College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) is an engineering college in Pune, India. Established in 1854, it is the third oldest engineering college in Asia, after the College of Engineering, Guindy (1794) and IIT Roorkee (1847). In 2004, the institute was granted complete autonomy by the state government. The institute now is an autonomous engineering school with permanent affiliation to the University of Pune. The college\'s study model was referred to in the early 1950s as the \'Poona Model\'. The institute contends that its autonomy now grants it greater flexibility in dynamically changing its syllabus to suit the changing needs of the industry.