Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, is a leading self-financing Engineering College started on 17th October 1984 in the presence of Ms.& Mr.Gunter Von Schlenk, Ms. & Mr.Erwin Flohrer from M/s. Carl Schlenk A G and Dr.S.Krishnaswamy, the then Vice Chancellor, Madurai Kamaraj University.
Shri Sv.K.M.Ramalingam, Sri.A.Tenzing and Dr.S.Arivazhagan serve as the President, Correspondent and Principal of the college respectively.
The College is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University from Chenni with Permanent Affiliation for 14 out of 17 Programmes. Seven UG Programmes and 4 PG Programmes are accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi under Tier I Category. Also our College is accredited with A Grade for a period of 5 years from February 2021 by National Assessment and accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore. Our college has been granted Autonomous Status by UGC, New Delhi & Anna University, Chennai from the academic year 2013-14 and Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) in true sense, Fast Track Scheme to undertake internship cum project during 8th semester, special courses by industry / Academic experts from India and abroad are introduced. The institution is fast catered to bridge the gap of demand and supplies of quality Engineers and Managers and completes 38th year of Service par Excellence. With Quality, Standard and Discipline as Mantras, the ideal practices like complete Academic Freedom, emphasis on Outcome Based Education (OBE), encouragement for Research and serene campus life, emphasizing overa11 personality developments are catalytic for the present status of the institution. The students are offered Value Added Course, Special Courses, Audit Courses, NPTEL courses, Spoken Tutorials etc. beyond the curriculum. The college is known for highly experienced Faculty with average experience of 12 years; of them 155(59%) are Ph.D. holders and 100(38%) faculty are pursuing Ph.D.
During 3 decades of its existence, the college has many credentials : UG University Ranks - 745 (49 First Ranks); PG University / Autonomous Ranks - 281 (65 First Ranks); 10000+ students placed through campus placement; 138 R&D projects worth more than Rs.16.27 crores from various Government Funding Agencies and R&D Organizations; Multiple R&D centres to pursue the state of art research in frontier areas; 40 numbers of Professional Societies, Co-curricular and Extra Curricular Forums with 1000+ programmes in a year for the overall personality development of students; Anna University approved Research Centres-09 Nos with around 200 Full and Port Time Ph.D. scholars; MSME, New Delhi approved Technology Business Incubator (TBI) Cell; DST sponsored TIFAC Core Centre; Best Professional Societies / Co-curricular Forum Awards, Best IEEE / ISTE / CSI / SAE / IETE Student Activist Awards; Overall Sports Championships in Anna University Zonal Level Competitions; Organization of International / National Conferences / Seminars / Workshops / FDPs / STTPs — 1245 Nos.; Participations by faculty for knowledge dissemination in International / National / State level Conferences / Seminars / Workshops - 10,745 Nos; publications of nearly 2,998 articles in International journals with 31,035 citations and the institute h-index is 74 and i10-index is 696. The committee members of our college are dynamic personalities with far sighted vision and wisdom, experienced in running Institutions from Primary Schools to Institutions of higher education besides Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. They are experienced in running several successful Industries and efficiently administer the Metal Powder Company Limited, Thirumangalam.