Editing Goa Engineering College (section)

== Academics ==
=== Academic programmes ===
The college started in 1967 with [[Undergraduate degree|undergraduate]] courses in [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]], [[civil engineering|civil]], and [[electrical engineering]]. The [[electronics and telecommunications]] course was introduced in 1982, [[computer science]] in 1988, [[information technology]] in 2001, and [[mining]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite journal

|date=Jul 30, 2011
|title=Business Line: Goa Govt, Sesa Goa join hands for 4-year degree course
|journal=Businessline|publisher=Asia Intelligence Wire from FT Information
|id={{ProQuest|880070104}}
}}</ref> In 2022, a course in electronics in [[Very Large Scale Integration|VLSI]] was introduced in recognition of the growing semiconductor industry in India.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-19 |title=BE in VLSI and design tech at GEC likely from this year |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/be-in-vlsi-and-design-tech-at-gec-likely-from-this-year/articleshow/92965385.cms |access-date=2023-03-07 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> All courses in the college are affiliated to [[Goa University]].

It currently has eight [[Master of Engineering|masters]] programmes, the duration of each being two years:
{| class="wikitable"
!Sr. no.
!Course
!Department
!Year of commencement
|-
|1
|Foundation engineering
|Civil engineering
|1986
|-
|2
|Industrial engineering (part-time)
|Mechanical engineering
|1986
|-
|3
|Microelectronics
|Electronics and telecommunication engineering
|2008
|-
|4
|Electronics communication and instrumentation engineering
|Electronics and telecommunication engineering
|2008
|-
|5
|Power and energy engineering
|Electrical and electronics engineering
|2010
|-
|6
|Computer engineering
|Computer engineering
|2011
|-
|7
|Industrial automation and radio frequency engineering
|Electronics and telecommunication engineering
|2012–13
|-
|8
|Structural engineering
|Civil engineering
|2016
|-
|9
|IT and engineering
|Information technology
|2017–18<ref>|-
|10
|VLSI engineering
|VLSI ENGINEERING
|2022
{{Cite news
 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/gec-to-add-ninth-me-course-in-2017-18/articleshow/56363082.cms
 |title=Goa engineering college to add ninth Masters in engineering course in 2017–18
 |work=The Times of India
 |access-date=2017-04-17
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110045139/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/gec-to-add-ninth-me-course-in-2017-18/articleshow/56363082.cms
 |archive-date=2017-01-10
 |url-status=live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/me-in-it-engg-at-gec-from-2017-18/articleshow/59837927.cms
 |title=ME in IT & Engg at GEC from 2017–18
 |work=The Times of India
 |access-date=2018-04-08
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408222933/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/me-in-it-engg-at-gec-from-2017-18/articleshow/59837927.cms
 |archive-date=2018-04-08
 |url-status=live
}}</ref>
|}
The college is recognized as a research institute under Goa University. The affiliation to Ph.D. programs in civil, mechanical, electrical and electronics, computer science and engineering, and electronics and telecommunication engineering are recognized from academic year 2014–15 onwards.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

The college has a memorandum of understanding with IIT Bombay, and many of its faculty go there to pursue Ph.D. degrees.<ref name="FullTimePrincipal" />

The Farmagudi campus also houses [[National Institute of Technology Goa]] and [[Indian Institute of Technology Goa]].<ref>{{Cite news
 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Land-trouble-finally-over-for-NIT-Goa/articleshow/14560058.cms?referral=PM
 |title=Land trouble finally over for NIT Goa
 |work=The Times of India
 |access-date=2017-04-17
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822031139/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Land-trouble-finally-over-for-NIT-Goa/articleshow/14560058.cms?referral=PM
 |archive-date=2017-08-22
 |url-status=live
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-engineering-college-ready-to-welcome-iit/|title=Goa Engineering College ready to welcome IIT|website=www.navhindtimes.in|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512171225/http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-engineering-college-ready-to-welcome-iit/|archive-date=2017-05-12|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
 |url=http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/three-s-a-crowd-goa-s-nit-iit-and-a-state-engineering-college-share-the-same-campus-1470319036.html
 |title=Three's a crowd! Goa's NIT, IIT and a state engineering college share the same campus
 |work=CatchNews.com
 |access-date=2017-04-17
 |language=en
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418162338/http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/three-s-a-crowd-goa-s-nit-iit-and-a-state-engineering-college-share-the-same-campus-1470319036.html|archive-date=2017-04-18
 |url-status=live
}}</ref>

=== Accreditation and ranking ===
The [[National Board of Accreditation]] has accredited six branches of the college – the computer, mechanical, civil, electrical and electronics, information technology, and electronics and telecommunications branches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NBA – National Board of Accreditation |url=https://www.nbaind.org/accreditationprogram/AccreditedProgram?ID=qwlMeKvvRFkROOUyYkKt0g==&lbl=eDu5wWlpPACyA1pvdpp7mw==&tier=/L+fxyhb6EPZUvjtT2wypA==&name=wMNR/LxT4iwXWKhiAHUUp9MV2RwOOtuSMr+o0oar5ZZF8b30fA1b0pIchfncoJFfd+x27dqejBKTrbUkOgANAT/5WkJESnr14S3cAEqTVuM= |website=www.nbaind.org}}</ref> This means the academic curriculum and the teaching-learning process is of a good standard, with adequate infrastructure and faculty, acceptable to the [[All India Council of Technical Education]].

A study conducted in 2006 by the magazine [[Dataquest]] India ranked the college at 75th in India.<ref>http://www.dqindia.com/images06/Complete%20Score%20Card.pdf{{dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In Dataquest's 2011 survey the college was unranked.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://archive.dqindia.com/content/top_stories/2011/111121302.asp
 |title=Dataquest : Top Stories : India's Top Engineering Colleges 2011 (DQ-CMR Top T-Schools Survey 2011) |access-date=1 November 2012
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009110618/http://archive.dqindia.com/content/top_stories/2011/111121302.asp
 |archive-date=9 October 2012
}}</ref>

As part of the golden jubilee celebrations, it was announced that the college would soon house an incubation centre for boosting entrepreneurship on campus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Incubation-centre-at-GEC-in-its-Golden-Jubilee-year/articleshow/52858673.cms|title=Incubation centre at GEC in its Golden Jubilee year|date=Jul 22, 2016|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref>