About National Institutes of Technology (NIT): (Think of NIT, Join SPClasses)
Earlier known as Regional engineering Colleges, These are another set of 31 colleges, now known as NITs, which offer undergraduate engineering courses in India.

  • NIT council is the governing body of all NITs and they all offer courses in engineering, architecture, management and sciences.

NIT Tirchy,

NIT Warangal,

NIT Patna,

NIT Rourkela,

NIT Durgapur,

NIT Kurukshetra,

NIT Silchar are some of the popular NITs across India.

  • 21 of the 31 NITs’ stand among the top 100 engineering colleges of India.

Courses offered in NITs

B.Tech and M.Tech degrees across India

5 years dual degree programmes in various fields.

NIT Trichy, NIT Allahabad and NIT Rourkela have management schools offering BBA and/or MBA.

5 years integrated courses like BArch and 4 year BSc degrees are also taught in some of the NITs.

Courses are offered in Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and many others.

B. Tech Seats in NITs


Name

Seats

Courses

NIT Allahabad

878

9

NIT Bhopal

868

8

NIT Calicut

909

11

NIT Hamirpur

522

7

NIT Jaipur

677

8

NIT Jalandhar

807

11

NIT Jamshedpur

657

7

NIT Kurukshetra

862

7

NIT Nagpur

871

8

NIT Rourkela

747

14

NIT Silchar

688

6

NIT Karnataka

782

8

NIT Warangal

817

8

NIT Durgapur

700

8

NIT Srinagar

672

9

NIT Surat

719

6

NIT Trichy

785

9

NIT Patna

582

5

NIT Raipur

913

11

NIT Agartala

797

10

NIT Arunachal Pradesh

190

7

NIT Delhi

182

3

NIT Goa

150

8

NIT Manipur

180

5

NIT Meghalaya

152

5

NIT Mizoram

150

5

NIT Nagaland

180

6

NIT Puducherry

245

5

NIT Sikkim

204

5

NIT Uttarakhand

150

5

NIT Andhra Pradesh

487

8

 

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is NIT better than IIT?

The professors in the IITs are better and more qualified than the NITs. ... Both IITs and NITs are extremely good in providing education and producing good engineers, but at the same time the top IIT colleges have an edge because of their high standard of studies

 

NIT Admission Process

The admission process of NITs is done through JEE Main counselling conducted by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Candidates shortlisted for the counselling process on the basis of merit list are required to register online in order to participate in the process.

 

What is the entrance exam for NIT?

The JEE-Main, which replaces AIEEE, is for admission to the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and some other colleges designated as "centrally funded technical institutes" (CFTIs)

 

Can I get admission in NIT without jee?

In order to get admisssion in NITs you should crack the exam JEE main with a valid score, without passing JEE Main exam you can not get admission in any of NITs. You can check JEE Main cutoff for NITs with the given below link.