National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirapalli

The National Institute of Technology (formerly known as Regional Engineering College) Tiruchirappalli has been conferred with autonomy in financial and administrative matters to achieve rapid development, and was granted Deemed University Status with the approval of the UGC/AICTE and Govt. of India in 2003 and renamed as National Institute of Technology. The institution offers Under Graduate Courses in ten branches and Post Graduate Courses in twenty-one disciplines of Science, Engineering & Technology besides M.S. (by Research) and Ph.D. in all the departments. The faculty is inducted through a process of open advertisement throughout the country. The institute is an example of cultural unity with students drawn from most of the states in the country.