NITTE

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NITTE (Deemed to be University)
NITTE Deemed Univerity logo.svg
MottoQuality Education – an Abiding Commitment
Type Deemed university
Established2008
Chancellor Nitte Vinaya Hegde
Vice-Chancellor Dr. M. S. Moodithaya
Location,
India

12°48′27″N74°53′18″E / 12.8076°N 74.8882°E / 12.8076; 74.8882
Website nitte.edu.in
NITTE

NITTE (Deemed to be University) is an institute of higher education and a private deemed university located in Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India. It was established under the Nitte Education Trust [1] , which has founded 31 educational institutions across three campuses in Nitte, Mangaluru, and Bengaluru.

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The University Grants Commission which is a Government of India entity conferred the status of Deemed-to-be University [2] in June 2008. [3]

The institution has been accredited with 'A+' grade by the NAAC.

Academics

The ABSM Institute of Dental Sciences (1985) was the first constituent college of Nitte University.

Today, it has five constituent colleges, the other four being KS Hegde Medical Academy (1999), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1983), Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences (1992), and Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy (1997).

KSH Medical Academy became a constituent of Nitte University in 2009. Recently it has three more constitute colleges namely Nitte Institute of Communication (2012), Nitte Institute of Architecture (2015) and Nitte MAM Institute of Technology (2022).

Nitte University offers over 160 programs at the Undergraduate educations undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, and PhD levels across various disciplines, including medicine, allied health sciences, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy, speech and audiology, biological sciences, media and communication, fashion technology, engineering, interior design, architecture, pre-university educations , degree programs, and international schooling. The university operates across three campuses located in Bengaluru, Mangalore and Nitte.

NITTE Group of Institutions

Bengaluru Campus:

Mangalore Campus

NITTE Campus

Rankings

University and College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2023) [4] 101–150
NIRF (Universities) (2023) [5] 65

NITTE was ranked 65th among universities and 5th in Dental Category [6] in India by the NIRF in 2023 [5] and in the 101–150 band overall. [4]

References

  1. Nitte Education Trust
  2. Deemed-to-be University.
  3. MHRD Notification No. F.9-13/2007-U.3(A) dated 4 June 2008 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education), Government of India.
  4. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework . Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
  5. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework . Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
  6. "NIRF Report Dental 2023".