College of Engineering Trivandrum.

The College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET) is an engineering college in Kerala, India, located in Thiruvananthapuram. It was founded on 3 July 1939 by the Maharajah of Travancore, Sree Chitra Tirunal Balarama Varma, making it the state's oldest technical institution. Maj. T. H. Mathewman served as its first principal. Initially offering Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering degrees under Travancore University, the college came under government control with the establishment of the Directorate of Technical Education in the late 1950s. In 1960, it moved to its present campus at Kulathoor, spanning about 250 acres. The campus, designed by Prof. Joseph Chandra Alexander, includes a main building shaped like a spanner, departmental buildings, a library, laboratories, workshops, hostels, a planetarium, and stadiums. CET offers BTech, BArch, MTech, M.Plan, MBA, and MCA programs, along with part-time and lateral entry schemes for diploma holders. Admissions are based on the All Kerala Engineering Entrance Examination and GATE. Since 2015, it has been affiliated with the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, having previously been part of the University of Kerala. In 2023, CET became the first state-run college to extend campus hours till night for library and laboratory access. Its alumni include scientists, bureaucrats, filmmakers, and architects.