Kerala · Affiliating university
KTU
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
Thiruvananthapuram
~140–170
Affiliated colleges
2014
Established
no grade found
NAAC
Not ranked
NIRF 2025
Admissions & entrance exams
B.Tech (first year)
- KEAM (Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical) by CEE Kerala; engineering rank uses 50:50 weightage of KEAM score and normalised Class 12 marks
- B.Arch: NATA score plus Class 12 marks, allotment by CEE Kerala
After diploma · lateral entry
Kerala LET (LBS Centre) for 2nd-year B.Tech. Needs a 3-year engineering diploma (or B.Sc with 12th Maths), 45% (40% SC/ST/SEBC). Seats: 10% supernumerary plus vacant 1st-year seats.
Track LEET dates →M.Tech / MBA / MCA
- M.Tech: GATE score, with university/college-level admission for non-GATE seats
- MBA: KMAT / CAT / CMAT
- MCA: LBS Centre MCA entrance (Kerala)
Counselling: CEE Kerala runs online KEAM allotment (cee.kerala.gov.in) for government, aided and state-quota self-financing seats; colleges fill management seats. LBS Centre allots Kerala LET seats.
Popular programs
~140–170 affiliated colleges
Exact current count not officially published; range from secondary sources. Government, government-aided and self-financing engineering, architecture, MBA and MCA colleges across Kerala
As of 2026-10 · Secondary sources (KTU website list not machine-readable)
Flagship institutes
- 1College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET), ThiruvananthapuramNIRF 2025 Engineering band 101-150
- 2Government Engineering College Thrissur, Thrissur
- 3TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
- 4Government Model Engineering College, Kochi
- 5Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam
- 6NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad
Recognition & ranking
- UGC
- State university of Kerala recognised by UGC
- AICTE
- Affiliated B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA and MCA programmes run in AICTE-approved colleges
- NAAC
- Not officially published (no KTU university-level NAAC grade confirmed)
- NIRF
- Not ranked (NIRF 2025)
Placements
KTU does not publish a university-wide placement report or NIRF data; placements are run by each affiliated college.
Affiliated colleges place students on their own, so figures vary widely from college to college.
Industry & incubation
- Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram (IT park)
- Infopark, Kochi (IT park)
- ISRO Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
- Cochin Shipyard and Kochi port-based industries
- Cyberpark, Kozhikode
Good to know
- CGPA to %: % = CGPA x 10 (KTU order U.O. No. 1584/2023/KTU, 29 June 2023, replacing old 10 x CGPA - 2.5 for 2019 scheme; also R 9.5 of 2024 regulations).
- 2024 scheme: 10-point grades S=10 to P=5.5; about 170 credits (160 allowed under credit relaxation); optional Minor/Honours with 15 extra credits each, part via MOOCs.
- Backlogs carry over: failed exams are retaken at the next chance; minimum earned credits needed to enter S5 and S7; 2 extra years allowed to clear arrears; degree needs CGPA 5.0.