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Admission in Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram (GECSKP) is a *moderate-competitive process and it requires a decent KEAM rank*. The most competitive one is CSE with General category cut DU around 2,000-7,000. Most of the other specialties such as ECE and EEE mostly range between 4,000-13,000 with the Civil/Mechanical/IT at 10,000-20,000. Admission is only on the basis of performance in KEAM and then the centralized counselling.
The admission to Government engineering college Sreekrishnapuram (GECSKP) is *moderately competitive* to B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering. The taking in process is only depending on your *KEAM rank*, CSE cutoffs (General category) are normally between *2,000 to 7,000*. Other streams such as ECE and EEE usually have between *4,000-14,000* but Civil and Mechanical cut offs go as high as *10,000-32,000* depending on the round and category. Good performance in KEAM is necessary.

The admissions to the B.E./ B.Tech at the Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram (GECSKP) are the *current openings* of 2025-26 academic year. The counselling is done in a centralized way, which is called *KEAM counselling (Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical)*. KEAM 2025 exam results will be announced in May and the rank list will be published some time around 10 June. Registration and filling of choices in online counselling has been tentatively fixed to start in the *last week of July 2025*. The promising applicants should possess a genuine KEAM rank and encourage such students to undertake this counselling procedure through cee.kerala.gov.in.

The hostel Mess in GEC Sreekrishnapuram offers a quality food which is mostly *positive to average*. Students refer to it as good, neat and healthy and tend to state the existence of variety with variations such as special food day. It is not gourmetly but rather good, healthy and substantial food which is usually better than in some other private guest houses. The mess is organized through a system of division and thus it is cost effective.
The quality of the food consumed in the hostel mess of Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram (GECSKP) is not *bad* but it has been observed to be at par with *average* food in hostels. The students corroborate this by using words such as good, neat and healthy, special days among the students with some referring to days of different food. It is not gourmet but it is said to be decent, hygienic and has enough calories to live on day to day. There are some students who even rate it better than the meals available in local private hostels and the mess is on dividing system.

At B.E./B.Tech the admissions in Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram (GECSKP) is based mainly on your KEAM (Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical) rank. The candidates should have cleared the 10+2 in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) with an aggregate of 45 percent (40 percent, in case of reserved categories). Applicants are also subjected to centralized online counselling after KEAM results conducted by CEE, Thiruvananthapuram where the allotment of seats takes place according to the rank of the candidate, preferences and category after which the final process including verification of their documents and remittance of fees proceed at the college.

Hostel expenses are quite cheap at Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram (GECSKP) where the rent of college hostel is within the range *of 310 to 1500 per month*. The mess system is dividing based, and it has an additional revenue of *between 1500-3500 rupees monthly*. College hostels cost on average about *$2000- 4000* monthly. There are few college hostel seats causing students to turn to the privately schools (which are rather expensive at about 4500-5000/month including meals).
The hostel charges in the Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram (GECSKP) is exceptionally reasonable as it is a government owned institution. Hostel rent in colleges is as low as *so little as 310 Rupees a month* but it may go up to *as much as 1500 Rupees a month*. Mess fees are normally charged on a dividing basis; they are usually between * 1500 and 3500 per month*. This renders the approximate total cost of studying in college hostels at between about * 2000 to 4000* rupees per month. With the few college seats, the students prefer to stay at the privately owned hostels and this costs about *?4500-?5000 per month (with food)*.