 College of Engineering became a constituent college of Davangere University on 18 August 2009.Recently, with the intention of the overall development of the college, the government of Karnataka transferred the college to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum, on 24 February 2011, as a constituent engineering college.The VTU intends to start MBA and MCA courses for the academic year in this college.