College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET) started MBA programme in 1985 as a Part Time programme to enrich the practicing managers in professional management. This programme has been well received by the practicing management fraternity and continues to be in the forefront. A Management School of the current status with full time MBA programme was started in the year 2000.
CET School of Management (CETSOM) is the new name of the Department of Business Administration of College of Engineering Trivandrum (Government Order GO(Rt)No.2478/2013/H.Edn,dated 19.12.2013). CET is the pioneering institution in management education under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (APJAKTU).
Eighteen batches of students have already completed the MBA full-time programme and Thirty Batches have completed MBA Part Time Programme here. CET SOM is set up in a newly constructed block, having state-of-the-art facilities. This Department of CET was first accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) on September 19, 2013. The MBA Programme at CETSOM is again accredited in 2019 till 30.6.2022.