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Model Engineering College Thrikkakara Kochi conducts internal exams for each course as part of the internal assessment component of the academic evaluation. The internal assessment marks are based on assignments, quizzes, seminars, etc. The internal exams are usually conducted twice in a semester. The duration of each exam is one hour and the marks are 30. If a student fails in an internal exam, he or she will get zero marks for that exam and it will affect his or her internal assessment marks. The internal assessment marks are calculated by taking the average of the two internal exams and adding 10 marks for attendance and 10 marks for other components. The internal assessment marks carry a weightage of 50% in the final grade.

Model Engineering College Thrikkakara Kochi offers the following courses: Btech, Mtech, and PhD. The admission process for these courses is as follows: For BTech courses- admission is based on the rank obtained in the KEAM conducted by the CEE, Kerala. The candidates have to apply online through the official website of CEE Kerala and register their options for the college. For MTech courses,   admission is based on the score obtained in the GATE conducted by IITs and IISc. The candidates have to apply online through the official website of KTU and register their options for the college.For PhD courses, admission is based on the eligibility criteria prescribed by KTU and Model Engineering College Thrikkakara Kochi.  The candidates have to apply online through the official website of KTU and submit their research proposal to the college. 

Model Engineering College Thrikkakara Kochi conducts internal exams for each courses as part of internal assessment component of the academic evaluation. The internal assessment marks are based on assignment,   quizzes, seminars etc. The internal exams are connected as per the scheduled announced by the college.  The duration of each exam is one hour and the maximum marks are 30. The student who miss the internal exams without valid reasons or fail to Register for the exams will not be allowed to appear for a re- exam and will lose the marks for that exam

Model Engineering College Thrikkakara Kochi offers B.Tech in biotechnology under the electronics and Biomedical Engineering Department.  The duration of the course is four years and the intake capacity is 60 seats.the fee structure for B.Tech in Biotechnology at Model Engineering College Thrikkakara Kochi is as follows:For merit students, who are admitted through the KEAM conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examination (CEE), Kerala, the course fee is INR 35,000 per annum.For management quota students, who are admitted through the management quota seats as per the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) norms, the course fee is INR 65,000 per annum.For NRI quota students, who are admitted through the NRI quota seats as per the KTU norms, the course fee is INR 1,00,000 per annum.Apart from the course fee, there is also an additional exam registration fee of INR 1,700 per semester.

Model Engineering College Thrikkakara Kochi offers B.Tech in IT under the Computer Science and Engineering department. The duration of the course is four years and the intake capacity is 60 seats.the fee structure for B.Tech in IT at Model Engineering College Thrikkakara Kochi is as follows:For merit students, who are admitted through the Kerala Engineering Entrance Examination (KEAM) conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examination (CEE), Kerala, the course fee is INR 35,000 per annum.For management quota students, who are admitted through the management quota seats as per the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) norms, the course fee is INR 65,000 per annum.For NRI quota students, who are admitted through the NRI quota seats as per the KTU norms, the course fee is INR 1,00,000 per annum.Apart from the course fee, there is also an additional exam registration fee of INR 1,700 per semester.

As per the NIRF report 2023, the college recorded 84% and 75% placement rate for BTech andM.Techstudents during placements 2022. However, the table below showcases the placement rate recorded for BTech students in the last three years:The table below showcases the placement rate recorded for BTech students over the past three years:ParticularsStatistics (2020)Statistics (2021)Statistics (2022)B.Tech67%80%84%

As per the NIRF report 2023, the college recorded 24 out of 32 M.Tech students were placed during placements 2022. The table below showcases the total students and students placed recorded for the last three years:ParticularsStatistics (2020)Statistics (2021)Statistics (2022)Total students496532Students placed32524

According to unofficial online sources, the alumni of MEC Kochi alumni are primarily working in Engineering sector (42%), followed by IT (11%). To know the sector-wise alumni placements, students can check out the pie chart below:NOTE: The ‘Others’ category involves the combined data of diverse sectors such as Education, Arts and Design, Consulting, Media and Communication, Programme and Project Management, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Product Management and Administrative.