Why Choose St. Peter's Engineering College, Hyderabad? A Complete Guide for Students and Parents

Choosing an engineering college is one of the biggest decisions a student and their family will make. If you are looking at colleges in Hyderabad, this guide brings together everything you need to know about St. Peter's Engineering College (SPEC): its accreditations, programmes, faculty, placements, campus life and admissions, all in one place.

SPEC at a glance

St. Peter's Engineering College was established in 2007 by the Shantha Educational Society and sits on a green 10-acre campus opposite Forest Academy on Kompally Road, Dullapally, Maisammaguda, in Medchal, Hyderabad.

• Approved by AICTE and affiliated to JNTU Hyderabad since 2007.

• UGC Autonomous since 2020, so the college designs its own curriculum and examinations with the university's oversight.

• NAAC 'A' grade since 2018.

• NBA accredited B.Tech programmes in CSE, ECE and EEE since 2016, at Tier 1 from 2020. B.Tech CSE (AI & ML) has also secured NBA Tier-1 accreditation.

Recognitions and rankings

• Careers360 AAA+ rating (2026).

• Ranked 11th best engineering college by the Times of India rankings 2026.

• 4th nationally and 2nd in the zone in the Internshala Internship Rankings 2024.

• NIRF India Rankings 2023 (Innovation): 151-300 rank band.

• 3.5-star rating from the Ministry of Education's Institution's Innovation Council.

• Nodal Centre for the ISRO-IIRS outreach programme since 2024, helping students upskill in remote sensing and geospatial technologies.

Programmes offered

B.Tech (4 years) with annual intake:

• Computer Science and Engineering (CSE): 420

• CSE (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning): 420

• CSE (Data Science): 120

• CSE (Cyber Security): 60

• Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE): 180

• Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE): 60

• Civil Engineering: 60

M.Tech (2 years, full time): Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (36 seats) and Electrical Power Systems (12 seats).

MBA: 120 seats in the Department of Management Studies.

Every B.Tech student begins in the Freshmen Engineering (Science & Humanities) department, which builds strong foundations in mathematics, physics, chemistry and communication skills before students move into their branch. Intake is subject to approval of the Government of Telangana.

Faculty, research and innovation

• Around 60 doctorates on the teaching faculty, four with postdoctoral qualifications, and more than ten recognised as Ph.D supervisors.

• The EEE department is a JNTUH-recognised Research Centre offering a Ph.D programme.

• 734 research publications to date.

• Centres of Excellence with Microsoft, IDS-Corporate and Movate, and MoUs with Infosys, ICT Academy, Eduskills, Instacs and the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK).

• Over 40 student startups and entrepreneurs, and more than 250 competitions and hackathons won by our students.

Students build real projects in hackathons such as SPECATHON and the Industry Hack, and in workshops on AI, IoT, cyber security, data analytics and more through the year.

Training and placements

The Training & Placement Cell prepares students from the first year onwards with aptitude, verbal and soft-skills training, technical coaching through the CRT programme, career guidance and campus recruitment drives.

• 2,300+ students placed in the last five years.

• 230+ placement drives.

• Highest package of 50 LPA.

• 3,000+ alumni working in MNCs across the globe.

Recruiters that have hired from the campus include Adobe, Cisco, Accenture, Capgemini, Infosys, HCL, IBM and Tech Mahindra. Batch-wise placement lists are published on the Placements page of our website.

Life on campus

• Library: a 250-seat central library with over 54,000 volumes, national and international journals, J-Gate e-journals, NPTEL video lectures and DELNET access, plus a Competitive Examinations Cell for GATE, GRE, Civil Services and more.

• Sports: badminton, basketball, volleyball, kabaddi and throwball courts, a football ground with a 200 m running track, a cricket field with practice nets, table tennis, carrom and chess.

• Clubs and culture: Shutterbugs (photography), Arsarena (arts and crafts), Enigma (dance), Awake Revelation (music), Albedo (radio), SPEC News and E-Sports, with events like AQUILA, our annual fest, Graduation Day, Shubharambh Dandiya Night and Umang Traditional Day.

• Service: an active NSS unit with the motto "Not Me, But You".

• Everyday comfort: college buses on city routes, a canteen with breakfast and lunch, campus-wide Wi-Fi on a 1 Gbps line, and a medical cell for first aid and emergencies.

Admissions and scholarships

• B.Tech: through TG EAPCET (counselling code SPEC). 70% of seats are filled through TG EAPCET and 30% are Category-B seats filled as per Government of Telangana rules.

• M.Tech: through GATE or TG PGECET (counselling code SPEC1).

• MBA: through TG ICET or the management quota.

• Sports quota: available for students with sports achievements; contact the Physical Director for eligibility.

Merit scholarships on tuition fee are offered for TG EAPCET ranks: 25% for ranks below 5,000, 20% below 10,000, 10% below 15,000 and 5% below 20,000. Eligible students can also apply for government fee reimbursement and AICTE scholarships such as Pragati, Saksham and Swanath.

Visit us or get in touch

The best way to know SPEC is to see it. Visit the campus, meet our faculty and walk through the labs and library.

• Address: Opp. Forest Academy, Kompally Road, Dullapally, Maisammaguda, Medchal, Hyderabad 500100, Telangana.

• Admissions: +91 99592 22269, +91 90320 08578, +91 90000 08578.

• Email: admissions@stpetershyd.com

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