R.M.D. Engineering College (RMDEC) was established in the year 2001 by Sri Swaminatha Naidu Educational Trust. The Founder-Chairman of the trust is Dr. R.S. Munirathinam, is renowned for his philanthropic attitude and service. The college is approved by AICTE and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. RMDEC offers 5 undergraduate programmes and Doctorate programmes. It is an ISO 9001-2015 certified institution and accredited by NBA and NAAC. Autonomous Status was granted for a period of 10 years from the academic year 2020 - 2021 to 2029 - 2030 by UGC and Anna University. It is ranked as one of the Best Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu by Careers 360, India Today, Outlook, and The Week. It is also rated as the Computer and Allied Institute received CYIENT Award for Best Industry-linked technical institute from AICTE CII Survey 2020. RMDEC is ranked one of the top premier Engineering Colleges affiliated with Anna University, Chennai. Excellent academic standards, state-of-the-art facility, dedicated staff and enterprising student community make RMDEC a favoured destination for engineering aspirants and corporate giants. It was conferred with the prestigious Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan National Award for Engineering College having the best overall performance- 2010 by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). The College has won AICTE "LILAVATHI AWARD" under women empowerment in the academic year 2021-2022.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering established in the year 1997, Provides an outstanding research environment complemented by excellence in teaching. The Department offers an under-graduate program B.E.(CSE) with an annual intake to 180 students, a post-graduate programme M.E. (CSE) since 2004 and Ph.D. since 2006. The B.E. program has been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in the year 2006 and again in 2013 and 2018 respectively. 30 Research Scholars have been awarded Ph.D. degree under the research centre so far. The students of the Department have been consistently receiving Anna University Ranks and Medals and have won Cognizant Big Idea Contest, Smart India Hackathons, TCS Best Project Awards and other National Level Awards and Recognitions. The Department has also established five industry collaborated Centers of Excellence (COEs) like Artificial Intelligence COE, Bigdata COE, Information Security COE, Cloud Computing COE and Front-End Engineering COE. The Department has also received R&D funds from organizations like AICTE and IEI. The Department has received AICTE-CII award for Best Industry linked Computer & IT Engineering institute in the year 2018 under Platinum category and CSI best student chapter award during the year 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 consecutively.