St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai was established in 2002 by the Diocese of Palai. From its very inception, St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology

The Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur one of the most prestigious institution in Kerala for technical education had a modest but epoch beginning in a building temporarily provided by the Maharajas Technological Institute, Thrissur at its Chempukkavu campus.The foundation stone of the main college building was laid by late Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India,on26th April 1958. The work on the main buildings, two men's hostels and laboratories were taken up straightaway and subsequently on their completion, the classes were shifted to present campus in October 1960. The college was formally inaugurated by late Shri. Pattam A Thnu pilla, the then Chief Minister of Kerala on 2nd February 1962.The present college campus is spread over an area of 120 acres and is located at Ramavarmapuram which is about 5 Km from the heart of Thrissur town and about 6 Km from Thrissur Railway station.The college, in the beginning, was affiliated to the University of Kerala. When the University of Calicut was formed in 1968, the college was subsequently affiliated to it. For a brief spell from 1977 to 1980, the college was under the academic and administrative control of the Cochin University of Science and Technology.Prof. S. Rajaraman, a civil engineer of international repute and author of many engineering books honoured the post as the first principal of the college. He along with Prof. M.P.Mathew and Prof. V.S.Nair ( the then Head of the Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering respectively.) formed the triumvirate that gave the college a strong footing and set the pace for the onward growth and development

The University of Travancore which eventually became the University of Kerala was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharaja of Travancore, Sri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma who was also the first Chancellor of the University. Sir C. P Ramaswamy Ayyar, the then Diwan of the State, was the first Vice-Chancellor. It was the sixteenth University to be set up in India and ten Colleges within the State of Travancore which were affiliated to the Madras University became the affiliated colleges of the University of Travancore.

In 1957, the Kerala University Act, Act 14 of 1957, was brought into force and the University of Travancore was renamed University of Kerala. The University had three campuses located in three different parts of the State viz. Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode. In 1968, the University Centre at Kozhikode became a full -fledged University covering the Colleges and Departments located in Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode and Kannur Districts of Kerala. The Cochin University of Science and Technology and the Kerala Agricultural University were set up in 1971 and in 1983, the Mahatma Gandhi University was established. With the establishment of these Universities, the area of the jurisdiction of the University of Kerala has been limited to Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha Districts and some parts of Pathanamthitta District.

At present, the University has sixteen faculties and 41 departments of teaching and research. There are 157 affiliated colleges. Of these, 46 are aided Arts and Science colleges and 14 are unaided . There are two Law colleges, 17 Engineering colleges (of which 14 are unaided), four Medical Colleges (two are self financing) seven aided Teachers’ Training colleges, 30 unaided Teacher Training Colleges, four Ayurveda colleges, two Homeopathy colleges, one Sidha Medical College, two Fine Arts Colleges, one Music College, three Dental colleges (of which two are unaided), four unaided Pharmacy colleges and one college of Physical Education. Besides these, there are four affiliated institutions conducting two year full time MBA course, five colleges offering MCA and ten Nursing colleges, all in the unaided sector. The University’s Engineering College in Kariavattom campus offers courses like Information Technology, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication etc...The University Departments offer a wide range of teaching and research at post-graduate, M.Phil. and Ph.D. levels. The courses in the Departments are conducted in the Credit and Semester System . The University has also extended the Semester System to all the Post Graduate courses from 2001. At present, about 32 colleges offer post graduate teaching programmes. Some of the affiliated colleges offer , more read at http://www.keralauniversity.edu/