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About VIT
About VIT
Vellore Institute of Technology was founded in 1984 as Vellore Engineering College by
Dr. G. Viswanathan, a former Parliamentarian and Minister in the Tamil Nadu government.
The Deemed to be University status was conferred in June, 2001 by MHRD, Govt. of
India. Currently, VIT has eco-friendly campuses in Vellore, Chennai. VIT attracts students
from all the states and union territories of India and 65 different countries, owing to its
academic & research excellence.
VIT has emerged as one of the best institutes of India and is aspiring to become a global
leader. Having fully committed to its Vision - "Transforming life through excellence in
education and research", VIT focuses on Quality in teaching-learning, research and
innovation thereby making the institute distinct from others.
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VIT is ranked 8 in University Category, 11th in Research Category, 11 in Engineering
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Category and 17 in Overall Category in 2023 NIRF Ranking published by the Ministry of
Education, Govt. of India. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has
accredited VIT with the highest grade A++ in 2021 (4th cycle).
Some of the significant achievements of the institution in the last five years are:
VIT is one of the top 3 institutions of India and within the top 701-800 Universities of
the world as per Shanghai ARWU Ranking 2023
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The 163 best Institution in Asia (QS - Asia University Rankings 2024)
Eight Subjects of VIT are ranked by QS World University Ranking by Subject 2023
Ranked by QS World University Ranking, Times Higher Education (THE) World
University Ranking, US News Ranking, Round University Ranking, Russia and others
Received University of the Year in 2016, Excellence in Faculty in 2017, Excellence in
Internationalization of Education in 2018, Excellence in Enabling Research
Environment 2019, Excellence in Implementing Institutional Social Responsibility 2022
and Excellence in Globalization 2023 awards from FICCI, New Delhi
58 Professors of VIT are among the Top 2% Scientists in the world according to the
study conducted by the Stanford University, USA in 2023.
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