National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur Overview

NIT Hamirpur Overview

Founded in the year 1986, the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) approved NIT Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh is an autonomous university. Spread over a region of 320 acres, educating 3,000 undergrads and 300 postgrads, the college is one of the thirty-one National Institutes of Technology (NITs) established and funded by the MHRD.

The institute provides various UG, PG and Doctoral programmes in Management, Architecture and Engineering consisting of courses like B.Arch, B.E./B.Tech, M.Arch, M.E./M.Tech, MBA/PGDM and PhD. Admission to these courses is conducted on the basis of performance in Entrance Exams like JEE Mains, GATE and CMAT.

The college conducts its own exams for PhD admissions. NIT Hamirpur offers a total of 10 Undergraduate courses and 20 Postgraduate programmes. 

Today NIT Hamirpur ranking is 60th in the college rankings of NIRF 2019. It was previously ranked 64 in 2018. The college had an all-time best rank of 30 awarded by Edu Rand in 2015.

The NIT Hamirpur faculty is considered to be highly qualified, with many professors holding a PhD degree in their respective field of study. Most of them are friendly, cooperative and supportive and ready to assist students in their hour of need.

To mention about the faculty members, Amar Patnaik NIT Hamirpur is a famous name in the Department of Mechanical or Industrial Engineering. Another is Lalit Awasthi NIT Hamirpur, who is Founder Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering department. To know more about how is NIT Hamirpur, you can check their official website.

NIT Hamirpur Courses offered and Fee Structure

The National Institute of Technology in Hamirpur provides degrees in branches like Engineering, Architecture & Planning and Business & Management Studies. Some of the NIT Hamirpur courses that are offered are B.E./B.Tech, B.Arch, M.E./M.Tech, M.Arch.

Apart from engineering courses, NIT Hamirpur MBA course is also available. Following is a brief discussion of the academic structure of the NIT Hamirpur fee structure and courses.

NIT Hamirpur Course Highlights

• Hamirpur NIT offers a full-time B.Tech programme for 4 years. Aspiring candidates need to clear their senior secondary examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with Chemistry or Biotechnology or Biology from a recognised board/university. The total fees for the B.Tech degree are 8.04 lakhs.
• The institute provides a 2-year long M.Tech programme along with a fee of 1.79 lakhs. Candidates need to clear their B.Tech degrees with a minimum aggregate of 60% or a 6.5-CGPA on a 10 point scale.
• NIT Hamirpur also conducts a 5-year full-time PhD programme for a fee of 3.14 lakhs. The candidate needs to have a Master’s Degree in Engineering or Technology in the required field of study with a minimum score of 60% or a 6.5-CGPA on a 10 point scale.

 NIT Hamirpur Admission Process

The NIT Hamirpur admission procedures for the engineering courses are as follows –

• BE / B.Tech admission - Admission is based on the JEE Mains cut-offs, subject to JoSAA, MHRD, JAB & CSAB supervision, stated by the institution itself followed by various rounds of counselling depending on the desired course or stream.
• ME / M.Tech admission -  Admission is conducted on the basis of the marks scored by candidates in their GATE exam.
• PhD admission -  NIT Hamirpur PhD candidates are selected on the basis of their GATE scores followed by a written test and personal interview.

NIT Hamirpur Placements

NIT Hamirpur Placement is offered to the students who graduate and have the required skills and talents for the role. The NIT Hamirpur placement package that was highest till date is 27 lakhs per annum.

The NIT Hamirpur average package was 5.58 lakhs per annum. Following is a brief analysis of NIT Hamirpur’s B.Tech placement scenario.

Placement Report NIT Hamirpur 2017

Rate of Placements	Highest recruiting domain	Highest CTC	Average CTC	Recruiters
82.74%	Electrical and Communication Engineering	27 Lakhs Per Annum	5.58 Lakhs Per Annum	L&t, BPCL, Wipro, Infosys, Revanta

The companies and recruiters visiting the campus of NIT Hamirpur include ACCENTURE, Bloomberg, Bosch Ltd, CA Technologies, Capgemini, GODREJ, HSBC, IBM, Infosys, JP Morgan Chase, KEC International Ltd., KPIT Technologies, Infotech, Larsen and Toubro, Maruti Suzuki, Oracle, Reliance Jio, Samsung, SAP, UnitedHealth Group, Wipro etc.

NIT Hamirpur Result and Cut-off

Mentioned below is the NIT Hamirpur cut off for JEE Mains 2018, of the B.E./B.Tech programme (Round 1):

Degree	Quota	Specialization	Category
			General		SC		ST		OBC
			OR	CR	OR	CR	OR	CR	OR	CR
4-Year B.E./ B.Tech.	HS	Chemical Engineering	51841	74593	2629	8702	3780	4348	51570	80160
		Civil Engineering	31918	70372	3948	7231	1796	2498	30766	60115
		Computer Science and Engineering	7461	26552	1186	2931	1037	1706	7590	30155
		Electrical Engineering	40867	62670	3177	7194	1801	2510	32222	72204
		Electronics and Communication Engineering	29075	43386	3048	5766	1712	3153	30430	53694
		Materials Science and Engineering	74002	84231	8130	8532	3819	3819	61403	80525
		Mechanical Engineering	25055	58173	3512	6960	2645	3357	16421	71428
	OS	Chemical Engineering	15089	21374	4314	4490	2050	2050	6543	7119
		Civil Engineering	16298	20545	2705	3224	709	792	5032	6216
		Computer Science and Engineering	5296	8467	1407	1562	916	996	2497	2973
		Electrical Engineering	11865	15601	2510	2856	811	1063	4601	5197
		Electronics and Communication Engineering	10095	12620	2309	2799	1159	1189	4009	4894
		Materials Science and Engineering	19778	26679	4332	4332	2513	2513	7731	9070
		Mechanical Engineering	13861	16292	2613	3146	1098	1146	5013	5621
5-Year B.Arch.	HS	Architecture	2491	6058	445	538	320	320	2184	7076
	OS	Architecture	872	1263	141	183	49	96	479	532
5-Year B.Tech + M.Tech.	HS	Computer Science and Engineering	27259	45890	3812	7295	2369	2940	36295	63598
		Electronics and Communication Engineering	47917	65121	7361	7764	2460	3403	54604	79093
	OS	Computer Science and Engineering	6412	12118	1568	2449	1348	1696	3031	4734
		Electronics and Communication Engineering	12641	17076	2970	3354	1430	1508	5714	6790

The NIT Hamirpur cutoff (2018) for the GATE exam of the M.E/M.Tech programme is as follows: 

Branch	Category
	General	SC	ST	OBC
M.Tech Chemical Technology	451	234	167	325
M.Tech Communication Systems	507	345	229	456
M.Tech Condition Monitoring Protection & Control of Electrical Apparatus	558	363	239	481
M.Tech Water Resources Engineering	564	365	251	492
M.Tech Signal Processing	573	370	257	501
M.Tech Environmental Engineering	581	371	269	507
M.Tech Mobile Computing Technology	584	371	275	515
M.Tech Material Science and Engineering	602	378	275	529
M.Tech Power System Engineering	609	396	290	534
M.Tech VLSI Design	611	397	296	544
M.Tech Geotechnical Engineering	612	398	302	545
M.Tech Energy Technology	629	401	315	548
M.Tech CAD/ CAM	644	411	325	554
M.Tech Transportation Engineering	656	418	331	554
M.Tech Computer Science and Engineering	679	440	338	557
M.Arch. Sustainable Architecture	688	461	352	572
M.Tech Structural Engineering	714	465	420	625
M.Tech Thermal Engineering	736	599	167	672

The quotas reserved for NIT Hamirpur cutoff are:

• HS - Home State     
• OS - Other States      

NIT Hamirpur  Alumni Network

The vision of the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur Alumni Association is to create a community to reignite the memories and relationships, made by the alumni during their years at the Institute.

With an aim to keep close those who were once closer to each other, the college provides online serves that act as a platform for sharing resources and a mode of communication for the alumni.

NIT Hamirpur Scholarships

NIT Hamirpur offers various government and private scholarships and reward schemes to deserving candidates on a merit-cum-means basis, especially to students belonging to poor economic backgrounds or reserved categories. A few of such assistantships include:

• Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship to students belonging to Minority communities
• National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST Students
• Post Matric Scholarship to SC/ST/OBC students.
• Post Matric Scholarship to students belonging to Minority communities
• Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme for J&K students

NIT Hamirpur Campus Facility

NIT Hamirpur Address is 4 kilometres from the Hamirpur Bus stand. Following are a few of the facilities available at the NIT Hamirpur campus.

• Library: The Library of NIT Hamirpur preserves a rich collection of more than 80,000 books and electronic as well as print journals covering fields of Architecture, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Humanities and Social Sciences. The Central Library avails its student's facilities like Book Circulation Service using RFID, OPAC, Wi-fi and SMS based notification. 

• Hostel: The college has in-campus hostels for both boys and girls. 

• Sports Complex: NIT Hamirpur has a Basketball Court, Cricket Ground, Football Ground and a Tennis Court.

• Fest: NIT Hamirpur Cultural fest, Hill'ffair, is organized by the students of the institution.