Model Engineering College or MEC is a government cost-sharing technical institute and research centre in Thrikkakara, Kochi, Kerala, India.

It was established by the Institute of Human Resources Development (IHRD), an autonomous agency under the Government of Kerala, in 1989.

'Excel' is the annual national techno-managerial festival conducted by MEC since 2001 under the motto "Inspire, Innovate, Engineer".

[4] It includes educationalists, industrialists, representatives from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU), a state government nominee from its department of higher education, the college principal, and some faculty members.

They are: MEC offers four-year long undergraduate academic degrees with a sanctioned annual intake of 600 students[5] in the following seven streams: Students who successfully complete these academic programs from the institute will receive a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree issued by the KTU at the end.

[6] The institute also offers two-year long postgraduate academic degrees with a sanctioned annual intake of 78 students[5] in the following four specialisations: Students who successfully complete these academic programs from the institute will receive a Master of Technology (M.Tech) degree issued by the KTU at the end.

[7] The vacant seats are filled based on nativity, percentage of marks obtained, and reservation criteria of the students.

[5] In September 2022, the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) decided to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) at MEC for advanced learning and research in the following fields of Computer engineering[8] with industrial linkages: The university research centre will come up at a space of around 60,000 sq.ft in the institute.

There are multiple tech community and club branches in MEC which are highly active in supporting the students gain knowledge in core technical and related subjects.

[16][11] Excel is the annual national techno-managerial festival conducted by MEC under the motto "Inspire, Innovate, Engineer".

[25] Almost all of the 360 students who graduated from the institute in 2020 got recruited by over 80 companies during the campus placement drive conducted by MEC.