National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (abbreviated as NIT Hamirpur or NITH) was established on 7th, August 1986. It is a public engineering college located in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India.
It is one of the premier institutions established to impart & provide in the field of higher education for the deserving candidates and prove to be a milestone in the part of progress.
The college is said to be a Deemed University and is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. It is also recognized & approved by All India Council for Teacher Education (AICTE), New Delhi.
It is one of the thirty-one National Institutes of Technology established, administered and funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development MHRD. NIT Hamirpur offers a comprehensive curriculum for undergraduate, graduate and doctorate studies in various fields of engineering, pure sciences, and humanities.
The institute came into existence on 7th, August 1986 as Regional Engineering College, Hamirpur in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India, it was a joint enterprise of the Government of India and the Government of Himachal Pradesh.
The classes commenced at Government Polytechnic College, Hamirpur as REC Hamirpur did not have a campus initially. The classes and administration moved to current location in 1987 when few buildings were constructed.
At the inception, the Institute only had three departments, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Later, two more departments Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering were added in 1988 and 1989 respectively.
The Department of Architecture was established in 2000. Recently in 2013, Chemical Engineering Department also came into existence. The institute only offered undergraduate courses until 2005, when it started offering graduate and Ph.D. programs.
On 26 June 2002, REC Hamirpur was awarded the status of deemed university and upgraded into a National Institute of Technology. As a result of this transition, the Institute came under the sole purview of the Government of India.
It was awarded the status of Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament along with other NITs and IITs.
NIT Hamirpur has been ranked as best NIT in terms of infrastructure by the World Bank in 2007.
About National Institutes of Technology (NITs):
The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are a group of premier federally-funded public engineering institutes in India.
They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007, which declared them as 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 percent, 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.
NITs offer degree courses at Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate levels in various branches of Engineering, Architecture, Management, and Science.
Admission to the undergraduate courses such as Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) and Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) Programs in NITs are through the highly competitive Joint Entrance Examination (Main).
Admission to postgraduate courses are through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering for Master of Technology (M.Tech.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs, Common Admission Test for Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and NIMCET for Master of Computer Applications (MCA) program.
Since 2015, the Joint Seat Allocation Authority and Centralized Counselling for M.Tech/M.Arch and M.Plan conduct the admission process for undergraduate and postgraduate programs respectively in all NITs. As of 2017, the total number of seats for undergraduate programs is 18,013 and for postgraduate programs is 8,158 in all 31 NITs.
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Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Master of Science in Geology | Full Time | 2 Years | B.Sc |
Master of Science in Mathematics | Full Time | 2 Years | B.Sc |
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Master of Business Administration (MBA) | Full Time | 2 Years | BBA |
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Doctor of Philosophy - (Mechanical Engineering) | Full Time | 4-6 Years | Mphill or PG degree |
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering | Full Time | 4 - 6 Years | M.Phill or PG degree |
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and Engineering | Full Time | 2 Years | Master's Degree |
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering | Full Time | 4 - 6 Years | M.Phill or PG degree |
Doctor of Philosophy in Geo-Technical Engineering | Full Time | 4 - 6 Years | M.Phill or PG degree |
Doctor of Philosophy in Geology | Full Time | 4 - 5 Years | M.Sc. or M.Phil. |
Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering | Full Time | 4 - 6 Years | M.Phill or PG degree |
Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Engineering | Full Time | 4 - 6 Years | M.Phill or PG degree |
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) | Full Time | 5 Years | 10+2 |
Master of Architecture in Sustainable Architecture | Full Time | 2 years | B.Arch |