About Us                                                                                                                                                                        

National Institute of Technology Jalandhar was established in the year 1987 as Regional Engineering College and was given the status of National Institute of Technology by the Government of India under the control of Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi on October 17, 2002.

As National Institute of Technology, the institute has a responsibility of providing high quality education in Engineering and Technology to produce competent technical manpower for the country. The institute offers B Tech program in nine disciplines of Engineering and Technology along with research programs leading to M.Sc, M Tech and Ph D. The institute acquires a national character having 50% student intake from the State of Punjab and the rest from other states/union territories of the country.

NIT Jalandhar is an autonomous institution under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi. The institution functions under the over all control and guidance of the Board of Governers, the Director being the executive head of the institute. Besides the Board of Governers, the other authorities of the institute are the Senate, the Finance Committee and the Building and Works Committee.