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Other name | GCE-K |
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Type | Public Engineering Institute |
Established | October 1986 |
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Principal | Dr. Jayaprakash P |
Location | , India 11°59′9″N 75°22′55″E / 11.98583°N 75.38194°E |
Campus | 75 acres (300,000 m2) |
Website | www |
The Government College of Engineering, Kannur (GCEK)[1] is a public engineering institute affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University in Kerala, India. The institute was established in October 1986 by Directorate of Technical Education under the Government of Kerala. In 2012, Careers360, a magazine promoted by Outlook Group, ranked it among the best engineering institutes in Kerala with AA+ rating.[2]
GCEK has grown into a sprawling 75-acre (300,000 m2) campus in Mangattuparamba, just off National Highway NH-17, 15 km (9.3 mi) north from the district headquarters, Kannur and 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Taliparamba.
The institute has an annual intake of 330 students (under five four-year graduate courses), on merit basis through the All Kerala Common Entrance Examination. The B.Tech. courses offered are mechanical engineering (60 seats), civil engineering (60 seats), electrical and electronics engineering (60 seats), electronics and communication engineering (90 seats) and computer science and engineering (60 seats).
M.Tech. courses in electrical and electronics engineering (power electronics and drives) and mechanical engineering (advanced manufacturing and mechanical systems) were started from 2011 to 2012 onward and electronics and communication engineering (signal processing and embedded systems) and civil engineering (computer-aided structural engineering) with an annual intake of 72 students.