Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, is a state-owned Engineering Institute located in the town of Tirunelveli in the state of Tamil Nadu. Tirunelveli is often referred as the 'Oxford of south India' due to the larger number of educational institutions present. It is a constituent college of Anna University, Chennai and is a DOTE approved educational institution in Tamil Nadu. It was established in the year 1981. The college is spread over an area of 23 hectares. The institution offers five undergraduate and three postgraduate programs. The curriculum has been structured by Anna University, Chennai.