The National Institute of Technology Patna is the Eighteenth National Institute created by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, upon rechristening a new name to the erstwhile Bihar College of Engineering, Patna. The Institute will admit 949 students to the undergraduate (B. Tech and B. Arch), 300 students to the Post Graduate Programs (M Tech/M Arch/MURP) and about 200+ students to the PhD programme every year on the basis of all India competition. It offers degree courses, post graduate courses and PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering and Architecture. It also offers PhD programmes in Department of Mathematics, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Department of HSS. The Institute is partially residential in nature providing facilities for accommodation to few students as well as the teaching/non-teaching staff in its campus spread over 36 acres of land.
The existing infrastructures provide a conducive environment with an exciting campus life so necessary for professional growth. The institute has well equipped Computer Centre, Central Library nearby main building and Design Innovation Centre. The institute is now well equipped with several other facilities like large lecture theatre with modern equipment and amenities, smart class rooms, Guest House and separate medical centre. NIT Patna has five Boys hostels, namely Sone Hostel Block-A, Sone Hostel Block-B, Bagmati Hostel, Kosi Hostel, and Brahmaputra Hostel & for girls, Ganga Hostel. The total capacities of Boys hostels are 1500+ and A new Girls Hostel on the bank of river Ganga accommodates 400+ girl students of the institute. A new Boys Hostel for first year students has been commissioned with state-of-the-art facilities like modular kitchen, wi-fi and special facilities for differently abled students. Electric power supply is for 24 hours in all the hostels.
All the hostels have their separate common rooms with amenities like TV, Magazines, Newspapers and employment newspaper and indoor facilities such as Table tennis, carom, and chess. The hostels have ample space for cultural and other activities. Facilities of some outdoor games such as badminton, volleyball and basket-ball are also available within the hostel premises. The available open spaces provide opportunity for outdoor meetings, cultural programme, quiz, yoga, or any group discussions. Besides above amenities, hostels have very good and spacious kitchen and dining space that caters breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea, snacks etc. to the boarders. All the hostels also have water cooler. Full day service of sweeper & cleaners available. The hostels are newly renovated with required furniture and regular maintenance. The ambience is calm to support studying environment for the boarders
The extra-curricular activities include facilities for outdoor and indoor games, open air theatre. We also have a local chapter of SPICMACAY for extra-curricular activities and student chapter for American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE). NIT Patna is the Institutional member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) which is devoted to promotion of quality and standards in technical education. A very good Students Activity Centre is another attraction of the campus, with many modern facilities, cafeteria, world class Badminton and Squash court, modern Gymnasium separately for boys and girls, and other facilities related to student activity
Every year sports activities are planned for boys and girl’s students to provide them a healthy environment and to exhibit their talents in these activities. The students also participate in national level games and sports competition organized by various institutes of the country. Apart from sports, different annual Techno and cultural Fest namely Corona symbolizing creativity, enthusiasm and team spirit among the young generation of today competitive age was organized. Through these events it is intended to provide a common platform for showcase their talents in various fields. We have nine different cultural clubs (like Music club, Drama Club, Dance Club, Chess Club, Literary & Art Club, Yoga and Meditation Club etc) and fourteen different technical clubs (like Photography, Electronics, Web and Coding, ASME, Robotics, SAE, IEEE and Ecell etc). Students did well in the field of social awareness programs also. The foundation day of NIT Patna is being celebrated on 28th January every year.
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