The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering  at Government Engineering College, Bartonhill  was established in the academic year 2007, offering a four year B.Tech. course in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. All the students are allotted from among the top ranked students of Kerala Engineering Entrance Examination The department is planning to start a new M-Tech course in Advanced Power System and Control in the academic year 2012-13 .The first batch of students have already graduated in the year 2011 and more than 75 percent of the students were placed in various reputed national and international companies through campus placement drive of the CGPU (Career Guidance and Placement Cell) of the college. Lots of students from the department got selection for PG programmes in Indian Institute of Technologies and top ranked foreign universities.

 Electrical and Electronics Engineering is a very broad field, ranging from all aspects of  power generation, power transmission, power distribution, power utilization, power electronics, digital electronics, control systems, signal processing and telecommunications. The curriculum of the department is designed to provide engineering graduates, adequate knowledge and skills required for a successful career in the field of Electrical & Electronics Engineering.

The department takes special efforts in imparting value added technical education to the students. Continuous efforts are also being made to arrange lecturers in advanced areas of Electrical & Electronics Engineering by eminent professors from IIT’s and IISc

The various laboratories in the department include Electrical Machines Lab, Electronic Circuits Lab, Measurements & Instrumentation Lab, Digital Circuits Lab, Microprocessor Lab and Electrical Workshop.