Overview
Founded in 1951, the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore is one of the many educational institutions managed by PSG and Sons Charitable Trust, founded by PS Govindaswamy Naidu. The founder principal of this college was Dr. G.R. Damodaran. In order to achieve their objective of providing industrial training to local youth, the founders decided to set up the college in the same campus as the PSG Industrial Institute. The unique feature of this college is its close collaboration with the industry.
PSG College of Technology is an ISO 9001:2000 certified government aided, autonomous college affiliated with the Anna University, offering a total of 48 full time and part time programmes in science, engineering and management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It boasts student strength of 8000 with 15 engineering and technology departments beside the computer application, management sciences, basic sciences and humanities department.
Campus
Sprawling over 45 acres, the PSG College of Technology is situated about 8 km from Coimbatore railway station and 5 kilometer from the airport. It is a residential institution which offers accommodation to nearly 4000 students. There are seven hostels for boys and two hostels for girls. PSG Tech library is one of the best equipped in terms of the number of books and journals. Other facilities include an open air stadium, laboratories, computers with internet connection, playground, clubs and organizations.
Accomodation
It is a residential college offering seven hostels for boys and two hostels for girls with all the facilities.
Academics
The college offers various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Undergraduate programmes
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in various disciplines
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in various disciplines
Bachelor of Science (Applied Science) in various disciplines
Postgraduate programmes
Master of Engineering (M.E.) in various disciplines
Master of Technology (M.Tech) in various disciplines
Postgraduate programmes on science and application
MCA
M.Sc in various disciplines
Postgraduate programmes on administration and management
MBA
PGDM
Research programmes
MPhil
MS
Phd
Admission
Admission to B.E/B.Tech courses is done through the single window counseling by Anna University Chennai as per ranking based on the total marks obtained in Class XII Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
For the postgraduate courses such as MBA, MCA, ME, M.Tech, TANCET is conducted each year.
Achievements
PSG College of Technology is an ISO 9001:2000 certified government aided, autonomous college affiliated with the Anna University, offering a total of 48 full time and part time programmes in science, engineering and management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.