Government Engineering College Hassan — Fees, Placements & Admission 2025

GECH Hassan is a fully government-run, non-autonomous engineering college established in 2007 by the Government of Karnataka under the Department of Technical Education as part of the "To Reach The Unreached" initiative. It is affiliated to VTU Belagavi and approved by AICTE. There is no private trust, no management quota and no COMEDK participation — all seats fill via KCET at the government fee.

The KEA college code for Government Engineering College Hassan is E155. Candidates prioritise E155 under their preferred B.E. branches during KEA option entry after KCET results. There is no separate COMEDK code because GECH does not participate in COMEDK — it is a 100% government-quota college.

GECH Hassan offers eight B.E. disciplines: Computer Science & Engineering, CSE (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning), CSE (Data Science), Information Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering. The KEA ED 170 TEC 2025 notification confirms the core 2025-26 intakes of CSE 120, CSE AI&ML 60, ECE 60, ME 60 and Civil 60.

The tuition fee at Government Engineering College Hassan is approximately ₹44,311 per year, uniform across all B.E. branches including CSE, CSE AI&ML, CSE Data Science, ISE, ECE, EEE, Mechanical and Civil. The four-year B.E. total works out to around ₹1.63 lakh, one of the lowest government-college fee structures among VTU-affiliated institutions.

Admission is 100% through the Karnataka Examinations Authority KCET centralised counselling on the government quota. You must clear Class 12 PCM with at least 45% aggregate (40% for SC/ST and eligible reserved categories) and obtain a valid KCET rank. Register on the KEA portal, enter options with GECH code E155 under your preferred branch, accept the allotted seat, pay the ₹44,311 first-year fee and report with originals for document verification.

No. GECH Hassan is a pure government college with 100% of seats filled through KEA KCET on the government quota. There is no management quota, no COMEDK quota, no NRI quota and no institutional entrance test. Every sanctioned seat is merit-allocated at the notified ₹44,311 government fee.

The current Principal of Government Engineering College Hassan is Dr. Girish D P (also written as Dr. D P Girish). The principal leads a faculty team of around forty members, many with M.Tech or Ph.D. qualifications, across the eight B.E. departments.

Recent placement cycles have seen top recruiters including HCL, Wipro, NTT Data, Capgemini, Infosys, TCS and Birlasoft visit campus. The highest package has been around ₹12 LPA with the average in the ₹3.0-3.2 LPA band. Placement rates are stronger in CSE and ECE than in Mechanical or Civil, which is typical for Tier-B government engineering colleges.