Noorul Islam University (formerly Noorul Islam College of Engineering) is a private co-educational university located in Kumarakovil, Thuckalay, Kanyakumari District Tamil Nadu, India. The university was founded in 1989 by Dr.A.P.Majeed khan, who is now its chancellor with a motto to provide quality education to the students. The university has been listed in the 44 deemed universities in India to be stripped of their University status. The university follows an entrance exam based system of admission. A yearly entrance exam, Noorul Islam Entrance Exam, is conducted. The admissions from this exam are decided based on merit. The Institution is an ISO 9001:2000 Certified Institution Noorul Islam university has consolidated different disciplines into seven Schools of ExcellenceUniversity's programmes are recognised by a range of accreditation boards including, but not limited to NBA and Institute of Engineers (India). The Institution is recognised as SIRO of DST,Govt.of India The Noorul Islam University is located on the lush-green base of velimalai, a part of Western Ghat hills. Padmanabhapuram, the capital of erstwhile Travancore is only 7 km away.