 The university awards degrees in engineering and science at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels.In the 2016-17 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, CUSAT is the only institution in Kerala,is one among the 31 institutions in the country to be ranked in the global survey.The university was founded in 1971 as the University of Cochin through an act of the Kerala Legislature, which was the result of a campaign for postgraduate education in the state.It was renamed the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in February 1986.