Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University is synonymous with academic excellence. The university has produced countless talents who not only are celebrated names in their respective domains but are also contributing to their nation’s growth as successful professionals, bureaucrats, entrepreneurs and start-up leaders.
KIIT has redefined professional education in the country and set benchmarks in teaching pedagogies and research outputs. It was ranked 20th in the country in the Education Ministry’s NIRF India Rankings 2022, in the cohort of 601-800 globally in the prestigious THE World University Rankings 2023, 8th in the world for ‘reducing inequalities’ and 201-300 overall in the THE Impact Rankings 2022, and in the cohort of 201-250 in the THE Asia University Rankings 2022.
KIIT has 30,000 students from 65 countries. The sprawling campus is a veritable melting pot of nationalists, cultures and ethnicities. The university’s remarkable growth is rooted in founder Dr Achyuta Samanta’s sustained focus on quality education and research with specific attention to universal access to education and equity.
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The premier institute is spread over 25 km2 of academic township and offers courses on almost all engineering disciplines, besides medicine, management, rural management, law, architecture, biotechnology, fashion technology and other domains. Its engineering programmes are accredited by ABET (US), the gold standard for engineering education quality. In 2021, KIIT was ranked first in innovation among self-financing institutions in the country in the Ministry of Education’s Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) for the second time in a row.
KIIT has become one of the top destinations for recruiters to hunt for promising minds. In 2021, the campus achieved record placement with 350 plus top-notch companies committing over 5000 job offers for a batch size of 3500 eligible BTech students graduating in 2022. Five students bagged the highest CTC of Rs.52 lakh per annum.
The university takes pride in promoting sports and has delivered many champions at national and international sports events and has produced nine Olympians and four Arjuna Awardee athletes. KIIT has been recognised as the ‘Best University for Promotion of Sports’ by Sportstar Aces Awards 2022.
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