About University

KIIT University (earlier Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) is a co-educational, autonomous university located at Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa. It was one of the youngest institutions to be awarded the deemed university status in India and then the university status in 2004 and is recognised by Limca Book of Records.The University offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Engineering, Bio-technology, Management, Law, Computer application, Rural management, Fashion, Film Studies, Journalism and Sculpturing. It has been ranked as 16 th in India, 5 th among private universities, and 4 th in the eastern region in the year 2009 by Times of India. It has also been ranked 18 th among private engineering institutes and 7 th in placement in 2008 by Outlook India. KIIT School of Management has been nominated as the mentor institution by AICTE for conducting faculty development programme in eastern India

Past of the University

KIIT was established in 1992 as an Industrial Training Institute with only 12 students and 2 faculties This institution was the brainchild of Pradyumna Bal, Dr.Achyuta Samanta, Dr P.K Mishra and Dr C.R Mishra who had together envisioned a profound center of learning in India and so pursued to lay the foundation of KIIT. In 1997, the School of Technology and the School of Computer Application () was established. In 2004 it was conferred the status of university, becoming the youngest institute to get university status in India and entered the Limca Book of Records. School of Biotechnology, School of Rural Management, School of Medicine and KIIT Law School were started in 2007.In 2009 five new schools, School of Mass Communication, School of Design, School of Film Studies School of Tourism and Hospitality Management and School of Sculpture has been established.Currently more than 12000 students are enrolled in various courses of the university.

Profile of the University

KIIT is an accredited institute having more than 12,000 students into its various distinct streams. Each academic program is functioning in different independent campuses. The university has signed several memorandums with foreign andnational institutes of excellences like, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),Chiang Mai University, Scotland’s Colleges International, North-West University and Pennsylvania State University.KIIT also became the youngest member of Association of Commonwealth Universities.

Ranking of the University

KIIT has the distinction of becoming the youngest institute ever in the country to be declared a Deemed University by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. All the academic programmes are accredited by NAAC of UGC and NBA of AICTE, which are benchmarks of excellence. Bar Council of India (BCI) has approved the courses of KIIT Law School which offers five years integrated courses in law. With its dynamic progress within a short span of time, KIIT is the youngest institution in India to receive accreditation by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of UGC for its Degree in Engineering, MCA and MBA programs.

It has been ranked as 16 th in India, 5 th among private universities, and 4 th in the eastern region in the year 2009 by Times of India. It has also been ranked 18 th among private engineering institutes and 7 th in placement in 2008 by Outlook India. KIIT School of Management has been nominated as the Mentor Institution by AICTE for conducting faculty development programme in eastern India.

School Under It

KIIT has expanded from its original three schools to eleven schools in a very short span of five years, since its inception as an university. Most of the schools offers degrees from undergraduate to Ph.D. level.

The KIIT School of Technology offers undergraduate programs in seven distinct streams which includes; Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering. It also offers postgraduate programs in five streams and Doctoral degrees as well.The School of Computer Application offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in computer application.

The KIIT School of Management offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and diploma degrees in management.It offers specialisation in fields like Human Resource Management, Marketing Management, Financial Management, Information Technology Management, Operation Management & Decision Sciences, Business Environment, General Management and diplomas in Retail management and Banking and Insurance management.The School of Rural Management offers postgraduate degree in rural management.

The School of Law offers integrated law degree with humanities, management and science.The school offers postgraduate degree in law with specialisation in corporate law and human rights. It also offers doctoral degree and diploma in Information technology law and Corporate laws.

The School of Biotechnology offers five year integrated degree in Biotechnology and two years postgraduate degree in biotechnology and microbiology.

The School of Languages established in 2007, offers undergraduate courses in English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Corporate Communications and Education with or without study abroad facility. It also offers various, certificate, advanced certificate, diplomas, language lab, postgraduate and doctoral degrees.

Four new schools are going to start from 2009 session. Out of those, the School of Design offers undergraduate degrees in Fashion Design and Fashion Technology and postgraduate degree in Fashion Management. The School of Sculpture offers Master degree in Fine Arts and the School of Mass Communication offers postgraduate degree in journalism. The School of Film Studies offers Bachelors degree in Television and Film Production. The School of Tourism and Hospitality Management offers Masters degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management.

KIIT Group of Institutions, also operates a School of Medicine and School of Dental Sciences which offers undergraduate degrees in Medicine and Dental Sciences respectively.Other institutes includes, a polytechnic college, industrial training centre, science college, International School and Kalinga Institute of Social Science.

How to get Admission

Admission to undergraduate and postgraduate programs are primarily done through the university’s entrance examination KIITEE (KIIT Entrance Examination), while 35 percent of the seats for B.Tech is also filled up from the rank holders of AIEEE. Admission to the M.Tech program are also granted through GATE. Students are admitted to the law school through a written all India common test known as KLSAT (KIIT Law School Admission Test). For the newly introduced courses of fashion, film studies, journalism and sculpturing the admission will be done on the basis of merit of previous qualifying examinations and additional experiences related to the concerned disciplines.

The University also grants scholarships to meritorious and needy students every year. Among them, Pradyumna Bal Memorial Scholarship is awarded to two economically challenged but meritorious students and they are provided completely free education along with ancillary expenses.

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