National Institute of Technology (NITP), Patna - Reviews Patna , Bihar

About National Institute of Technology (NITP), Patna

The National Institute of Technology, Patna, also known as NITP is an autonomous institute which was established in the year 1886 by an act of parliament. It was formerly known as Bihar School of Engineering or Bihar College of Engineering and was renamed as NIT Patna by the Government of India on 28^th January 2004. The institute is funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and offers Undergraduate, Post Graduate and Research programs in the field of Architecture, Engineering, and Science & Technology.

NIT Patna has been ranked 72 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF 2021) in the best engineering colleges in India category.  The program, B. Tech CSE, offered by NIT Patna is one of the most sought-after courses for NIT Patna Admission. For admission, candidates must qualify JEE Main Exam and the cutoff for admission to NIT Patna goes around 2521.

NITP is honoured to receive the 100% placement record in its last session with maximum number of placements in the department of B. Tech CSE. The highest salary package offered reached up to INR 43.17 LPA.

NIT Patna Highlights

NIT Patna Rankings

• Ranked 72 by NIRF Ranking 2021 in Engineering category
• Ranked 151-200 in NIRF Overall Rankings 2020
• Ranked 92 by NIRF Ranking 2020 in Engineering category
• Ranked 38 by The Week Top Engineering Colleges India in 2019

NIT Patna M. Tech Cutoff 2021 Released

NIT Patna M. Tech 2021 and NIT Patna Cutoff 2021 has been released for various specializations offered by the college. Below mentioned are the various specializations offered under M. Tech along with their cutoff marks:

NIT Patna B. Tech Cutoff 2021

NIT Patna Courses

NIT Patna Courses offer programs at the undergraduate as well as postgraduate level. The college offers B. Tech, B. Arch at the undergraduate and M. Tech, Integrated M. Sc at the postgraduate level. It also offers Ph. D. program at the doctorate level.

NIT Patna Departments

The NIT Patna has below mentioned academic departments:

• Architecture and Planning
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Communication
• Mechanical Engineering
• Physics
• Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Humanities and Social Sciences

NIT Patna Admission

Admissions to Undergraduate engineering programs are provided based on candidates' performance in the entrance examinations conducted for respective courses offered by the college:

• Admission to B. Tech requires a valid score in JEE Main Exam.
• Admission to B. Arch is done based on candidates' performance in NATA Exam.
• Admission to M. Plan is done on candidates' performance in NIMCET Exam.
• Admission to Integrated M. Sc is done on candidates' performance in JEE Main Exam + JoSAA Counselling
• Admissions to M. Tech program is provided based on GATE score.

NIT Patna Placement

The institute has a separate and dedicated Training & Placement cell which caters to students' requirement of their dream job. Some of the major recruiters that have visited the college campus are Adobe, Oracle, Amazon, Alstom, Cognizant, Jio, etc.

As per NIT Patna Placement 2020, the highest package offered at NITP has reached up to INR 43.17 LPA and there were almost 442 job offers witnessed. Engineering department has never failed to attract lucrative offers.

Below mentioned are the NIT Patna Placement Statistics of Batch 2021:

NIT Patna Department wise Average Package

NIT Patna Total Registered Students and Total Jobs Offered (Department-wise)

NIT Patna Scholarships

NIT Patna students can opt for various scholarship options which is given based on merit-cum-means. NIT Patna Scholarship details can be obtained on the official website of the college. The scholarships are offered by various state governments, PSUs and other organizations for students of undergraduate and postgraduate level programs. Ph. D. students are qualified for a scholarship under TEQIP-III for the duration of the course.

NIT Patna Campus

NIT Patna operates from a campus of 40 acres in area along Ashok Rajpath, which lies in the southern bank of the river Ganges exactly opposite the point of its confluence with river Gandak. The campus of NIT Patna lies alongside Gandhi Ghat.

NIT Patna Facilities

• Central Library
• Computer Centre
• Student Activity Centre (SAC)
• Gymnasium (separate for boys and girls)
• College Canteens (Govt Canteen, Nescafe Canteen)
• Table Tennis and Badminton court with Synthetic International flooring
• Squash Courts
• Medical Centre
• Cricket / Football Ground with stands for 1000+ students

NIT Patna Notable Alumni

• Bindeshwari Dubey, Former Chief Minister of Bihar
• Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar
• Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India (AEC); Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
• PA Sangma, Former Chief minister of Meghalaya
• Bhubaneswar Behera, An Engineer, Writer and a Scholar from Odisha
• Manas Bihari Verma, Indian Aeronautical Scientist

NIT Patna Festivals

The two fests hosted by NIT Patna are the cultural fest Melange and technical fest Corona. Both the fests are celebrated together occurring every year in January. This event is entirely managed by students and students from several colleges across the country are invited to participate.

• The activities in cultural fest include face painting, singing, dancing, antakshari, and rangoli along with arts and craft exhibitions and sports.
• The technical sport Corona includes activities such as robotics, circuit designing, programming, and presentation competitions and workshops.