Francis Xavier Engineering College

Francis Xavier Engineering College (FXEC) is a self-financing minority engineering institution on North Bye Pass Road at Vannarpettai, Tirunelveli. It was founded in 2000 by the St Xavier's Educational Trust, registered in 1989, and was conferred autonomous status in 2019. The college is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, approved by AICTE (approval for 2025-26 issued on 19 December 2025) and recognised under Sections 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act. Four programmes, in Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics, and Mechanical Engineering, are NBA accredited. Five departments are research centres of Anna University, the college is DST-FIST supported, it is an AICTE Margdarshan mentor for 11 other institutions, and the Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell has given it a 4-star rating.

The AICTE-approved list for 2025-26 has nine undergraduate and seven postgraduate programmes, with sanctioned seats of 960 in UG and 192 in PG. B.E. branches are Civil, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics, and Mechanical; B.Tech covers Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Computer Science and Business Systems, and Computer Science and Engineering (AI and Machine Learning). Postgraduate options are MBA, MCA, M.E. in four specialisations and M.Tech Information Technology. Government-quota seats, 65% of the total, are filled through Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) counselling conducted by Anna University, while management-quota seats are filled from the rank list of the consortium of self-financing professional colleges in Tamil Nadu.