Architecture at TKMCE Kollam

Eventhough the campus life and academics of the campus is really nice there is a little bit of small ragging issues faced by freshers during first year. This is a common problem faced by all Colleges. But ragging is comparatively less when compared to other government Colleges.

Architecture at TKMCE is under KTU University. The course curriculum is a very efficient one in making an efficient architect. A series of examinations are conducted at College level before semester examination. The examination process at the College helps us to face the university examinations with ease.

There is an active placement cell for TKMCE campus which tries to bring in placements and job opportunities to tge College. Although placements are less in architecture department there is a placement cell. Students mainly find jobs themselves via various methods. Internship in architecture is in 8th semester according to the current syllabus. In that leriod of time students work as an intern in various companies in and outside India.

There are a lot of events occurring throughout the year at TKMCE. Film and drama club of TKMCE brings a film fetsival at the beginning of the semester. Then comes the the cultural fests of each departments. After that in the even semester of the year comes the techno-cultural fest of TKMCE, HESTIA. Hestia is an emotion of TKMCE. It is also one of the largest techno-cultural fests in Kerala.

The fee is affordable if got admission in merit seat or if belonging to a reserved cast. The tuition fee per year is ?8000. If staying at campus hostel the fee comes around ?4000 - ?5000 per month. This fee is including electricity, water, food, gym and rent.

There are enough scholarships for reserved cast students and economically weaker students. Every scholarships listed on the national scholarship site can be availed if eligible. The TKM trust also provides scholarships for economically weaker students.

Clubs have been formed to encourage co curricular activities. These clubs are also kept active with regular meetings and programs. Physical education is highly encouraged. There are championships and inter College matches.

The overall hostel facilities are good. The rooms are good. For freshers there are two boys hostel and a ladies hostel. Later after first two semesters they either move to a campus hostel or stay in private hostels.

Alumni network of TKMCE is very strong. Senior students are very helpful and supportive. Alummi network helps TKMCE in various events. Their contribution plays a major role in smooth running of various events.

Architecture is an interesting course. In order to get admission for architecture I applied for NATA exam and got qualified with 139/200 NATA score. I also opted for architecture in KEAM examination. So a finalized ranklist of Kerala was prepared using NATA scores of the candidates and my rank was 59. In the seat allotment process I got admission in TKMCE in first allotment. There are three allotments in total.

The faculty at TKMCE are well qualified and experienced. In architecture department there are about 20 faculty members who constantly work for the betterment of students as well as the College. Some of the professors are educated from abroad and are renown architects in the society. Architecture department has a very good team of faculty members.