Difference between IIT and NIT

  

Difference between IIT and NIT 

IIT and NIT both are the same level of institutes one desires to aim for. But there are few major differences between IIT and NIT. More than 6 lakh students appear for JEE Main entrance exams to take admission in premier engineering colleges every year. Premiere engineering colleges in India are IIT, NIT, and IIIT. Both institutes offer quality education by the key difference between them: the number of IITs and NITs, admission process, facilities and infrastructure, and placements. A question that may prickle as a thought for every student experiencing this thing in their 12th standard in identifying which is better, IIT or NIT? 

 

There are number of aspects which may be considered while showing the difference between IIT and NIT, but below, we’ve mentioned only the important ones. Let’s read out the entire blog & find out which institute is better than the other one.

 

 

 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)	National Institute of Technology (NIT)
There are 23 IIT in India	There are 31 NIT in India
IIT comes under the Institute of Technology Act 1961	NIT comes under the National Institute of Technology Act 2007
IIT are governed and maintained by Central Government	NIT are governed and maintained by the state government
Students can take admission in IIT after clearing JEE Advanced	Students can take Admission in NIT after clearing JEE Mains and JEE Advanced

To know the best engineering college, students need to assess the merits and demerits of the institution thoroughly. Every Indian student who aspires to pursue their graduation or post-graduation from top reputed institutes must have searched for key differences between IIT and NIT.

IIT vs NIT : Total Number of Institutes

 

S. No.	Indian Institutes of Technology	National Institutes of Technology
1.	IIT Kharagpur	National Institute of Technology, Agartala
2.	IIT Mumbai	Motilal NIT Allahabad
3.	IIT Kanpur	Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal
4.	IIT Madras	NIT Calicut
5.	IIT Delhi	NIT Durgapur
6.	IIT Guwahati	NIT Hamirpur
7.	IIT Roorkee	Malaviya NIT Jaipur
8.	IIT Bhubaneswar	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar
9.	IIT Gandhinagar	NIT Jamshedpur
10.	IIT Hyderabad	NIT Kurukshetra
11.	IIT Jodhpur	Visvesvaraya NIT Nagpur
12.	IIT Patna	NIT Patna
13.	IIT Ropar	NIT Raipur
14.	IIT Indore	NIT Rourkela
15.	IIT Mandi	NIT Silchar
16.	IIT (BHU) Varanasi	NIT Srinagar
17.	IIT Palakkad	S V NIT Surat
18.	IIT Tirupati	NIT Karnataka, Surathkal
19.	IIT Dhanbad	NIT Tadepalligudem
20.	IIT Bhilai	NIT Trichy
21.	IIT Goa	NIT Warangal
22.	IIT Jammu	NIT Arunachal Pradesh
23.	IIT Dharwad	NIT Sikkim
24.	-	NIT Goa
25.	-	NIT Meghalaya
26.	-	NIT Nagaland
27.	-	NIT Manipur
28.	-	NIT Mizoram
29.	-	NIT Uttarakhand
30.	-	NIT Delhi
31.	-	NIT Pondicherry