School Of Architecture And Planning Campus, Anna University

The College of Engineering Guindy (CEG) in Chennai, India, is India's oldest engineering college (Estd. 1794) and today it is one of the four constituent colleges of Anna University. It was started as a School of Survey in May 1794 and established as a college in 1859 under the Madras University, and is the oldest technical institute in India and one of the oldest technical institutes in the world. This institution of standing has the unique distinction of having introduced B.E. Degree Courses in Mechanical Engineering in 1894, Electrical Engineering in 1930, Telecommunication and Highway Engineering in 1945 and Printing Technology in 1983. It was the first institution in South India to establish a Computer Centre - as early as 1963. It was the first college in the country to have its own postage stamp when the Indian Postal Service brought out a postage stamp to mark the 200th anniversary of the institution. CEG was ranked 12th in the Outlook India Top Engineering Colleges of 2012. In rankings of gover