Government Engineering College, Bhuj

The Government Engineering College, Bhuj is an AICTE-accredited engineering College in Bhuj, Gujarat, India. It is affiliated with Gujarat Technological University.

WWW gecbhuj.ac.in

Degrees

The college was established on 26 September 1994, initially with two branches: Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. It was initially affiliated to Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. The college building was initially located in Polytechnic campus of Bhuj. In 2001 after major earth quake struck Bhuj, entire college and hostel building was damaged beyond repair, so the college students were shifted to L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad. in 2003 students were shifted back to New Building.
Presently the College is approved by AICTE and affiliated with Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad. The college is administered by the Directorate of Technical Education, Gujarat State, Gandhinagar, and the admission process carried out through centralized admission process of ACPC and as per the Government of Gujarat norms. The College offers undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mining Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Environment engineering. The college has two postgraduate programs: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
There are four hostel.

Hostels

Hostel rooms are allotted every year after admission process is over via internal merit-list prepared by college. it is usually very hard to get a room due to limited number of rooms and competition. There are four hostels, 3 for boys and 1 for girls.at present and number might grow in future.

History

GECB was established in 1994. Following the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, the 399 students in the engineering courses were shifted to Ahmedabad where they attended classes at the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering while GECB was being reconstructed.