National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna was formerly started as Bihar School of Engineering and later was named Bihar College of Engineering. The Institute got its name NIT, Patna, in 2004 from the Indian Government. NIT Patna is an Autonomous Institute directed under MHRD, the Indian Govt.
NIT, Patna has six Engineering departments and one department of Architecture, along with one department for PCM. The Institute has offered UG and PG programs such as B.Tech, B.Arch, M.Tech, M.Sc., and MURP specializations.
The Institute accepts admissions to the B.Tech program through the JEE Main exam, B.Arch through the NATA exam, M.Tech, and MURP through the GATE exam.
NIT Patna Important Dates:
Entrance Exam |
Exam Date |
JEE Main |
2nd & 3rd Week of April |
GATE |
1st & 2nd Week of Feb |
IIT JAM |
3rd Week of March |
NIT Patna B.Tech Admissions:
The Institute has been offering a B.Tech program with six specializations for four years. The students with basic eligibility of 12th or equivalent with 75% marks should be in the top 20 percentile in the respective board exam. The selection process for the students will be based on the score obtained in JEE Main exam.
Specializations |
Eligibility & Selection Criteria |
Computer Science & Engineering Electronics & Communication Engineering Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Information Technology |
12th or equivalent with 75% marks or be in Top 20 Percentile in respective board exams |
NIT Patna B.Tech Cut Off:
Course |
JEE Main Cut Off |
Computer Science & Engineering |
11966 |
Electronics & Communication Engineering |
16327 |
Electrical Engineering |
18552 |
Mechanical Engineering |
19366 |
Civil Engineering |
23876 |
NIT Patna B.Arch Admissions:
The students with 12th or equivalent with 75% marks or should be in the Top 20 Percentile in the respective board exam will be eligible to apply for the B.Arch program. Selection for B.Arch admissions will be based on the NATA exam.
Course |
Eligibility & Selection Criteria |
B.Arch |
12th or equivalent with 75% marks or be in the Top 20 Percentile of the respective board |
NIT Patna M.Tech Admissions:
The Institute offers an M.Tech program with eighteen specializations for eligible students for two years. The students must hold Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture or Engineering or a Master’s Degree in applicable discipline from any well-recognized board. The students will be selected for admission based on the GATE score obtained by the students.
Specializations |
Eligibility & Selection Criteria |
Transportation Engineering Environmental Engineering Control System Engineering Thermal Engineering Design Engineering Renewable Energy Technology Computer Science & Engineering VLSI System Design and Microelectronics Nanoscience and Technology Water Resources Engineering Structural Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Power System Engineering Production Engineering Automobile Engineering Information Technology Communication Systems Computational Mathematics |
Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture or Engineering or Master Degree in applicable stream |
NIT Patna M.Tech Cut Off:
Course |
GATE Cut Off |
Communication Systems |
526 |
River Engineering |
531 |
Water Resources Engineering |
555 |
Information Technology |
560 |
Control systems |
570 |
VLSI & Micro Electronics |
585 |
Environmental Engineering |
589 |
Geotechnical Engineering |
599 |
Transportation Engineering |
627 |
Computer Science & Engineering |
628 |
Production Engineering |
641 |
Thermal Engineering |
697 |
Structural Engineering |
697 |
Design Engineering |
740 |
Power System Engineering |
900 |
NIT Patna MURP Admissions:
The Institute offers Urban & Regional Planning a master’s degree level for the students with basic eligibility of B.Arch or B. Planning or Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent. The selection process for the MURP program is dependent on the GATE exam score obtained by the students applying for admission to NIT Patna.
Course |
Eligibility & Selection Criteria |
MURP |
B.Arch or equivalent or B.Planning or BE in Civil Engineering |
NIT Patna Integrated M.Sc. Admissions:
The Institute is offering an Integrated M.Sc. program for the students with three specializations to opt from. The basic eligibility required for applying to the integrated M.Sc. program is 10+2 or equivalent in a related discipline. M.Sc. program is conducted for a five-year duration, and the admission selection process will be based on the merit of the written test held by the Institute.
Specializations |
Eligibility & Selection Criteria |
Physics Mathematics Chemistry |
10+2 in applicable discipline |
NIT Patna Application Process:
+91-0612-237 1715 / 237 2715
Ashok Rajpath, Mahendru, Patna, Bihar, India
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Through JEE Main and the JoASS counselling. A rank list will actually be released after the JEE exam is over. Through this students get a rank to join the college based on the rank we have obtained. After this they are required to fill their choice list in the counselling process. On the basis of availability of seats and demands the seats we get National institute of technology, Patna admissions in to B.Tech course.
Fees structure for courses is feasible in this institution. I have completed B.Tech in civil engineering from this institution. Entire fees expenditure of 4 years was approximately 5.69 Lakhs. Institution also offers scholarship on the basis of merit and to the students of low economy background. For admission first basic requirement is that, student must have qualified 12th with at least 50% aggregate marks with PCM as the compulsory subject, plus students must secure valid score as per the cut off marks in national level entrance examination like JEE Mains. The institution also offers M.Tech programs and for that students can appear for GATE exam and must secure valid score to get shortlisted for admission.