Vision & Mission

Our Vision

  • Transforming life through excellence in education and research.

Our Mission

  • World class Education: Excellence in education, grounded in ethics and critical thinking, for improvement of life.
  • Cutting edge Research: An innovation ecosystem to extend knowledge and solve critical problems.
  • Impactful People: Happy, accountable, caring and effective workforce and students.
  • Rewarding Co-creations: Active collaboration with national & international industries & universities for productivity and economic development.
  • Service to Society: Service to the region and world through knowledge and compassion.
 

Core Values

  • Student focus
  • Strong ethics
  • Striving for excellence
  • Social development
  • Respect for all

Quick Facts

  • VIT has been ranked among the Top 20 Universities in the country for the 4th time consecutively by NIRF
  • No.1 Private University for Innovation (2019) as recognized by ARIIA, Government of India
  • Strong international presence across the world and partnerships with over 300 foreign universities
  • In Limca Book of Records for the 8th time for unbeatable placement records
  • FICCI Awarded “Excellence in enabling Research Environment” for the year 2019
  • 2084 lakhs worth funded projects sanctioned by funding agencies in the FY 2018-19
  • NAAC has re-accredited VIT with an ‘A’ grade in the 3rd cycle
  • 33 Undergraduate, 36 Postgraduate and 15 Research Programmes are offered in the AY 2019-20
  • A 372 acre eco-friendly campus with over 54.51 lakh sq.ft. built-up space at Vellore
  • A 192 acre eco-friendly second campus at Chennai
  • Over 36,000 students, with nearly one-third of them women
  • Students from 60 countries as well as from every state in India
  • Over 1700 faculty and 1090 staff
  • VIT has been accredited by TCS, Wipro and Cognizant for academic collaboration and placements