National Institute of Technology Patna - Introduction
At present, the NIT Patna is affiliated to Patna University.The institute would soon be assigned the 'Deemed University' status by the government.The 'Deemed University' status would give adequate powers to the institute to frame its own policies as regards to conduct of study programmes, examinations and award of degrees.
The Institute has also been declared as a Centre of Excellence and imparts high level education training , research and development in science, engineering technology and humanities. It conducts programs at the UG (B.Tech), PG (M.Tech) & Ph .D levels through its experienced faculty and well equipped laboratories . At present the Institute has seven disciplines viz. Architecture, Civil Engineering, Compute Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering. Other departments of Physics, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Science are equally strong. Placement records of NIT Patna have witnessed unprecedented growth and is touching new heights. The Institute has three boys' hostels and one girls' hostel. The campus has Wi-Fi connectivity all over and Internet connectivity to every department and to the hostels.The Institute maintains a central Library which has over 50,000 books and about 1,100 internationally acclaimed e-journals.