KIIT University
Bhubaneswar
Odisha, INDIA
Pin Code: 751024
Tel : +91-0674-2725113
Email: kiit@kiit.ac.in
website : www.kiit.ac.in
About KIIT University
KIIT started as a modest industrial training institute in 1992 in rented premises at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. By 1997 (considered as the base year) the institute commenced graduate programmes in Engineering and postgraduate programmes in Computer Applications and Management. The excellent academic ambience, quality faculty, adherence to strict academic rigor and plethora of other academic activities led to grant of university status to the institute by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India in the year 2004 just within six years (1997-2004) of its inception. It is the youngest ever institute to have received university status as recorded by LIMCA BOOK of RECORDS, India. This record stands unbroken even till date
The institute today sprawls over 25 acre area with one million square metres of aesthetically constructed built up area. There are 28 constituent schools, contiguously located in impeccably landscaped and modern-technology-enabled campuses offering graduate, post-graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral programmes in a wide range of disciplines. It has nearly 20,500 students from all corners of India and around 22 countries. KIIT’s campus provides a very student friendly ambience with a plethora of sporting an d student activities all year round. The institute’s sporting facilities include modern multi-gyms, swimming pools, various indoor and outdoor games facilities including a large stadium to seat 35000 spectators, several open air theatres and very lavishly equipped Student Activity Centre
Conferred ‘Category A’ status by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
Accredited by NAAC of UGC in ‘A’ Grade (Highest CGPA among self-financing universities)
Tier 1 Accreditation (Washington Accord) for Engineering Streams by NBA of AICTE
Approved by Statutory Bodies of Govt. of India