Research @ CET
Facilities for research work leading to Ph.D degree are available in the departments of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Architecture and Business administration. The department of Chemistry of College of Engineering Trivandrum is also an approved research centre under University of Kerala. Opportunities exist for candidates to do full-time as well as part-time research in the college with registration under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.
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The admission to Ph.D degree is through entrance test & interview conducted by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University once a year. This admission process is common for PhD full time with and without fellowship, PhD part time for faculty working in colleges affiliated to the University & PhD part time for external candidates. The fellowships for this Ph.D, limited in number is paid by either the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University or Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala.
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College of Engineering, Trivandrum is also a approved Minor Centre under AICTE QIP (Quality Improvement Programme) providing opportunities to faculty members of the degree-level engineering institutions to improve their qualification by offering admissions to Master’s and Ph.D. degree Programme.
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In 2018 & 2019 College of Engineering, Trivandrum was a nodal center for direct Ph.D admission under AICTE National Doctoral Fellowship (NDF).In 2020 AICTE rebranded NDF into a new multidisciplinary research fellowship called AICTE Doctoral Fellowship (ADF) aimed to enhance the research culture in AICTE approved Institutions. In this scheme 363 Nos. of fellowship are spread across 42 selected Universities in India. Out of this only 10 are available in Kerala, which is under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University. Out of these 10 fellowships, 3 fellowships are assigned to College of Engineering Trivandrum. Both NDF Research scholars & ADF Scholars are paid fellowships directly by AICTE and is same as that of IIT's & NIT's.