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| Motto | Quality Education – an Abiding Commitment |
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| Type | Deemed university |
| Established | 2008 |
| 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 |
| Website | nitte |
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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.
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.
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.
Bengaluru Campus:
Mangalore Campus
NITTE Campus
| University and College rankings | |
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| 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]