Mepco Schlenk Engineering College is an autonomous engineering college located in Virudhunagar near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It was founded on 17 October 1984. It is an ISO9001:2015 certified institution.[2] It is sponsored by the Mepco Schlenk Charities, a social welfare organization of the Metal Powder Company Limited,[3] Thirumangalam and its German collaborator, Schlenk. The college was affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai until 2002 and later with Anna University, Chennai, but since 2012 it has been affiliated with Anna University of Technology, Chennai.[4][5]
The medium of instruction is English for all courses, examinations, seminar presentations and project reports.
Departments
Civil Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Computer Science Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Information Technology
Biotechnology
Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
Bio Medical Engineering
Infrastructure
A mineral water plant located within the campus has a capacity of 10,000 litres per day. Also on the campus are located the Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank (TMB) with ATM facility, photo copying centre, canteen, parking lot, stand-by power generators, a separate telephone exchange, television facilities in the hostel, water treatment plant, and students' amenities. The campus has Wi-Fi connectivity. Mobile phones are not allowed in this college.
Most of the student population stays on campus in hostels. The single gender hostels, five for men and five for women, are named after important rivers in India:
Boys' hostels
Godavari
Kaveri
Krishna
Narmadha
Brahmaputra
Girls' hostels
Ganga
Yamuna
Sindhu
Mahanadhi
tamirabarani
Clubs and associations
Clubs and professional organisations at Mepco serve as an important nodal point in students' lives. Students perform managerial, organisational and participatory roles in these groups.
International Association of Civil Engineering Students (IACES)