University College of Engineering, Nagercoil


University College of Engineering, Nagercoil is a constituent college of Anna University located at Nagercoil Industrial estate, Konam, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu 629004. It was established in 2009 by the Tamil Nadu Government.

Academics

The institute offers undergraduate courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Engineering, in various fields. Postgraduate courses award the Master of Engineering degree in part-time mode.

Admission

Undergraduate students are admitted based on competitive student rankings in twelfth standard examination. The ranking and subsequent counseling are done by Anna University.
Postgraduate students are typically selected based on the competitive rankings in Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test.

Departments

Under GraduatePost Graduate
Civil EngineeringMBA;
Civil Engineering
Computer Science Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Information Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering -
Electrical and Electronics Engineering-

Dean

Dr.T. Sree Renga Raja, Ph.D,

Former Deans

Dr. T.V.S.Pillai, Ph.D., is the Dean i/c.

Library

UCEN's library has a collection of handpicked necessary books and magazines.
The library has computers connected to the internet with sufficient bandwidth for the utilization of staff and students.

Placement

UCEN has Training and Placement Wing to train the students and to manage the placements in the college. The Training and Placement
Wing provides academic-industry bridge training as well as personality development training. It was manned by volunteer student representatives under the supervision of Training and Placement Officer. The student representatives develop industry ready design,analysis,simulation courses such as proE,ansys,catia,pcb design, web development, staddpro and software development. Peer to peer technology training and project development motivated. The Training and Placement Wing established several industry collaborations in the area of IT and ITES. It released several software programs developed by students.

Official links

UCEN is ranked #7 among 497 Non-Autonomous Engineering institutes affiliated to Anna University. The ranking is based on pass percentage of students during April–May 2013 University exams.