Mar Athanasius College of Engineering

Mar Athanasius College of Engineering in Kothamangalam, established in 1961, is one of Kerala's oldest and most respected government-aided engineering colleges, run by a church-linked management while charging fees close to government levels for merit seats — a combination that keeps its KEAM cutoffs high. Degrees run through the state technical university, and the college holds an A grade from NAAC. Its core branches are all long established, with Computer Science and Electronics & Communication now the most contested, and decades of alumni across Kerala's industry, the Gulf and the wider software sector give it a network few private colleges in the state can match. Kothamangalam is a mid-sized town in the green foothill country of central Kerala, within reach of Kochi. It suits students who want an affordable, storied Kerala engineering college with a serious academic culture.