VMKVEC Salem: Admission 2025, Courses, Fees, Cutoff, Placements, Ranking

Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College (VMKVEC), Salem, Tamil Nadu, was established in 1987 making it one of the oldest engineering colleges in the state. This constituent college of Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, the campus is a vast area of 61.32 acres. VMKVEC has 23 courses of three degrees in total with 2677 students. It has a compact population of 175 faculty members, thus keeping an ideal student to faculty ratio. Accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), VMKVEC is known to pioneered technical education specially in different disciplines of engineering.

There exist basic infrastructures within the campus that fully support the students in all aspects of their lives. The central library is a vast library of about 12000 sq ft with books, journals, E-journals, CDs, cassettes, etc. In the hostels, Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College  has provided facilities to accommodate a capacity of 500 boys and 250 girls. These hostels are well equipped with necessary facilities like neat and clean food, clean water supply and recreational facilities. ICT facilities in the college is relatively strong, the college provides a high-speed internet connection i.e. 1GBPS used for academic and research only. Sports enthusiasts can embraces amenities such as badminton, basketball, and volleyball courts besides having grounds that accommodate cricket games besides having the gum boot area.

Engineering specialisation is possible at VMKVEC at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels with various programmes presented. The college offers 23 courses with 14 at the undergraduate level, and 9 at postgraduate level. At entry level for all courses, the total number of students that are admitted is 1,390. Some of the specialty undergraduate degrees include BE Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering and each of them take 120 students. The college also includes new courses such as BE in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, and B.Tech in Biotechnology. Postgraduate level education offered at VMKVEC include Master of Business Management, Computer Aided Design, Power Electronics and Drives and ME programmes in specialisation areas of Power System Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, VLSI Design.

VMKVEC follows the admission control policy regarding the norms made by Supreme Court of India, Gov of India and Gov of TN. The college permits the student performance in the TANCET, and CEETA-PG for postgraduate intakes besides the national competitive examinations. It also provides scholarships to deserving students while 7% of the undergraduate students and all the postgraduate students received some form of sponsorship. The college has good industry interface and the alumni network is very much alive which supports the placement and career. The programme alumni have acquired various positions in popular organisations around the world and some have started businesses on their own.