The college library acts as a knowledge center for students and faculty of the college. The collection consists of documents in Engineering subjects. The library collection today stands at 2 books. Karnataka Examination Authority announced to provide necessary initial books grant to expand library’s collection. Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Karnataka also assisting in building SC/ST Book Bank in the library. From recent past, the collection has also been enriching by donations of valuable books from students & faculty.
Lab facilities
The Computer Science and Engineering department has state of the art network of computers to cater the needs of students. There are two computer labs with total of around 50 Standalone machines and 2 Servers. Most of the lab courses are done using FOSS to enhance students knowledge for practical works as access to source code is access to knowledge. The libre software give full freedom to students to make full use of it. The Electronics and Communication Engineering department has well equipped lab for Advanced Digital-communication, Microprocessor, Micro-controller, C++, Analog-Communication, Digital Signal Processing and Logic Design Lab classes. Also other departments have well equipped lab facilities.
GEC Hassan offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees across 4 disciplines in Engineering. About 40 faculty belonging to science and engineering departments of the Institute are engaged in teaching, research and industrial consultancy. The college offers undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering programmes in four disciplines, namely:
M.Tech in Computational Analysis in Mechanical Sciences
Two more PG courses are expected to be started in academic year 2013-14 in the departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering.
Admissions
For the undergraduate curriculum, admission to the Bachelor of Engineering programme is done through the Common Entrance Test conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority. For the postgraduate curriculum, admission to the Master of Technology programme is through the Post Graduate Common Entrance Test conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority. Students admitted with weaker economical background get either fee reimbursement by Government of Karnataka or scholarships from various social welfare departments.
Student activities
The college cultural committee in co-ordination with the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth organizes concerts, lectures, demonstrations, informal discussions, and seminars promoting Indian classical music, Indian classical dance, and other aspects of Indian culture. Ananya is the college magazine released by the library that carries the scholarly papers, creative writings, short poems, art-works, etc.,. written by students and faculty of the college.
GLUE
GECH GNU/Linux Users and Enthusiasts is a Linux user group of GECH which organizes regular events and meetups to learn and share their knowledge on various FOSS technologies. GLUE was started on August 2013 and currently it is having more than 50 active members. It is successfully serving its purpose.
This college is the helpline center for verification of documents of the candidates who have assigned ranks in CET-2012 Examination conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority. Candidates belonging to Hassan, Chickmagalur, Kodagu, Mandya and Tumkur districts have to get their original documents verified in this Helpline Center to be eligible for Option Entry for choice of allotment of Professional Course seat.
