GEC Thrissur Admission 2024: Check Entrance Exams, Courses Offered, Admission Details

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Government Engineering College Thrissur is one of the most esteemed and presumed technical education institutes in south India. The College was established in the year 1957 with undergrad programmes in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering branches. The pillar stone of the college Main Building was laid down by the then Honourable Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Prof. S. Rajaraman, a Civil Engineer of international repute and author of numerous books in planning and engineering was the first Principal of the college. The college campus spans over an area of 75 acres which is located at Ramavarmapuram, about 5 km from Thrissur city, 6 km from the Thrissur railway station and around 58 km from the Cochin Airport. It is one of the most famous college in engineering education with seven full-fledged undergraduate programmes, six part-time undergrad programmes, ten post-grad programmes and Ph.D research programmes in Engineering. Not only the engineering programmes, but also the college offers Undergrad and Post Grad programmes in Architecture and Post-grad programme in Computer Applications (MCA). The admission strength has grown from 120 during the inception of the college to 759 per year at present.

• The college is affiliated to the University of Calicut and APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.
• GEC is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Council of Architecture (COA) and programmes are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).
• All the departments of the college are suitably staffed and well implemented to meet the needs of the latest technological trends and International standards.
• The college has 47447.57 sq.m. of built-up area for academic and administrative purposes and houses facilities for arts, sports and games.
• The college consists of library block, a central computing facility (CCF), a state of the art auditorium (Eastern Amphi Theatre), hostel blocks for both male and female, recreational facilities, food court, dispensary, bank and a post office.
• The millennium auditorium meets the demands of all cultural activities of the students and staff and other major events organized in the college.
• The college is one of the most sought institutions in Kerala with respect to the placement opportunities by consistently contributing near 100% placement during the recent years.

Government Engineering College Thrissur Admission Contents

• Courses Offered by Government Engineering College 
• Government Engineering College  Application Form
• Admission Fees
• UG Admission
• PG Admission
• Admission Helpline
• Admission FAQs

Government Engineering College Admissions 2024

GECT offers the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) with a duration of four years and Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) with a duration of five years respectively. The college also accepts lateral admissions in B.Tech 2nd year under GECT admission 2024. For the candidates who are employed, the college also provides Part-time B.Tech programme.

• For admission in B.Tech and B.Arch, aspirants must have to pass 10+2 level degree in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
• The candidates trying admission in B.Tech need to appear in national level entrance exam Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). The admissions for B.Arch course is done based on marks obtained in the qualifying exams and also on the NATA Score.
• For applying in JEE, applicants can log in to the official website of JEE and follow the instructions given there. 

Courses offered by Government Engineering College

Government Engineering College Thrissur offers various undergraduate and post-graduation courses including MCA and B.Arch. The specializations for UG and PG courses are given below.  

Government Engineering College Application Form 2024

The applications can be found in Kerala Entrance examination website or in JEE websites, where the candidate has to fill in the details for applying in the respective entrance examinations.

• The admissions to GECT is done based on entrance examinations.
• The candidate needs to apply for JEE and allotments are based on the merits in the entrance examinations.
• For candidates who are seeking admission for the M.tech should appear for the GATE examination.
• To apply for the GATE examination, the candidates have to go to the official website of the GATE. 

Government Engineering College Admission Fees

The fee for different courses varies at Government Engineering College Thrissur under GECT fee structure.

• The Course fee for B.Tech will be INR 8500 per year.
• GECT Mtech fees is INR 20,940 for 2 years

Government Engineering College UG Admission 2024

GECT offers under graduation in B.Tech in various specializations. The admission is purely based on the merits and also the ranks scored in the entrance examinations.  

UG Eligibility Criteria

The admissions are based on the entrance scores and also depends upon the marks scored by the candidate in the qualifying exam.

Government Engineering College PG Admission 2024

GECT offers Post graduation courses like M.Tech with specializations in Environmental Engineering, Production Engineering, Power Systems, Process Control, Industrial Management, Computer science. 

PG Eligibility Criteria
For applying in M.Tech the candidate need to qualify the GATE entrance examination.

Government Engineering College Admission Helpline

Government Engineering College Admission FAQs

• What are the specializations for B.Tech in GEC Thrissur?
  - Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Production Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering.

• What are the specializations for M.Tech in GEC Thrissur?
  - Environmental Engineering, Production Engineering, Power Systems, Process Control, Industrial Management, Computer science.

• What are the eligibility criteria for applying M.Tech in GEC Thrissur?
  - The candidate should write the GATE Exam. The Admissions are done on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying exam and also the GATE scores.