8°32′45"N 76°54′22.5"E

The College of Engineering, Trivandrum, commonly known as CET, is situated in Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

, the capital city of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. Founded in 1939, it is the top ranked engineering college in Kerala, and one of the top engineering schools in India.

The college began on 3 July 1939 as a part of the erstwhile University of Travancore, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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The college campus is situated near Sreekariyam

Sreekariyam

Sreekariyam is a locality in Thiruvananthapuram city in Kerala, India. With the northward expansion of Thiruvananthapuram city, Sreekariyam has become a bustling urban center, and is now home to educational institutions, a major research institute, local business establishments and major recent...

, 13 km from Thiruvananthapuram Central (railway station).