At its inception in 1998 itself, SYED AMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE offered the undergraduate programme (B.E.) in Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) with an intake of 40. In 1999, the intake of Electronics & Communication Engineering was increased to 60. In 2005, the intake was further increased to 120.

In 2012, P.G. programme M.E. VLSI Design, with an intake of 18 was started. In May 2016, Electronics & Communication Engineering Department has applied for Research Centre to Anna University, Chennai.

"To contribute the quality Engineers to the society by making students powerful and employable in Electronics, Communication and Computer technologies"

• To promote the quality of education in Electronics and Communication Engineering
• To empower the students to gain innovative ideas by engaging them with different technical methodologies
• To train the students in developing intellectual excellence with ethical values to meet the global challenges

• PEO I: To prepare the graduates to excel in industry and to motivate for higher education by educating graduates along with high moral values and knowledge.
• PEO-II: To encourage the graduates in developing their competency in the field of Signal processing, Embedded systems, VLSI and wireless communication technologies
• PEO- III: To train graduates with good engineering breadth so as to comprehend, analyze, design and create novel products and solutions for the real life problems.
• PEO-IV: To inculcate professional and ethical attitude, effective communication skills, team work skills, multidisciplinary approach, entrepreneurial thinking and an ability to relate engineering issues to broader social context in graduates
• PEO-V: To provide graduates with an academic environment aware of excellence, leadership, written ethical codes and guidelines and the self-motivated lifelong learning needed for a successful professional career