Nit Surat

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (NIT Surat) is one of the 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) established in India in June 1961. It is named after India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. This institute was upgraded to a National Institute of Technology as per the NIT Act.

The college has a campus of over 1 km² (250 acre) of land on the Surat-Dumas Highway, in the city of Surat, Gujarat in the area known as Ichchhanath, about 10 km from the Surat Railway Station. It was earlier called Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering and Technology (SVRCET). This institute offers seven undergraduate courses of Bachelor of Technology in various disciplines like Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Electronics, Chemical, Computers and Production Engineering. It also offers postgraduate courses in Environmental engineering, Structural engineering, Water-resources engineering, Turbomachines, Mechanical, Electronics and Chemical Engineering. Some candidates are also pursuing PhDs. Admissions to the undergraduate course is competitive through the AIEEE, while the admission to the post-graduate programs requires competitive score in GATE.

The institute has in all eleven hostels, nine for boys and two for girls, accommodating a total of over 1500 students. The sanctioned intake of B.Tech students is currently 527 as of the academic year 2009. Fifty percent of the seats are filled up from Gujarat State and the fifty percent of the seats are reserved for the students from other states with a fixed quota for every state. However, according to the Corrigendum issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development on June 13, 2008, it was announced that the state quota's were removed and those 50% of seats were to be filled on All India merit basis . In addition to domestic students, twenty foreign students are also admitted under the scheme of the Central Government. Also at 2nd year level 32 students are admitted, who have passed diploma on merit basis.

Address                   : National Institute of Technology Surat
                                  Surat,
                                  Gujarat,
                                  India

Web Site                 : www.svnit.ac.in