National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NIT Warangal or NITW) is a public engineering institute located in Warangal, India. Formerly known as the Regional Engineering College, Warangal (RECW), it is the first among the 17 Regional Engineering Colleges established in India and was in 1959 by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The institute was renamed as the National Institute of Technology, Warangal in September, 2002.
Today it is an Institute of National Importance awarding bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in engineering, technology, basic sciences and management.
Departments
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Management
Admissions
UnderGraduate
The Bachelor of Technology admissions for Indian students were based on the AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination). The exam consists of three sections on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. However, from the year 2013, admission will be done through the JEE MAIN,and ranks will be given after considering 60% of the marks scored in the test, and 40% in the class 12 Board examinations. The B. Tech admissions for foreign students are done through Direct Admission of Students Abroad(DASA)Scheme.
Graduate
M. Tech students are admitted to the program through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science. MCA students are admitted through NIMCET, The admissions to the MBA program in the institute is based on the CAT/JMET result. The short listed candidates will have to undergo Group Discussion / Personal Interview for the final selection.
Campus
The plinth area occupied by the buildings on the campus are: Administrative Building (3,331 Sqm), Academic Buildings (34,448 sqm), Library Building (3,610 sqm), Students Hostels (32,642 sqm), Sports Pavilion and Gallery (784 Sqm), Director's Bungalow, Staff Quarters and Guest House (31,598 sqm.) The road network in the campus runs to a length of 12 km.The 256 acres of land is divided by the NH 202 highway into staff quarters, CCE and the main campus. The main entrance of the campus depicts the traditional elegance of KakatiyaThoranam. The main entrance of the campus is inscribed with the Sanskrit/Telugu words "कर्मदैव हि संसिद्धि", meaning that the one who works shall succeed.
The heart of the campus is the department area where departments of engineering and science are interconnected with small walking bridges.
Centre for Innovation and Incubation
NIT Warangal is the only NIT to have a centre established with the objective of providing laboratory space for start-up industries. Two startup industries namely ‘Future Now Innosoft (p) ltd’ and ‘Sky e it’ solutions have started their activities in this centre. Besides these two, M/s Infosys (p) ltd. funded a research project, which is carried out in this centre by the faculty and students of NIT Warangal.
Housing
The faculty live in staff quarters inside and outside the campus. It has four residential blocks including one ultra-mega hostel, one mega hostel for boys and one hostel for girls . It has seven messes for boys which include two international food courts namely IFC-A and IFC-B, one mess exclusively for girls.Hostel rooms are provided with internet facility for every student. WiFi connectivity is also present in most of the hostels as well as the academic blocks.
Ranking
| Institute rankings | |
|---|---|
| Engineering – India | |
| India Today | 15 |
| Outlook India | 16 |
| Dataquest | 15 |
| Government colleges: | |
| Mint | |
NITW has been consistently ranked amongst top colleges in India. In 2013, it has been ranked 10th in India according to Fadoo Engineers. NIT Warangal was ranked #15 by the India Today Best Engineering colleges 2012, #16 by Outlook India Top Engineering Colleges of 2012 and #15 by Dataquest India's Top Engineering Colleges 2011. In rankings limited to government colleges it was ranked #15 by Mint Top 50 Government Engineering Colleges of 2009.
Placements
2012-13
Top recruiters till mid-September 2012 for the current session have been Microsoft, Epic Systems, EA Sports, Amazon.com, Google,PepsiCo, DE Shaw, Flipkart, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, Oracle Corporation etc. and few students have bagged foreign offers as well.
Contact : Warangal Rd, Hanamkonda, Andhra Pradesh,506004
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