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.

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History

On December 18, 1956, during the general discussion on the budget for 1957-58 in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Sri T. Ganapathy, a member of the assembly, raised a demand for the establishment of an engineering college in Kanyakumari to address the educational needs of the region. He emphasized the importance of providing higher education opportunities in Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli districts.
நான் கேட்கிறேன், கன்னியாகுமரியில் ஒரு என்ஜினியரிங் காலேஜ் திறக்கக்கூடாதா ₹? திருநெல்வேலி, கன்னியாகுமாரி ஜில்லாக்கள் இரண்டிற்கும் சமீபத்தில் அது இருக்கும். ஆகவே, இந்த இரண்டு ஜில்லாக்களுக்கும் சமீபத்தில் ஒரு. என்ஜினீயரிங் கல்லூரி அமைத்துத்தருமாறு நான் சர்க்காரைக் கேட்டுக்கொள்கறேன். கன்னியாகுமரி ஜில்லா மிகவும் முக்கியமானதொன்றாகும். அது மாத்திரமல்ல,
காந்தி மண்டபம் அங்கு தான் கட்டப்பட்டிருகீகறது. கன்னியாகுமரி இந்தியாவுக்கே பொதுவான இடம். அந்த முறையில், அங்கே பலவிதமான விதத்திலும் இந்தி.பாவின் சிறந்த பகுதிகளில் ஒன்றாகும் கன்னியா
குமரி. ஆகவே, அங்கு ஒரு என்ஜினிபரிங் காலேஜ் ஏற்படுமானால் அது மிகவும் நன்றாக விருக்குமென்று சொல்லிக் கொள்ளுறேன்?

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

Placement

UCEN has a 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 is run by volunteer student representatives under the supervision of Training and Placement Officer. The student representatives develop industry ready design, analysis, and 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.

Ranking

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.