NIT Nagaland UG, PG, Doctorate Courses 2025

The placement rate at the National Institute of Technology Nagaland (NIT Nagaland) is high. The average package offered in 2022 was INR 8.09 LPA.In 2022, the highest pay offered was INR 45 LPA.

Some of the companies that come to NIT Nagaland for placements are: Polaris India, MU Sigma, Tech Mahindra, Johnson Control India, Ramco, DESL, L&T, Infosys, Wipro, and Vodafone are among the companies.

No, you cannot get into NIT Nagaland for the BTech course without appearing for the JEE Main entrance examination. Candidates who want enrolment to the BTech course have to attempt the JEE Main exam and sit for the JoSSA counselling process to be eligible for a seat. 

Also, students should have completed their Class 12 with at least 75% aggregate (for the General category) to be able to write the JEE Main paper. 

NIT Nagaland offers BTech and BTech Integrated courses based on JEE Main scores for the All India and Home State categories. For OBC AI quota, the required cutoff ranged between 56910 and 109553. The candidates scoring a rank of 50k in JEE Main will surely get admission to NIT Nagaland as per the NIT Nagaland JEE Main cutoff 2024. For detailed cutoffs, candidates need to check out the sections given on the page.

The first session exam was conducted on January 22, 23, 24, 28 and 29, 2025 (Paper 1), and January 30, 2025 (Paper 2). The second session of JEE Mains was held from April 1 to 8, 2025. The JEE Main 2025 exam date for sessions 1 and 2 can be checked on the website jeemain.nta.nic.in.  

NIT Nagaland offers specialisations in UG, PG and PhD level. Programmes such as Mechanical Engineering, CSE, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and more are offered in full-time mode on the basis of merit and entrance. Candidates qualifying the entrance exams and securing scores within the cutoff limit are shortlisted for further consideration. For NIT Nagaland BTech, candidates must secure a 75% in Class 12. Whereas, for courses such as MSc and MTech, candidates must secure 60% in graduation. NIT Nagaland considers JEE Main, IIT JAM, CCMN, GATE, CCMT, UGC NET etc. to shortlist candidates for admission.

National Institute of Technology Nagaland offers Btech in Mechanical Engineering, CSE, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering as a full-time 4 year programmes. 

The Institute offers MSc with two specialisations i.e MSc in Physics and MSc in Chemistry. 

NIT Nagaland MTech is available with specialisations such as Computer Science and Engineering, VLSI Systems, Power Systems Engineering, Communication Engineering as a 2 year full-time programme.

NIT Nagaland offers Computer Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering as 2 seperate specialisations, available as a 3 years PhD programme.

NIT Nagaland has a sanction of around 200 seats for admission in BTech programme. For admission at MSc, NIT Nagaland offers 20 seats with two specialisations and 2 years of course duration. The Institute offers 66 seats for admission at MTech including the 4 specialisations within the programme. The Institute also offers PhD in various specialisations along side the UG and PG level programmes. 

No, as per the official website, a student cannot take direct admission to NIT Nagaland. Students have to clear their respective entrance exams for the courses they wish to get into. For admission to BTech and MTech, students must have a valid score in JEE Main and GATE exams, respectively, and go through their counselling processes to secure a seat at the institute. Similar to these UG and PG courses, admission is entrance and interview-based for PhD. 

NIT Nagaland offers BTech, M.Tech MSc and PhD programme. Candidates who have twelve years of school education with 75% aggregate and a valid JEE Main scores are eligible for the BTech course. For the MTech, candidates who have a Bachelor's Degree in any stream and a valid scorein the GATE score. Also candidates with a bachelor's degree in Science and IIT Jam score are eligible for the MSc programe. And finally for the PhD candidates must have master's degree  in Engineering or Technology, a valid GATE/JRF/ UGC NET/ CSIR NET score.

NIT Nagaland provides various programmes and specialisations to students. These courses are available in different streams. For obtaining NIT Nagaland admission, candidates are selected on the basis of entrance tests. For further details, candidates may visit the official website and learn more regarding the eligibility details for their preferred course choice. Accepted exams include JEE Main and GATE.

NIT Nagaland admission starts with the registration process for JEE Main January session. Admission to NIT Nagaland is subject to various national-level entrance exams such as JEE Main and GATE. The flagship programme of NIT Nagaland is BTech which is offered across six specialisations. Admission to BTech is based on JEE Main scores followed by JoSSA Counselling. For MTech and MSc, admission is subject to GATE and IIT JAM exams, respectively. MTech and MSc also have counsellig based admission. CCMT and CCMT are the counselling platform through which the qualified MSc and MTech are admitted.

NIT Nagaland is based in Dimapur, Nagaland. It has a sturdy infrastructure that provide access to a central library and clean classrooms and labs. The overall infrastructure is great. The hostel for boys and girls are seperate and the main building is close to them. There are immense facilities for sports in the campus with indoor activities including Table Tennis, badminton, chess and carrom for rejuvenation. The outdoor games include football and cricket. Students also have access to digital library.  There is also a provision for ATM and medical facilities in the campus.

Candidates who have completed a bachelor’s degree in any discipline. Also, have a valid GATE Score and a decent work experience is eligible for M.Tech at NIT Nagaland. The GATE Cutoff for each NIT will vary and each NIT will release its GATE cutoff based on the following factors. Candidates will be able to see the cutoff for all NITs on the official website of CCMT (Centralised Counselling for MTech).

As per the latest report, the participating recruiters placed 104 students of the BTech and 2 students of the M.Tech batch 2024. The total number of students placed during NIT Nagaland placements between 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below:

The following table showcases the department-wise total number of BTech students placed between 2023 and 2024 placement drives:

NIT Nagaland JEE Main cutoff 2025 has been released for round 1. The cutoff was released for candidates belonging to the All India quota. Among the General AI category candidates, the closing ranks in round 1 varied between 32418 and 52097. Among the OBC AI category candidates, the cutoff ranks varied between 10142 and 15994. Apart from General and OBC category, the cutoff was released for SC, ST, and other categories. Candidates can check all the information for NIT Nagaland JEE Main cutoff here.

In the table given below, students can find the branch-wise NIT Nagaland 2025 cutoff:

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NIT Nagaland is among the newest ten NITs approved by the Government of India in 2009 to provide quality education and research facilities in the technological field.

Ranked in the bands of 151-200 by NIRF 2017.

NIT Nagaland is ranked 201 for BTech by NIRF 2022.

Ranked 518 by UNI Rank among 884 Indian higher-education institutions.

Ranked 455 out of 876 higher educational institutions in India by Eduranking.

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As per the latest report, NIT Nagaland recorded 61.54% placements for BTech batch in the academic year 2023-2024. The following table represents the NIT Nagaland placement percentage recorded between 2023 and 2024 placement drives: