St. Mother Theresa Engineering College
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College, Vagaikulam in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India is a self-financing engineering college run by the SCAD group of institutions. The institution is approved by AICTE and affiliated with Anna University, Chennai. The college was established in 2009 with innovative efforts for providing technical education to rural people of Tuticorin district by Dr.S.Cletus Babu and Dr.J.X Amali Cletus Babu. SMTEC started its function with 157 students and 47 staffs offering five Engineering Degree courses B.E in Mechanical Engineering, B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering, B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and B.E in Civil Engineering. In the year of 2011 B.E in Computer Science and Engineering is also added to MTEC with a change of intake to the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering. The intake for Aeronautical Engineering has been stopped from June 2016 onwards. The college is located at the center of Tirunelveli-Thoothukudi National Highway. The notable landmarks are the Tuticorin Airport and Capsi restaurant. SMTEC ranks first among its sister institutions Francis Xavier Engineering College, and SCAD Engineering College and 105 rank among the 516 self-financing institutions under Anna University in terms of university examination results in November–December 2015.Also there are a notable number of Malayali students in every departments pursuing their degree at SMTEC.
SCAD
SCAD was founded in 1985 by Dr.S.Cletus Babu working with 5 villages in Cheranmahadevi. The main objective of the SCAD Group of institutions is to promote educational institutions for the overall benefit of the country in general and the state in particular.Infrastructure
The college has a digital library, canteen, play field, auditorium, separated hostels for boys and girls and well equipped laboratories.MTEC offers Undergraduate courses in five disciplines.
Undergraduate programmes
- B.E in Computer Science and Engineering
- B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- B.E in Mechanical Engineering
- B.E in Civil Engineering
Departments
With a total strength of 1207 students and 117 staffs. MTEC has totally seven Departments including- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Science and Humanities