FRANCIS XAVIER ENGINEERING COLLEGE, Tirunelveli is an offshoot of SCAD – Social Change and Development, a socially committed Group, which has been doing a yeomen service in uplifting the deprived lot of the southern region since 1985. It was founded by Dr. S. Cletus Babu and Dr. Amali Cletus Babu with the profound insight of fulfilling their social obligation by providing the platform of Technical Education to make the youth of this region excel with their skills and get systematically transformed into future ready professionals. FX Engineering College was established in the year 2000 with the vision "To provide education in Engineering with excellence and ethics and to reach the unreached." and with a Mission "To create innovative and vibrant young leaders and entrepreneurs in Engineering and Technology for building India as a super knowledge power and blossom into a University of excellence recognized globally”. It is located at the heart of the city of Tirunelveli, heralded worldwide as the Oxford of South India. The College is accredited by National Board of Accreditation. And has acquired 2 and 12 B status by UGC, it is affiliated to Anna University and approved by AICTE. It has been conferred autonomous for the period of 10 years with effect from 2019 – 2029. The growth of any Institution rests on Institute-Industry relationship. FX has been awarded with Gold Category by AICTE–CII Survey of Industry linked Institute 2018. The college stands tall with its success quotient intact by its innovative approach in imparting education and Research contributions. The college works under the portfolio namely – Administration, Academics, Skill & Training, Placement and so on to make its students be in the forefront with the array of world renowned engineers. The College follows a high-end teaching practice to impart curriculum to make its students understand the nuances of engineering and technology, and master the skills with the high degree of discipline and order. The state- of-the-art infrastructural facilities and the innovative approach followed, help every student of this institution complete the Programme opted by them with an exemplary attainment level in all courses under study. Conducive classroom teaching and experiential learning with web-based content and audio visual, application oriented pedagogy, continuous assessment, various platforms provided for self-learning and tutorial classes make its students get updated with the emerging trends of technology and stand tall with their global counterparts. The theoretical teaching blended with practical application is the hallmark of FXEC, which provides the maximum exposure to gain practical knowledge to meet the industry and corporate needs. The teacher-learner approach makes all the difference in this esteemed institution. The teaching fraternity is dynamic enough to motivate the students to participate in all curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities with the spirit of involvement to enable higher retention of the course content, thus making every Programme Educational Objective gets fulfilled. Organized feedbacks from students through FXCAMS help improvise the teaching methodology and help the students move ahead of the learning curve with ease. The well-defined objectives of departments with collaborative work and commitment help every member of this institution march towards the vision of creating innovative and vibrant young leaders and entrepreneurs in Engineering and Technology imparting quality education to the students, inculcating in them the desired skill set and knowledge required by the industry.
Curriculum
The institute offers six undergraduate and ten postgraduate programs.
The College has a separate hostel for boys and one for girls. The hostels are well furnished, airy and have 24 hours power back up and an RO Plant for safe drinking water. The hostel has a well-planned dining facility as well that serves vegetarian and non-vegetarian fare for the students.
