The Uni­ver­sity Col­lege of Engineering (KU) was estab­lished in the year 1978 which is located at 7 km away from Koth­agu­dem in Bhadradri Koth­agu­dem dis­trict. This insti­tute had sub­stan­tially improved its infra­struc­tural facil­i­ties, attracted aca­d­e­mi­cians of proven com­pe­tence onto its fac­ulty placed its prod­ucts in reputed orga­ni­za­tionsand gained recog­ni­tion amongst academic-circlesand industries.
         

 The University College of Engineering, Kakatiya University (UCE-KU), (erstwhile Kothagudem School of Mines) has acres 390.21 gts of land. UCE offers B.Tech. programmes in 05 disciplines at UG level.i.e., B.Tech., (CSE,EEE) in 1996 and B.Tech., (ECE and INF) in 2011 in addition to existing Mining Engineering. In 2021, 18 Mining seats are added on SF basis. In 2018-2019 M.Tech (Mine Planning) PTPG courses added under SFC.