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The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur), was established by an Act of Parliament in 1960 as one of the eight such colleges aimed to function as a pace setter for engineering education in the country and to foster national integration.It is a fully-funded premier Technological Institution of the Government of India and is administered by an autonomous Board of Governors.

The Institute is located about 160 KMs north-west of Kolkata on the Howrah-Delhi Main Railway-Route and overlooking the National Highway No. 2(the great Grand-Trunk Road). The Institute spreads over an area of 187 acres of land. It is fully residential and co-educational. At present about 2200 boys and 400 girls reside in seven boys' hostels and two girls' hostels. The annual undergraduate intake is about 550 students.

The Institute is a Deemed to be University which awards B.Tech., M.C.A.,M.B.A.,M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees to students after their successful completion of the specified courses. The Institute imparts education in the disciplines of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,Information Technology and Biotechnology. Following a procedure laid down by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, selects candidates, on the basis of AIEEE rankings,for its own admission and 18 other NITs who admit such students on the basis of statewise quota. The Institute reserves two seats for admission of physically handicapped candidates from W.B. in addition to its normal intake. A number of seats are also reserved for Scheduled Caste/Tribes candidates from WB and also from other states on statewise quota. Seats are also reserved for the wards of personnel from military and paramilitary forces who have been killed or permanently disabled during war or hostility.

Admission - Under Graduate
Admission procedure for undergraduate courses

Eligibility: - For admission to any of the National Institute of Technology, candidate needs to apply only to the National Institute of Technology assigned to the state or Union Territory in which the school or college from where he/she has passed the qualifying examination, is located. He/she will be eligible for admission to NIT Durgapur, subject to the following conditions:-
• He/she should not be more than 23 years old as on August 1st of the same year (26 years for scheduled caste /tribe candidate, foreign student, ward of India-based staff posted abroad).
•  He should have passed the 10+2 Higher Secondary Examination of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent, with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English.
•  For candidate from West Bengal, he/she will have to qualify in the AIEEE Examination
• For a candidate from a state or a union territory other than West Bengal , he/she would have been selected by the National Institute of Technology assigned for the state or union territory in accordance with its admission procedure and criterion to National Institute of Technology Durgapur.

Application: - Application forms for the admission to NIT , Durgapur and other 16 NITs, located in different parts of India, are distributed only among the candidates enlisted in the merit list of AIEEE. Selection: - The NIT assigned to the state or union territory will select candidates from other states or union territories other than Andaman & Nicobar Islands on the basis of merit in accordance with their admission procedure and criterion. - For details of AIEEE Examination 2006, and for Online Registration, please visit: www.aieee.nic.in

Admission -
Postgraduate courses
Eligibility: A. For Engineering Disciplines:
• B.E. or B.Tech. in Engg./Tecnology in respective branch of Engg or AMIE(I), AMIIM, AMIIChE by examination having two year of professional experience.
B. For Other Disciplines:
• Chemistry (Corrosion Science, & Technology): M.Sc. in Chemistry (Pure/Applied), B.E. or B.Tech. in ChE.
• Mathematics( Operation Research in Industry/Business Management)[Self-finance or Part-time evening]: B.E./B.Tech. in Engg./Technology, or M.Sc.( with Mathematics at graduate level), AMIE, AMIM, AMIIChE with two years of professional experience.
• Physics( Advanced Materials Science & Technology): B.E./B.Tech. in Engg./Technology,in Metallurgical & Materials Engg.,Mechanical Engg., Electronics & Communication Engg. or M.Sc.in Physics, Applied Physics, Materials Science or Electronics.
• For full-time courses, candidates will have to qualify in GATE, conducted by IITs. They shall have to appear for interview/viva-voce for final selection. Unemployed Non-GATE candidates may be considered for admission to the full-time courses subject to the availability of seats but they will not be entitled to scholarship. Non-GATE candidates for full-time courses will be selected through college admission test (written/interview).
• Candidates working in industries and business organisations around Durgapur (within the radius of 20 KMs from the college) fulfilling the above qualifications may also apply for part-time courses. No-objection certificate from their employer will be essential for admission.

Application: - Application form is available from the Office of the Dean(PG Studies & Research), on payment of cash at the Institute cash counter or by post. The data and time of distribution and receipt of forms is intimated through advertisements in newspaper.

Contact Us
National Institute of Technology Durgapur,
West Bengal India 713209
Tel: +91 343 2546397Fax: +91 343 2547375

For More Information visit http://www.nitdgp.ac.in

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