Established in 2015, National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh is the 31st institution among the chain of NITs established by the Govt. of India.

It is an Institute of National Importance and is situated at Tadepalligudem, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh State. Commonly known as NIT Andhra Pradesh and it is functioning from the academic year 2015–2016. National Institute of Technology Warangal is the mentor institute.

From the academic year 2015-2016 the institute was granted permission for deserving candidates with a total intake of 480 seats in 8 branches. Out of these 240 seats will be filled by the candidates from the state of Andhra Pradesh under Home State (HS) quota.

The other 240 seats will be filled by the candidates from all other states under Other State (OS) quota. All the seats will be filled based on the All India Rank (AIR) obtained in the JEE (Mains).

At present, B.Tech programmes in branches of Engineering, viz., Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics and Communication, Metallurgical and Materials, Chemical, Computer Science and Biotechnology Engineering were started with an annual intake of 480 students.

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 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.

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.