The National Institute of Technology(NITs) are a group of public engineering colleges. NITs are recognized by government and considered as most prestigious institutes for engineering after IITs.

NITs offers a undergraduate degree of B.Tech and a postgraduate degree of M.Tech in various branches of engineering and technology.

NITs are implementing dual degree programs, integrated post graduates studies that complete in 5 years rather than the 6 year conventional track of a Bachelor’s followed by a Master’s degree. These programs encourage academic research and began with mathematics and computing.

At present, there are total of 30 NIT institute. These are as –

Getting admission is NITs is a big challenge. Students have to work hard and if they get into NITs they are just brilliant. NITs are among top institutes of India and so the students studying will not face any problem in future. They can build a good career here. NIT gives a student the freedom to explore his mind and to reach his goals in a smarter way.

The students aspiring to get admission in NITs will have to give a entrance test which is known as JEE Mains ( previously it was known as AIEEE).

The JEE Mains exam is conducted every year in the month of April. Around 14 lakhs students participate in this exam every year. To get admission into these institutes, a student have to secure a overall rank in JEE Mains to be under 20000 to get a decent institute of NIT.

Overall  rank is calculated on the basis of marks obtained in JEE Mains and percentage of 12^th board exam. It is 60% JEE Mains and 40% board, but the calculation is not simple as it sounds.