Mar Athanasius College of Engineering

Mar Athansius College of Engineering
Motto	Excellence in education through resource integration.
Type	Education and Research Institution
Established	1961
Principal	Dr. George Issac (in charge)
Location	Kothamangalam, Kerala, India
Campus	25.3 hectres/62.51 acres
Mascot	His Grace Paulose Mar Athanasius
Website	www.mace.ac.in

Mar Athanasius College of Engineering (MACE), located in Kothamangalam, Ernakulam, Kerala state, India, is one of the premier Engineering Colleges in Kerala state. The College is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University.MACE campus, set atop a hillock, provides a beautiful view of Kothamangalam, the town known as the Gateway to the High Ranges.

MACE was established in 1961, and is approved by the AICTE and also accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).The college was criticized for its non efficient teaching staffs during the NBA visit.

This college provides Bachelor of Technology Degree (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics and Communication,Computer Science),Master of Technology Degree (Computer Aided Structural Engineering (Civil),Production & Industrial Engineering (Mechanical) ) and Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Degree.

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)

Mode of admission

Candidates for admission to the B.Tech. Degree course shall be required to have passed the higher secondary/+2/XII Std. examination conducted by boards/departments recognized/accepted by the University, obtaining not less than 50% marks in Mathematics and not less than 50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry put together or the diploma examination in Engineering, Kerala or any examination accepted by the Government of Kerala as equivalent there to with 50% marks in the final qualifying examination, subject to the usual concession allowed for backward and other communities as specified from time to time.The college has the best accredited Mechanical engineering department in the entire state.Most of the faculty of the college are the alumnus itself, most of them being rank holders in their times.

Seats

Civil Engineering - 120
Mechanical Engineering - 120
Electrical & Electronis Engineering - 120
Electronics & Communication Engineering - 60
Computer Science and Engineering - 60

Master of Technology (M.Tech)

Seats

Computer Aided Structural Engineering (Civil) - 18
Production & Industrial Engineering (Mechanical) - 18

Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.)

Mode of admission

The minimum qualification for admission is B.Sc. Comp. Sc, BCA or B.Sc or B.Com degree with Mathematics or Statistics as one of the subjects with not less than 55% marks, excluding languages, in the qualifying examination.

Candidates with B.Sc. Comp Sc, BCA , B.Sc/ B.Com degree of the Mahatma Gandhi University or any other degree, accepted as equivalent there to by the Mahatma Gandhi University are alone eligible to apply.

The intake is 30.

Alumni Association

MACE Alumni Association (MACEAA) is having nine chapters – seven abroad and two in India.Around 8000 (All old students, Final year students and teaching staff of MACE) are members of MACEAA.

Notable alumni

V K Mathews - Founder and CMD of the IBS Group of companies
TG Ravi - Malayalam Actor
Akhil Sundaran-Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
T S Sunil Kumar-Head Engineering,Phillips Carbon Black Limited
Joe Kuruvilla - Global Brand Director, Unilever
Sunil Viswanathan - Texas Instruments
Manoj Kumar - 3M
Arun K S - Microsoft
Jayasankar B G - Tesco
Sunil Raj - Novell

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