National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007, which declared them as institutions of national importance and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance. In 2019, the first IIEST was added under the Council of NITSER. The act lists thirty-two NITs.[2] The oldest NIT is now IIEST Shibpur. Each NIT is autonomous, linked to the others through a common council known as the Council of NITSER, which oversees their administration, and all NITs are funded by the Government of India
NIT Seats Matrix-
NIT Name | Total Seats | SC Reservation % | ST Reservation % |
| NIT Agartala | 1059 | 15% | 18% |
| NIT Calicut | 1244 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Delhi | 182 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Durgapur | 909 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Goa | 188 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Hamirpur | 944 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Karnataka | 981 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Meghalaya | 151 | 10% | 41% |
| NIT Nagaland | 236 | 6% | 45% |
| NIT Patna | 813 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Puducherry | 243 | 13% | 7% |
| NIT Raipur | 1197 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Sikkim | 161 | 15% | 7% |
| NIT Arunachal Pradesh | 190 | 11% | 36% |
| NIT Jamshedpur | 751 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Kurukshetra | 1147 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Manipur | 180 | 9% | 17% |
| NIT Mizoram | 150 | 13% | 7% |
| NIT Rourkela | 1234 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Silchar | 884 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Srinagar | 889 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Tiruchirappalli | 1036 | 13% | 7% |
| NIT Uttarakhand | 80 | 18% | 9% |
| NIT Warangal | 945 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Bhopal | 1173 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Allahabad | 1074 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Jaipur | 909 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Jalandhar | 1122 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Surat | 1091 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Nagpur | 946 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Shibpur | 764 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Andhra Pradesh | 603 | 14% | 7% |
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 undergraduate programmes offered by NITs are BTech and B.Arch while MBA and MTech 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 Administration (MBA) |
| Dual Degree (BS & MS) | – |
| Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) | – |
