University VOC College of Engineering, Thoothukudi: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

University VOC College of Engineering-thoothukudi which comes under the anna university is a newly found college established in the year 2009. Originally situated in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, this institute is situated to cover 25.63 acres of land. The college recognised by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has courses in engineering to the interested students. The faculty at the institute consist of 29 committed educationist’s professionals in the field of technical education. In order to address various engineering specialities, University VOC College of Engineering has seven undergraduate programmes, each culminating in the receipt of the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree.

University VOC College of Engineering has many facilities meant to complement learning and the general welfare of the students. The library is a reservoir of knowledge with stock of books in excess of 13,210 including a Database of Civil and mechanical engineers technology books. It also has up loaded educational CDs, e-books, and previous years question papers that together make the students to have all they need in one place. Various laboratory facilities are considered important as first hand training is very important in order to enhance understanding in engineering. To facilitate students, there is an availability of stationery shops on the campus where notebooks and other study materials are available at costs barely above manufacturing cost. The college also balances the educational and students development aspects by offering the sports facilities.

As a full time programmes, University VOC College of Engineering has a total of seven BE programmes. These courses covers all the aspects across departments such as Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and communication Engineering, Geo informatics. Notably, the college also provides Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering in Tamil therefore diversely accommodating its students. The total number of seats approved in all courses are 540 which opens the door to a huge numbers for the prospective engineers.

The admission process in University VOC College of Engineering is done through Single Window Admission System of Anna University. I can tell with much certainty that this system also follows the rule of selection and fairness and transparency. The college also appears admission notices in the leading newspapers and also on university home page. For all programmes, the percentage obtained in the higher secondary examination by the candidates who written the test is normalised to 200 on which the merit list is prepared. The rankings are then used to determine the process of counselling. As such the Above mentioned standardised process has been adopted and being followed for all courses inclusive of the one conducted in the Tamil medium only. The communication of the dates concerning the admission should be closely monitored on the website of the Anna University. Information concerning this is however not well provided for but students should contact the college bursary for anything concerning financial aid. University VOC College of Engineering, Thoothukudi, is one of the constituent colleges Of Anna University which is continuing to serve as beacon of light in the development of engineering technological education in Tamil Nadu.