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Top NITs in India, Courses Offered, and Placements at NIT

  • May 31,2021
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NIT stands for National Institute of Technology.  These institutions offer an excellent education to students in the field of science and technology.  These institutes are publicly owned and also funded by the government of India.  There are a total of 31 NIT’s in India and are considered to be the best institute for pursuing engineering after the IIT’s.  The score of JEE is accepted by the Institute for granting admission to students with strong technical and science aptitude.  These institutes offer students an array of opportunities and facilitate them in shaping a good career. NIT’s offer both undergraduate courses like B.Tech, BSE as well as postgraduate courses like M.Tech, etc. to the students. NIT’s enjoy the privilege of designing their own course curriculum as well as autonomy in operating. 

Courses offered at NIT

NIT offers both undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses.  The undergraduate courses include Bachelors of Science, Bachelors of Technology, Bachelor of Architecture, Dual degree comprising of B.Tech plus M. Tech and BSE plus MSE.  The post-graduate courses include Masters of Science, Masters of Technology, Masters of business administration, and Masters of computer application.  There a few NIT’s that offer doctoral programs i.e. Ph.D. that can either be project-based or based upon the academic interest of the students. 

To seek admission in NIT aspirants have to clear the JEE mains i.e. Joint Entrance Examination followed by a counseling session conducted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). 50% of the total seats available are reserved for the students of the state where the NIT is located.  The rest 50% are open for students of other states who manage to score a good rank in the entrance exam. 

The top NIT’s- 

There are a total of 31 NIT’s in India and are recognized by the government of India.  Students have been able to pursue an excellent career in the domain of science and technology.  Here is a list of top NIT’s

1. NIT Trichy

2. NIT Rourkela 

3. NIT Surathkal

4. NIT Warangal

5. NIT Kurukshetra 

6. NIT Durgapur 

7. NIT Allahabad 

8. NIT Calicut

9. NIT Jaipur 

10. NIT Silchar 

Placements at the National Institute of Technology-

The placements at NIT’s attract the top recruiters from both the national and international market including Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tredence, Ashok Leyland QuadEye Security, Wissen, Nokia, Incture, PharmEasy, ATCS, Toshiba, Cartesian Consulting, IBM, Cisco, Amazon, Arcesium, SAP, Qualcomm, Lowe’s, Oracle, AppDynamics to name a few.  The package offered to the top NIT’s ranges from 10-15 lakhs, whereas in the case of other NIT’s the packages range from 5-10 lakhs.  Multiple roles are offered to students from different courses with the dominance of roles in the domain of Data analytics, business analytics, coding, and software development. 

 Thereby, it can be stated that students should aim to seek admission at NIT because of the kind of education, infrastructure, experience, and career opportunities these institutes offer. Students should score well in the JEE mains exam to secure a seat in the top NIT’s of India.