Ghousia College of Engineering (GCE) was started in the year 1980. Ali Janab Haji Nabi Sheriff Saheb started the college in the name of his father Ali Janab Mohammed Ghouse. It is Owned and Managed by Ghousia Industrial & Engineering Trust (GIET), Bangalore. The College is approved by All India Council for Technical (AICTE), New Delhi, and is affiliated to Visveswariah Technological University (VTU) Belgaum. 2004-2005 is the Silver Jubilee Year of our College.

During the last 28 years, GCE has developed very well and has been recognized as one of the good Engineering Colleges in Karnataka State. The College has well qualified, experienced and dedicated faculty and supporting staff, state of the art laboratory and workshop facilities, Computer facilities, Library and Information Center, outdoor and indoor games, multi-gym, air conditioned seminar hall and open air Amphi Theatre, round the clock Internet facilities & separate hostels for Boys and Girls on campus.

The College offers courses leading to BE Degree in six disciplines, M.Tech., courses in Manufacturing Science Engineering and Power System Engineering, Research Courses leading to M.Sc., Engg., PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. All the departments in the college are accredited by NBA for the second time for three years while the Mechanical Engineering Department is accredited for five years which is the only department in the entire VTU to do so.
As on date there are 12 doctorates and 48 post graduates among staff members and another 24 are doing doctorate and 32 post graduate degrees.

The College has bagged several university ranks both in P.G and U.G courses, the latest being Mr. Mohamed Irshad Alam (1GC04CV013) of civil Engineering got the fourth rank in 2008-09 examination.

During the last 28 years about 8800 students have graduated in various disciplines of engineering from our college. Many of our College Alumni are holding very high positions in a number of well known organizations, not only in our country but also abroad.

The College has a full-fledged placement and Training Centre. This Centre organizes several training programmes related to development of soft skills to our college students. The Placement and Training Centre has enabled our college students to participate in several recruitment programmes of several leading organizations.

The college provides facilities to students to take part in co-curricuar and extra curricular activities. There is an active National Service Scheme (NSS) unit which organizes several programmes related to social service. The College also has an Environment Cell, Entrepreneurship Development Cell and ISTE Staff and Students Chapter and IEEE students chapter. Students are encouraged to participate in inter collegiate competitions in outdoor / indoor sports / games, cultural events and technical paper presentation competitions. The College also organizes several Inter collegiate Sports tournaments and technical paper presentation competitions. Many of our college students have represented VTU in various sports and games. GHOUSIANA is the annual cultural festival organized every year to bring out and exhibit the talents of our students.

The College encourages faculty members through incentives and sops to acquire higher degrees, to publish text books/papers and participate in Seminar/Workshop/Conferences that are held not only within our country but also abroad.

Our college is ranked 54th at all India level and 7th in Karnataka in the list of best engineering colleges

Dr.Mohamed Haneef
Principal