In 1957, The Department of Mining engineering was started, as a wing of College of Engineering, Osmania University and was shifted to Kothagudem, the town of coal industry in 1976 and it was named as Kothagudem School of Mines (KSM). It is the first mining engineering college in Andhra Pradesh.
In 1994 college was shifted from Osmania University to Kakatiya University Presently holding the name, University College of Engineering, Kakatiya University, it is the constituent college of Kakatiya University. The two departments Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering were established in 1996 and PG courses M.B.A. and M.C.A. were started in the year 2001. The engineering sections like Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Science sections like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics are meant to cater to the needs of these courses .
Under Six Point Formula the Osmania University Established Post Graduation Center in MSc Geology Degree program in the year 1976.Since then, B.E Mining and MSc Geology were offered from Kothagudem School of Mines.
In the year 1993 through an ordinance 3 of 1993 the University College of Engineering was brought under the administrative control of Kakatiya University
The college with annual intake of 250 engineering students, having qualified and experienced faculty in home to the cream of talent in this area.
Two more new courses(Self finance) Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) and Information Technology (INF) were added to the college from the academic year 2011 – 2012.
The college is also having hostels for boys and girls individually in the campus(only for CSE/EEE/MINING Branches). Quarters for Professors, Assistant Professors and Non-Teaching staff are also established in college campus. College campus is covered with nearly 400 Acres of area with peaceful environment and also has indoor stadium, play ground.
