The College of Engineering, Osmania University (OUCE) is an autonomous engineering college located in Hyderabad, India. OUCE is regarded as one of the top engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh and India as well. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate B.E. and M.E. courses. The institution was judged by ISTE as the best engineering college in the country for its overall performance in the year 2003. The Principal of the college Prof.D.N.Reddy has won the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Best Principal award at the National Level. The college has been selected as one of the few lead-institutions in the country, underthe Technical Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) of the Government of India, funded by the World Bank for revamping technical education system in the country and for introducing demand-driven courses and cutting-edge technologies. The college has laboratories and workshops. Most of the graduates of the Institution are placed in executive positions in national and international institutions and corporations through on-campus recruitment. Established in 1929 the University College of Engineering is the oldest and the biggest in Andhra Pradesh.