TKM College of Engineering

TKM College of Engineering (TKMCE) was founded in 1958 by the reformer and businessman Janab Thangal Kunju Musaliar under the TKM College Trust, and the college describes itself as the oldest engineering college in Kerala's private sector. It stands at Karicode in Kollam, is affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU), is approved by AICTE and is listed by AICTE as a government-aided institution. The UGC conferred autonomous status on 26 May 2022, and KTU notified it on 2 September 2022. NAAC accredited the college at A grade (CGPA 3.11 on a four-point scale) in a certificate dated 4 December 2018, valid up to 31 December 2027. NBA accreditation covers six undergraduate programmes: Civil and Mechanical to 31 December 2028, and Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Computer Science and Chemical Engineering to 30 June 2028.

The college has departments of Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Computer Science and Engineering, Architecture and Computer Application, besides science and humanities departments, and every department is an approved KTU research centre. Undergraduate programmes are B.Tech in eight branches and the five-year B.Arch, with sanctioned intakes from 60 to 180 seats; Mechanical Engineering is the largest at 180. Postgraduate programmes are MCA, M.Tech in eleven specialisations and M.Plan in Urban Planning. B.Tech seats are filled on KEAM ranks through the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, Kerala, B.Arch seats on NATA scores and M.Tech seats on GATE scores.