Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal was established in 1960 at Govt. S.V. Polytechnic Campus with an intake of 120 students and seven faculty members.
NIT Bhopal is a public engineering institute popularly known as National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (NIT Bhopal, NIT-B) and formerly Maulana Azad College of Technology (MACT) or Regional Engineering College Bhopal.
Regional Engineering College Bhopal is an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It comes under one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology of 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 on the part of progress.
The Institution was said to be a Deemed University affiliated with self Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal and was recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi & Institute of National Importance (INI), New Delhi by the Government of India.
It is also accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi
The aim of the institute was to develop the technical human resource of excellence suitable for global requirements and ensure good quality academic and industrial research programs in different areas of engineering and technology to generate industry-institute synergy for shaping technical education to meet the requirement of the industry.
It is a co-educational public institute, providing a regular course which is located in an urban part of a Bhopal played a pioneering role in the field of higher education.
The Institute is part of the group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Institute of Technology. It was named after the first Minister of Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and was one of the oldest colleges of Madhya Pradesh.
In the year 1962, the institute shifted to its current campus which was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.
Admission to B.Tech. programmes are made through JEE-MAIN (joint entrance examination is formerly known as AIEEE), admission to M.Tech. programmes are made through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
For the courses, Master of Business Administration course admission is through CAT and NIMCET for MCA or through an institute conducted entrance test.
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 in 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 is 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.
Courses offered & Achievements:
As National Institute of Technology, the Institute has a responsibility of providing high-quality education in Engineering and Technology to produce competent technical manpower for the country.
The institute offers the undergraduate program in Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in disciplines of Engineering and Technology and Postgraduate program in Master of Technology (M.Tech) and Master in Management (MBA) along with research programs leading to M.Sc and Ph.D.
The Institute acquires a national character having 50% student intake from the State of Bhopal and the rest of other states/union territories of the country.
The admissions to the B.Tech programs run by the institute are very competitive having acceptance ratio nearly 2-3%. Students were admitted on the basis of All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) till 2012 but from 2013 the admission is based on Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) conducted across India.
Admissions to the M.Tech programs are by the GATE exam conducted by the IITs and IISc. The postgraduate admission is on the basis of research and interviews by the appropriate screening committees.
The college has been received numbers of an award in publication, offering scholarship also awarded by the different societies within different fields.
MANIT is ranked 61 among engineering colleges of India by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2017
NIRF rankings have become a benchmark because of their independent, honest & flavorless review. Due to an intake of top 1%ile students into its UG program, NIT Bhopal has topped the NIRF 2017 rankings beating all other Institutes in the engineering category.
Apart from the above, to make students well aware of their field, there are student chapters of internationally acclaimed societies.
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Features at National Institute of Technology NIT Bhopal:
Scholarship:
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Master of Computer Applications | Full Time | 3 Years | BCA |
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Master of Business Administration | Full Time | 2 Years | BBA |
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Master of Architecture in Urban Development & Planning | Full Time | 2 Years | B.Arch. |
Note: This Institute offers more courses in various stream categories including with optional specializations. To know more about courses, please visit the official website i.e. http://www.manit.ac.in