The Regular Courses efficiently provide and complete the consistent education in 5 years, that usually takes 7 years in the 6-3-3-4 system of education.
The combination of the grade system and so-called "wedge-shaped" system of curriculum is adopted in which classes of general and technical education are both provided in parallel and higher graders have more technical subject classes (and less general education).
The standard total hours of classes well surpass those of senior high school and junior college combined, and the total hours of technical education are more than those of faculty of technology at university.
This unique curriculum, that starts technical education at early stage to develop creative and practical engineers, is one of the distinctive features of technical colleges.
In academic year 2016, NIT, Kochi College reorganized the former four departments into the one, in which the 1st and 2nd grade students study the common basics of technical subjects and practices and the 3rd graders choose one of the five courses to deepen their knowledge in their respective fields for the latter three years.