Bhavan's Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Sardar Patel College of Engineering (SPCE) was established in 1962 as a Government Aided Engineering College. It was started with three conventional courses. viz., Civil, Electrical and Mechanical with an intake of 40 in each branch which was subsequently increased to 60. The institute is permanently affiliated to University of Mumbai.

Over the last 50 years the college has gained an excellent reputation in the field of Technical Education. S.P.C.E. Grade "A" rating engineering college from Govt. of Maharashtra has maintained a proud tradition of excellent academic records by securing high ranks, gold medals and other awards in the University Exams. The college has produced many graduates and Post-graduate Engineers, many of our past students are now leaders in their professions. S.P.C.E. Alumni can be found in all public and private sector organizations operating in diverse fields, often holding senior and key positions in the organization. The institute is a recognized PhD and QIP center. It has become autonomous since 2010 and is one of the TEQIP- II institutes.

Sardar Patel College of Engineering (SPCE) aspires to be an institution of national repute that will create professionals with competence and motivate research for the progress of the nation.

The fully computerized Central Library of Sardar Patel College of Engineering is a treasure house of knowledge comprises ever growing collection of around 45,000 books; more than 9000 e-books (McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Proquest, and Springer) and 3,500 bound volumes of journals both national and international subscribed by the college over the years. The library has good collection of CBT (Computer Based Tutorials) and video lectures from eminent personalities of various IITs and these are made available to our users on Intranet through on dedicated server. Library also has developed collection of Dissertations, submitted by post graduate students (M.Tech. & Ph.D.) of this Institution. These design oriented and case study thesis are kept for reference for the next generation in both forms, print and e-version. E-version of the same is made available through digital library. All these valuable resources are well organized in the 6000 Sq. Ft. area, where more than 150 users can sit at a time and they are monitored by CC TV Cameras.

SPCE Library has set up Cyber Library with over 55 Pentium computers working in a networked environment through connectivity provided by Hathway and Syscon using 40 Mbps High Bandwidth Leased Line. The Online full text databases like, Springer, Science Direct, IEL, ASCE, ASME, J-Gate E-Journals and Pearson, McGraw-Hill, TMH, Proquest, ASTM E-books Link, In addition, facilities like Web OPAC, NPTEL online lectures and digital library will also be accessible to the scholars.