National Institutes of Technology (India): Difference between revisions

The '''National Institutes of Technology''' ('''NITs''') are autonomous [[Public university|public]] institutes of higher education, located in India. They are governed by the ''[[National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007]]'', which declared them as [[Institutes of National Importance|institutions of national importance]] alongside [[Indian Institutes of Technology]]. These institutes of national importance receive special recognition from the [[Government of India]]. The [[NIT Council]] is the supreme governing body of India's National Institutes of Technology (NIT) system and all 31 NITs are funded by the [[Government of India]]. These institutes are among the top-ranked engineering colleges in India and have one of the lowest acceptance rates for engineering institutes, of around 2 to 3 per cent, second only to the [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] (IITs) in India. All NITs are autonomous which enables them to set up their own curriculum. The language of instruction is English at all these institutes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-5|title=National Institutes of Technology {{!}} Technical Education {{!}} Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development|website=mhrd.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aicte-india.org/nit.php|title=National Institutes of Technology {{!}} AICTE|website=www.aicte-india.org|language=en|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref> As of 2019, the total number of seats for undergraduate programs was 21,133 and for postgraduate programs 9,66210,550 in all the 31 NITs put together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170621/jsp/frontpage/story_157994.jsp|title=More seats in new IITs 387 additional B.Tech berths on offer this year}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://josaa.nic.in/SeatInfo/root/SeatMatrix.aspx|title=Seat Information - JoSAA|website=josaa.nic.in|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref>