About Goa Engineering College in Farmagudi, Ponda

Goa Engineering College is a public college in Goa, India, offering courses in engineering disciplines and affiliated to Goa University. Founded in 1967 at Farmagudi plateau, Ponda, it is the oldest engineering college in Goa, with over 2,000 students.AcademicsThe college started in 1967 with undergraduate courses in Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineering. The Electronics and Telecommunication course was introduced in 1982, Computer Science in 1988, Information Technology in 2001 and Mining in 2011. All courses in the college are affiliated to Goa University.It currently has eight masters programmes, the duration of each being two years:The college is recognized as a research institute under Goa University. The affiliation to Ph.D. programs in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics, Computer Science & Engineering and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering are recognized from academic year 2014-15 onwards.The college has a memorandum of understanding with IIT Bombay, and many of its faculty go there to pursue Ph.D. degrees.The Farmagudi campus also houses National Institute of Technology Goa (NITG) and Indian Institute of Technology Goa (IITG).

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