University College of Engineering, Osmania University

University College of Engineering (UCE) is the engineering campus college of Osmania University in Hyderabad, started in 1929, eleven years after the university was founded. The college calls itself the oldest and biggest engineering college of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and the sixth established in British India; it moved to its present building in 1947. The university declared it autonomous in 1994 and the UGC in 2010. Its programmes are recognised by AICTE, and Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics and Communication Engineering are NBA-accredited for 2025-2028. NIRF 2025 lists it in the Engineering category in the 101-150 band. The college holds ISO 9001, 14001 and 50001 certificates (2023) and completed TEQIP I-III projects worth Rs 40 crore.

UCE awards four-year B.E. degrees in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Biomedical, Computer Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and Mining Engineering. Full-time postgraduate study covers M.E./M.Tech. specialisations in seven branches and a two-year MCA begun in 1990; part-time PG courses run under the Continuing Engineering Education Programme, and Ph.D. programmes are offered. The college reports a yearly intake of 460 UG, 307 full-time PG and 170 part-time PG students, with 117 faculty members including 42 professors. NIRF 2025 data show 1,430 UG and 389 PG students enrolled in 2023-24. B.E. admission follows the TG EAPCET convener's process, with institutional spot admission for seats left vacant.