Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), formerly KIIT University, is a private deemed university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It primarily emphasizes on higher education and research in engineering and science. It offers 34 undergraduate, 32 postgraduate, 10 integrated, 11 Ph.D and 7 postdoctoral research programmes in the fields of science and engineering, medical science, management, law, film and media, humanities and yoga and sports. The admissions for B.Tech. programmes are mainly based on merit as per the results in KIITEE exam, although there are management quota seats which are filled by paying higher than normal admission fees.
It was founded in 1992 as Industrial Training Institute in Bhubaneswar with a seed revenue of ₹5000 (US$66.8). In 2017 it was renamed back as Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology following the UGC request to drop "University" from the name for all the institutes granted the status of 'Deemed to be Universities'. It is part of KIIT Society which is estimated to be worth ₹10,000 Crores (US$1.3 billion) as of 2020.
It was declared as deemed university in 2004 by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India and also was conferred with Category A status in 2014 by the Government of India. In 2019 KIIT was recognised as Institute of Eminence by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. It has been granted Tier-1 accreditation by the National Board of Accreditation. ARIIA 2021 ranked KIIT as India's best private university in innovation and self-financing.
History
KIIT was established in 1992 as an Industrial Training Institute with only twelve students and two faculty. This institution was the brainchild of Achyuta Samanta, C R Mishra, P K Mishra who had envisioned a profound center of learning in India and so pursued to lay the foundation of KIIT. In 1997, the School of Technology and the School of Computer Application was established. In 2004 it was conferred the status of deemed university and renamed KIIT University.
The KIIT School of Biotechnology, School of Rural Management, School of Medicine and KIIT Law School were started in 2007.
In 2017, the institute was renamed back Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, following a request from all institutes deemed to be universities not to use "university" in their title. In 2019, KIIT was recognised as an Institute of Eminence by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
Campus
The institute is in twelve landscaped and eco-friendly campuses of in the temple city of Bhubaneswar.
Academics
KIIT has 30,000 students. Each academic program is functioning in different independent campuses.
Accreditation
KIIT was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an A grade with a score of 3.48 out of 4 points. KIIT is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).
Admission
Admission to undergraduate and postgraduate programs are primarily done through the institute's entrance examination KIITEE (KIIT Entrance Examination). Admission to the MTech program are also granted through GATE. Students are admitted to the law school through a written all India common test known as KLSAT (KIIT Law School Admission Test). As this is a private university, admission to MBBS and BDS courses are done through donations only. For the newly introduced courses of fashion, film studies, journalism and sculpturing the admission will be done on the basis of merit of previous qualifying examinations, donations and additional experiences related to the concerned disciplines.
Scholarship
The institute also grants scholarships to meritorious and needy students every year. Among them, Pradyumna Bal Memorial Scholarship is awarded to two economically challenged but meritorious students and they are provided completely free education along with ancillary expenses.
Rankings
Internationally, KIIT was ranked 401–500 in Asia on the QS World University Rankings of 2023. It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2023, 201–250 in Asia in 2022 and in the same band among emerging economies.