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University College of Engineering, Thodupuzha offers the best facilities within college campuses. It has a well-equipped laboratory, a central library with more than thirty thousand books, and hostels for boys and girls. It also has sports grounds, a counselling centre and an internet connection in the whole compound. Technical infrastructure occupies an important place in the college, which has separate laboratories for different branches of engineering to provide opportunities for students' successful learning process. 

University College of Engineering, Thodupuzha offered scholarships for qualifying students, but 100% scholarships are not offered at the learning institution. The meritorious scholarships available are government-sponsored schemes including State Merit Scholarship, Post-Matric Scholarship and Eklavya Scholarship for both general and reserved categories of the economically backward communities of the country. Further, some students may be given merit scholarships enable them to pay for a certain percentage of tuition fees in exchange for an impressive performance in class. 

Admission to the University College of Engineering, Thodupuzha to B.E./ B.Tech courses offered is not direct and commonly known as management quota. The main mode of entry is through performance in the Kenya Engineering Architecture Medical test commonly known as KEAM. However, the candidate can apply for the management quota if the seats are available where the candidate may not need to have KEAM scores always; other factors can be used for admission which may include performance, mark or score obtained among others. While taking the PG courses, some universities may demand GATE scores or the university entrance exam scores. 

University College of Engineering Thodupuzha boasts of highly professional and qualified faculty. They also said that many of the faculty members have industrial experiences and they possess M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees in various disciplines. The college prides itself in delivering quality academic education and several instructors have carried out research. As for faculty development university faculty members participate in student development in terms of organizing workshops, seminars and joint projects. This means that having personnel with ample industry experience and teaching experience makes a general improvement in the learning process. 

The cost of tuition at the University College of Engineering, Thodupuzha depends on the course the learner is undertaking and their category. For the UG courses, the annual fees range from Rs. 60,000 to Rs 90,000 for the government quota. For postgraduate courses fees are Between Rs. 30000 to Rs 70000 for each year based on the particular stream of the course. These fees may be charged to management quota students or may be charged according to government policies. 

At present the maximum package comes to the organisation directly from the University College of Engineering, Thodupuzha comes out to be between INR 10-12 Lacs per annum. This salary package is beneficial for the students as most of the visiting companies/organisations include TCS, Infosys, Wipro, etc. The median salary offered to pass-out students is approximately Rs. 3-Rs.  5 thousand per annum and this varies with the branch of the company and the placement session. The placement record of this college is also satisfactory as a good number of students go to reputed firms. 

To be specific UCET, Thodupuzha is a government college. They are being affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi College, Kottayam and owned by the Kerala State Government. The college has engineering courses at the university level and is recognised for its quality courses and research facilities. It is a government entity that operates on the credit of the state and is subordinate to the state's legislation on higher education. 

UG admissions to University College of Engineering, Thodupuzha are open for KEAM (Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical) examination qualifiers only and on the basis of cutoff marks. The admission criteria for the undergraduate courses is 12th pass together with 50% in Physics, chemistry and Mathematics. For admission into PG courses, the candidates have to produce their B.Tech/B.E degree and clear GATE or the university test, as the case maybe. 

Karnataka students have to appear for either KCET for admission into B.Tech at University College of Engineering or COMEDK UGET and for students other than Karnataka JEE Main Score is also considered relevant. For admission, the candidate should have an average of forty-five percent in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry and 10+2 examination with Mathematics and Physics.] KCET cutoff ranks fall between 1,500 to 10,000 and COMEDK between 5,000 to 20,000. The total intake of students is 360 that comprises 50% seats for Karnataka students and 50% for other than Karnataka students and counseling is done through KEA.

University College of Engineering is not very expensive and its fees are moderate. For B.Tech., the tuition fee is INR 22,090 for the Karnataka students and INR 1,81,140 for students from other states. Accommodation costs are at around INR 10000 per annum to INR 35000 per annum including for Hostel fees which is INR 50000 to INR 70000 per annum. Other expenses are Admission fees = INR 10, 000 and Examination fees =INR  5000. Total estimated cost for 4-year B.Tech. program:INR 2.5 Lacs (Karnataka) to INR  7.5 Lacs (other states of India). Some of the scholarships for merit student will be given below: Tuition fee of 50% will be waived off for those KCET rank holders who are below 1,000.