NIT in India, There are autonomous engineering institutes and were declared as institutes of national importance in 2007. The NIT Council is the regulatory body for all the NITs. Most of the NITs in India offer degree courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in various branches of Engineering, Architecture, Management and Science.
There are a total of 31 NITs in India and admission to B.Tech Programmes is managed through the JoSAA counselling process, based on AIR rank secured in JEE Main. NIT offers admission to M.Tech programmes based on the score obtained in GATE exam while seat allotment is managed through CCMT (Centralized Counseling for M.Tech/M.Arch/M.Plan/M.Des).
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List of NITs in India
MHRD has assigned ranking to almost all the NITs. However, NIT Goa, NIT Manipur, NIT Meghalaya, NIT Mizoram (NITMZ), NIT Nagaland, NIT Puducherry, NIT Sikkim, NIT Uttarakhand and NIT Andhra Pradesh have failed to make it to the MHRD-NIRF ranking list.
NIT Calicut had the highest seat intake for B.Tech programmes with 909 seats while NIT Goa, Manipur, Mizoram contains the lowest seats of 150.
Among all the 31 NITs in India, NIT Patna, established in 1886, is the oldest while NIT Goa , NIT Manipur, NIT Meghalaya, NIT Mizoram, NIT Nagaland, NIT Puducherry, NIT Sikkim, NIT Uttarakhand, NIT Andhra Pradesh are recently formed institutions.
| Name of NIT | NIT Ranking 2020 (MHRD) | B.Tech Seats | B.Tech Programmes |
| NIT Trichy (NITT), 1964 | 9 | 785 | 9 |
| NIT Karnataka (NITK), 1960 | 13 | 782 | 8 |
| NIT Rourkela (NITRKL), 1961 | 16 | 747 | 14 |
| NIT Warangal (NITW), 1959 | 19 | 817 | 8 |
| NIT Calicut (NITC), 1961 | 23 | 909 | 11 |
| NIT Nagpur (VNIT), 1960 | 27 | 871 | 8 |
| NIT Jaipur (MNIT), 1963 | 35 | 677 | 8 |
| NIT Kurukshetra (NITKKR), 1963 | 40 | 862 | 7 |
| NIT Silchar (NITS), 1967 | 46 | 688 | 6 |
| NIT Durgapur (NITDGP), 1960 | 47 | 700 | 8 |
| NIT Allahabad (MNNIT), 1961 | 48 | 878 | 9 |
| NIT Jalandhar (NITJ), 1987 | 52 | 807 | 11 |
| NIT Surat (SVNIT), 1961 | 54 | 719 | 6 |
| NIT Meghalaya (NITM), 2010 | 61 | 152 | 5 |
| NIT Bhopal (MANIT), 1960 | 65 | 868 | 8 |
| NIT Raipur (NITRR), 1956 | 67 | 913 | 11 |
| NIT Agartala (NITA), 1965 | 75 | 797 | 10 |
| NIT Goa (NITG), 2010 | 77 | 150 | 8 |
| NIT Jamshedpur (NITJSR), 1960 | 79 | 657 | 7 |
| NIT Patna (NITP), 1886 | 92 | 582 | 5 |
| NIT Hamirpur (NITH), 1986 | 98 | 522 | 7 |
| NIT Puducherry (NITPY), 2010 | 130 | 245 | 5 |
| NIT Manipur (NITMN), 2010 | 158 | 180 | 5 |
| NIT Arunachal Pradesh (NITAP), 2010 | 200 | 190 | 7 |
| NIT Srinagar (NITSRI), 1960 | Not Ranked | 672 | 9 |
| NIT Delhi (NITD), 2010 | Not Ranked | 182 | 3 |
| NIT Mizoram (NITMZ), 2010 | Not Ranked | 150 | 5 |
| NIT Nagaland (NITN), 2010 | Not Ranked | 180 | 6 |
| NIT Sikkim (NITSKM), 2010 | Not Ranked | 204 | 5 |
| NIT Uttarakhand (NITUK), 2010 | Not Ranked | 150 | 5 |
| NIT Andhra Pradesh (NITANP), 2015 | Not Ranked | 487 | 8 |
Types of Degree Programmes Offered in NITs
NITs are the most prominent engineering colleges in India after the IITs. They offer various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and admission to most of the programmes is entrance based. The most popular among the undergraduate programmes are B.Tech and B.Arch while MBA and M.Tech are the popular postgraduate programmes.
| UG Programmes | PG Programmes |
| Bachelor of Technology (BTech) | Master of Science (MSc) |
| Bachelor of Science (BS) | Master of Technology (MTech) |
| Dual Degree (BTech-MTech) | Master of Business Adminis tration (MBA) |
| Dual Degree (BS & MS) | – |
| Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) | – |
Most Popular NIT Courses
NITs offer traditional engineering programmes such as B.Tech and M.Tech degrees across India. Besides, NITs also offer 5 years dual degree programmes in various fields. There are three NITs in India, NIT Trichy, NIT Allahabad and NIT Rourkela that offer MBA or BBA. Few NITs also provide 5 years B.Arch and 4 year BSc degrees. (List of Nit in India)
Here is a list of popular B.Tech programmes offered at NITs:
- Civil Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- Electronics & Communication Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Production Engineering
Entrance Exams for Admission to NITs
For admission in NITs, candidates have to qualify specific entrance tests for various UG and PG level programmes. For B.Tech courses, candidates are admitted through JEE Main exam. National Testing Agency (NTA) has taken over as conducting authority for JEE Main since 2018.
The NIT colleges in India also offer M.Tech, MBA, PhD and dual degree programmes with different specializations.
The popular entrance exams accepted for admission to various academic courses offered by NITs are tabulated below: (List of Nit in India)
| Courses | Entrance Exams |
| B.Tech/B.Arch | JEE Main |
| Mtech/MSc | GATE |
| MBA | CAT Exam |
| MCA | NIMCET |
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