About Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology - NIT Jalandhar

Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, popularly known as NIT-Jalandhar (NITJ) was established in the year 1987 as Regional Engineering College. NITJ is an autonomous Institution under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi. It was given the status of National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) by the Government of India on October 17, 2002 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. Now the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has declared the Institute as “Institute of National Importance” under the act of Parliament-2007.The Institute campus is spread over an area of 154 acres.

The campus area has been broadly divided into different functional zones:

(i) Institution zone for teaching departments/centres/administration 
(ii) Residential zone for the faculty and staff 
(iii) Students’ hostel zone

 - The Institute provides Bus services to students, commuting from the campus to the city. There are two regular buses. These Buses run every morning and evening for lifting and dropping candidates.

Guest House Facilities - There is one guest house within the campus of the Institute. It has altogether 12 A/c Suites with a TV, Internet Facility and a Blower in each room. The guest house provides boarding and lodging facilities for the Institute guests and Visitors.

Bank Facilities - The institute has two banks situated in the campus, State Bank of Patiala and Canara Bank. These two banks have regular branches in the campus.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Achievements

The Institute has been placed amongst top 50 engineering institutions of the country as per the survey conducted by Mint-C Fore in the year 2008.

Information compiled from: About Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology - NIT Jalandhar - Website