Institute Partnership Cell and CII - TDB TNET Centre.
The programmes of the college are recognized all over India and abroad. The college maintains close interaction with several R&D Institutions and institutions of higher learning in India and abroad, through institutional network programmes and collaborative research programmes. It also has close collaborative links with industries in the fields of Automotive, Aerospace, Defence, Textile, Machine Tools, Software Development and Consumer durables.
The college has been the recipient of several prestigious projects and International funding support. The college was conferred the AUTONOMOUS STATUS by the University of Madras in the academic year 1978-79, which is continued by the Bharathiar University and subsequently by Anna University. This enables the college to frame its own curricula, update syllabi and introduce new courses as and when needed. The college is empowered to administer its own evaluation system.
The college has signed MoU with research organizations and industries in order to promote closer interaction with other institutions in the areas of technology development, training of students, curriculum updating and development of state-of-art centres.
2. About Coimbatore Institute Of Technology
The V. Rangasamy Naidu Educational Trust devoted to the cause of promoting technical and scientific literacy, established Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT) in 1956. CIT is one of the most reputed and prestigious educational institutions in South India since 1956. The Institute backed by World Class research and development attained autonomous attained autonomous status in 1987and is affiliated to the Anna University of Technology.
The Institute boasts of strong academic-industrial interaction and a high quality of research and consultancy. CIT, managed by a pedigreed lineage for the past 50 years, enjoys national repute. The Institute has the services of competent qualified faculty, and visionary management to enhance the quality of education at all levels and maintain its position in emerging global scenario.
Campus & Infrastructure
All the departments are well staffed and well equipped to meet the needs of latest technological trends and International standards.The total campus area is 25.4 hectares. The red buildings in the campus houses Laboratories for various departments. CIT has 40,000sq.m. of built up area for academic and administration purposes and all facilities for most of the sports and games. There are currently around 3000 students pursuing their technical education. There is a separate library block, state of the art auditorium, a guest house, a canteen, hostel blocks, gymnasium, sports, recreational facilities and a bank.
History
Coimbatore Institute of Technology was founded in the year 1956 by V. Rangaswamy Naidu Educational Trust (VRET) with the noble aim of disseminating knowledge in the fields of science, engineering and technology to the student community.
History
The philanthropic founders envisioned a unique professional learning order with special emphasis on industrial training. CIT was affiliated to Madras University from 1956 to 1980. In the year 1980, the Institute got affiliated to Bharathiar University and subsequently to Anna University in 2001. CIT is a Government-aided institution, recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE). The Institute was granted autonomous status in the year 1987 and is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation(NBA).
CIT offers 9 Under Graduate Academic Programmes and 12 Post Graduate Academic Programmes in addition to M.S. and Ph.D. Research Programmes. As part of the invaluable service rendered to the society by V. Rangaswamy Educational Trust, the CIT Sandwich Polytechnic College was started in 1961. Presently, 8 Engineering Diploma Programmes are offered by the polytechnic in various engineering disciplines. The National Board of Accreditation has accredited the Mechanical Engineering
3.About Government College Of Technology
Government College of Technology, Coimbatore (abbreviated as GCT) is an autonomous state-funded engineering college located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is affiliated to Anna University.
Government College of Technology, Coimbatore was founded in 1945 as Arthur Hope College of Technology named after Arthur Hope by G. D. Naidu. In June 1950, the college moved to its current location in Thadagam Road, Coimbatore. In 1951, the college was renamed as Government College of Technology (GCT). The college was initially affiliated to the University of Madras, later to the Bharathiar University and since the academic year 2001-2002 to Anna University. In 1981, the college was granted autonomy for its civil and mechanical engineering postgraduate programs. Subsequently, in 1987, full autonomy for all programs was granted.
The institute offers undergraduate courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Engineering and postgraduate courses award the Master of Engineering degree. Undergraduate students are admitted based on competitive student rankings in higher secondary examination.
4. About Amrita School Of Engineering (Amirta University)
Amrita University is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary research university that is accredited 'A' by NAAC and is ranked as one of the best research universities in India. The university is spread across five campuses in three states of India - Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, with the University headquarters at Ettimadai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
The university continuously collaborates with top US universities including Ivy league universities and top European universities for regular student exchange programs, and has emerged as one of the fastest growing institutions of higher learning in India.The university is managed by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.
5. About Karunya Institute Of Technology And Sciences
Karunya University was founded with the noble vision to raise professionals and leaders of high academic calibre and unblemished character, nurtured with a strong motivation and commitment to serve humanity. The Karunya Institute of Technology was started as a private self-financing engineering college on 4 October 1986. In 2004, the institute was awarded the Deemed to be University status in recognition of its academic excellence by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India and subsequently renamed as Karunya University under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 vide Notification No. 9-3-2000-U3 dated. 23.6.2004 of the Government of India.
Karunya University is into its 30th year of service in Higher education with specific focus on Engineering and Technology. In the short span of its existence it has moved swiftly ahead to carve a niche for itself as an institution promoting all round excellence. In a nutshell, Karunya is a co-educational, fully residential, Technological University imparting holistic education to develop the body, mind and spirit of the students.
The Making of a University
The origin of the Institution is amazing. In the year 1981, Late Dr. D.G.S. Dhinakaran, God's servant received the divine commission to start a Technical University which could turn out outstanding engineers with leadership qualities at the national and global level. Building up such a great Institution was no easy task. The Dhinakarans had to face innumerable trials and tribulations including the tragic death of their dear daughter during the course of this great endeavor. But nothing could stop them from reaching the goal.
6. About Kumaraguru College of Technology
Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore is a private Engineering College started in 1984 under the auspices of Ramanandha Adigalar Foundation, a charitable educational trust of Sakthi Group. About 10 km from Central Bus Stand at Gandhipuram and 2 km off Sathy Road (national highway NH-209 leading to Mysore), the well-developed college campus spreads over a sprawling 150 acres of land. Under the able guidance and patronage of Arutselvar Dr. N. Mahalingam, Chairman, Sakthi Group and with the able administration of Dr.B.K.Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, Co - Chairman, Sri. M.Balasubramaniam, Correspondent and Sri. Shankar Vanavarayar, Joint Correspondent, the college has developed excellent facilities and resources such as spacious classrooms, seminar halls, well-equipped laboratories, workshops, well-stocked libraries, dedicated highspeed internet connectivity (broadband) and well-qualified faculty. Five Academic Blocks house the different departments.
7. About Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College
SNR Sons Charitable Trust has a reputation of four and half decades for education and medical services. Seventeen institutions consisting of Engineering, Polytechnic, Arts and Science, Dental and Paramedical colleges in addition to Higher Secondary Schools are managed by the trust catering to 15000 students mentored by 3000 faculty. The trust has been successfully managing a 750 bedded Multispecialty Hospital since 1975 with multiple specializations in Oncology, Neurology, Cardiology and others.
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College (SREC), Coimbatore established in the year 1994 by SNR Sons Charitable Trust is one of the 17 institutions managed by the trust. SREC is an autonomous institution offering 9 Undergraduate programmes in the disciplines of Aeronautical, Biomedical, Civil, Mechanical, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Instrumentation, Information Technology and Computer Science and Engineering.
The institution offers Nine Post Graduate programmes in Engineering and Technology with specializations of Software Engineering, Power Electronics and drives, Manufacturing Engineering, VLSI Design, Computer Science and Engineering , Embedded System Technologies, Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Thermal Engineering and Nanosceince and Technology, in addition to MBA.
Six of the B.E/ B.Tech programmes have been accredited and re - accredited by National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi, since 2003 and two of the Post Graduate programmes are also accredited by NBA, New Delhi. The institution currently has 5000 plus students passionately mentored by 339 faculty members of whom 66 are holding Ph.D.
A very good research culture exists in the campus with an average annual funding of Rs. 1 crore from various funding agencies - AICTE, DST, CSIR, DRDO etc., The institution is also funded through DST- FIST and DST- INSPIRE and DST- NST MIS
The departments are closely working with the industries -L&T, Bi-Metal Bearings, Roots Industries, Tech Mahindra and other companies on Consultancy, Management development programmes and collaborative projects. The areas of collaboration include Machine Vision Systems, Finite Element Analysis, 3D Printing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Predictive Analytics, Virtual instrumentation etc.,
The quality of the students admitted for our programmes is quite good with an opening cut off marks of 196.5 and closing cut off marks of 189.The students are being trained right from the second semester in communication skills. They are also given technical value addition in relevant areas of interest to make them industry ready. The internship in industries are part of the B.E/ B.Tech curricula and the students intern with the industries like – Pricol Technologies, L&T, Health Care Innovation Center- IIT Park, Paxterra Solutions, Ashok Leyland, TAFE, TVS, Ford India Pvt. Ltd., and Mahindra and Mahindra for a period of 3 to 6 months.
The placement record of the students is quite appreciable with an annual campus recruitment of about 82%.The students have been placed in premier organizations like – Saint Gobain, Sanmar group of companies, Murugappa group, L &T along with all the IT majors - Infosys, Wipro, CTS, Accenture, Tech Mahindra and so on. The alumni working in various positions contribute to the Alma matter through a very strong alumni network and alumni chapters at Chennai and Bangalore
8. About Sri Krishna College Of Engineering And Technology
Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology (SKCET), Coimbatore was established in the year 1998 for providing quality technical education to the young minds of the state. The amazing world class campus of SKCET was established in the Golden Jubilee year of Indian Independence with 180 students. It is run by Sri Krishna Institutions along with five other Educational Institutions and it is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and approved by AICTE. The adorable campus is located in NH47 highway, just 3 kms from the heart of the city. The college was granted Autonomous status since the year 2011 due to its significant growth in short span of time.
SKCET is built with an ambience which stimulates intellectual thinking and academic interaction. The college is the epitome of the vision of its founder Sri. S. Vankatram. He envisioned the college to be international standard, be it buildings, equipments, teaching-learning process. He firmly believed that by imparting such high quality education, our students will be prepared to compete globally for international jobs. The college has now grown in size and stature under the competent administration of Smt. S. Malarvizhi, the Chairperson and Managing Trustee of Sri Krishna Group of Institutions. Presently, the annual intake of students is more than 1400 and the college has rendered its fruitful service to the society in a spectacular way. It is ranked among the frontline engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu and our college has already carved a niche amongst the public.
In all, the college offers seven undergraduate and nine postgraduate programmes in Engineering, Computer Applications and Management. It has full-fledged infrastructure furnished in all aspects with a world-class library as the highlight. The college has also carved a niche for research and development and regularly organizes workshops, conferences, seminars and symposiums for the benefit of staff and students.
An Autonomous Institution
Currently SKCET is an autonomous institution affiliated to the Anna University, offers seven undergraduate and nine postgraduate programmes in Engineering, Computer Applications and Management. It has full-fledged infrastructure furnished in all aspects with a world-class library as the highlight. The college has also carved a niche for research and development and regularly organizes workshops, conferences, seminars and symposiums for the benefit of staff and students.
The value of the education and training imparted by the college is highlighted by the interest shown by leading companies for on-campus recruitments. Our alumni have done us proud by proving their worth in their chosen field of work
9. About Tamilnadu College of Engineering
Tamilnadu College of Engineering was sponsored by Tamilnadu Technical Education Foundation (Regd.) established in the year 1984. The Institution was founded by eminent philanthropists Late Lion T.N. Palanisamy B.A., MJF and Dr.P.V. Ravi Ph.D., who are pioneering educators having unmatched rich experience in the field of education with belief that the continuous perusal of knowledge is the sole path to success.
The primary focus of the Institution is to expose the young minds to the world of technology, instilling in them confidence and fortitude to face new challenges enabling them to shine in their chosen fields.
The College is recognized by the Government of Tamilnadu, approved by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University. The National Board of Accreditation (NBA), AICTE, New Delhi accredited the courses B.E. (Computer Science Engineering ), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering ), B.E(Civil Engineering) and B.E(Electronics and Communication Engineering) for 3 years.
10. About SNS College of Technology
SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore is an excelling institution in the state committed to produce engineers with high caliber and professionalism by accelerating Engineering and Technological education under one roof. The college was established in 2002 by SNS Charitable Trust with a high Mission and noble thought of giving professional education to the needy.
The campus is well structured in a beautiful environment with best infrastructural facilities. The college offers 10 Under GraduateProgrammes and 11 Post Graduate Programmes in leading fields of Engineering and Technology. The college has a congenial and conducive atmosphere for holistic learning and growth. Apart from academic activities the college is taking leaps towards achieving excellence in Research and Development. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, MBA,Chemistry and Mathematics have been recognized as Research departments by Anna University for doing research works leading to Ph.D. Degree.
The college stands majestic on NH 209, Sathy Main Road, 10 K.M. away from the Coimbatore city. The nearest Railway station is North Coimbatore junction and the Airport is Civil Aerodrome, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore.
10. Park College of Engg.and Tech
The Park College of Engineering and Technology was started in 1997 and is situated on the National Highway NH 47 in Kaniyur at 28 km east from the industrial city of Coimbatore in Tamilnadu. It is located on a sprawling 30 acres of land surrounded by green fields and coconut Groves on its three sides, and a chain of industries on the other. The College buildings, hostels, workshops and laboratories,playgrounds and gardens are laid out tastefully and functionally by Architects and experienced academicians and educationists rendering the premises a right place for living, learning and working.
The College is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and is approved by AICTE, Delhi. It is also an IS0 Certified Institution. The Director of Technical Education of the Government of Tamilnadu is the supervisory authority over the College. The College is a co-educational self-financed private institution and aims at excellence and leadership in the field of technical education.
The College is located not very far from the highly industrialized city of Coimbatore, and far enough to escape from the urban related problems. The College provides for learning in its class rooms and laboratories, during the regular working hours and also outside the class-rooms, beyond the working hours The facilities in the college are so planned as to make the College an ideal place for teaching and learning .While providing quality education using all modern teaching methods and technologies. the college places emphasis on extra curricular activities and physical education, to achieve all round development of its students.
Behind every machine, tool, equipment and operation system there are sharp minds and skillful hands that design. Develop and put it all together. The expert knowledge and special skills at the command of a few are transferred to millions of men and women through education and training. We enable the students to sharpen their minds and to discover the power behind their hands at Park College of Engineering and Technology. The PCET closely watches developments in industry all over the world and strives to provide students with the kind of technical education they need to succeed in the world of work.
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