The Noorul Islam University comprising of Noorul Islam College of Engineering has more than 20 Years of standing in Higher Education field. The University is run by the Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education (NICHE) which has been declared as a Deemed-to-be-University by Ministry of Higher Education, Govt,of India vide Notification No.F.9-51/2004-4.3 at 8th December 2008.

Vels Academy of Maritime Studies (VAMS) and Vels Academy of Maritime Education & Training (VAMET), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Glasgow College of Nautical Studies (GCNS), Scotland, UK, to jointly conduct fully residential Higher National Diploma (HND) Courses in Nautical Science and Marine Engineering respectively. The Higher National Diploma courses are approved by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) UK, and the awarding authority is the Scottish Qualifications.......