The Noorul Islam University comprising of Noorul Islam College of Engineering has more than 20 Years of standing in Higher Education field. The University is run by the Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education (NICHE) which has been declared as a Deemed-to-be-University by Ministry of Higher Education, Govt,of India vide Notification No.F.9-51/2004-4.3 at 8th December 2008. Janab Dr. A.P. Majeed Khan….
THE HISTORY
Noorul Islam University comprising of Noorul Islam College of Engineering has more than 20 Years of standing in Higher Education field. The University is run by the Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education (NICHE) which has been declared as a Deemed-to-be-University by Ministry of Higher Education, Govt, of India vide Notification No.F.9-51/2004-4.3 at 8th December 2008. Janab Dr. A.P. Majeed Khan having more than 50 years of experience in Educational field is the Chancellor of the University.The university campus is in the serene and lush green base of Velimalai, a spectacular part of Western Ghat Hills near the famous Padmanabhapuram Palace. It is only 1.5 km interior towards the foothills of the mountains from Kumaracoil Junction on the Kanyakumari Thiruvanthapuram National Nighway (NH-47).
THE GROWTH
B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering are B.E. in ECE were the only courses offered are the beginning B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) was started in the year 1993, Mechanical Engineering (Mech.) in 1995, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (EIE) in 1998. Information Technology (IT) in 1999, Aeronautical Engineering (AE) in 2004, and Civil Engineering in 2006. Plans are on the anvil for the start of Marine Engineering for which sanction has been granted by AICTE for 2007-08. The course is subject to approval by Director General of Shipping,Mumbai.Post-graduate courses in Management Studies (MBA) and Computer Applications (MCA) were started in the academic year 1994-1995. In addition, a five year integrated technical course in Software Engineering (M.Sc. – SE), two year post-graduate course in Computer Technology (M.Sc.-CT), two year post-graduate course in Information Technology (M.Sc.-IT), two year post graduate course in Software Engineering (M.Sc.-SE) and a three year under-graduate course in Computer Technology (B.Sc. -CT) were started apart from the engineering courses in an adjacent and separate campus. During 2006-07, M.Sc.-CT and M.Sc.-IT have been transformed to five year integrated PG courses.
