Bihar · NIT
NIRF Engineering Rank #53, 2025· score 53.89
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Open full gallery →National Institute of Technology Patna, formerly Bihar School of Engineering and Bihar College of Engineering, is a public engineering institution located in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. It was renamed as NIT Patna, by the Government of India on 28 January 2004. NIT Patna marked its humble beginning in 1886 with the establishment of pleaders survey training school which was subsequently promoted to Bihar College of Engineering Patna in 1924. This made this institute the 6th Oldest Engineering Institute of India. It is an autonomous institute functioning directly under Ministry of Education, Government of India.
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Source: NIRF 2025 Engineering Ranking (nirfindia.org). GO is Graduation Outcomes — an independent metric, not a placement package.
NIT Patna publishes merit- and need-based scholarships and tuition remissions (including income-linked UG remissions common across IITs/NITs). See the institute’s official scholarship / fee pages for current brackets.
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NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) is the Ministry of Education’s annual ranking of Indian higher-education institutions. Engineering ranks shown here come from nirfindia.org.
NIRF Engineering scores combine five parameters (each scored out of 100): Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR); Research and Professional Practice (RPC); Graduation Outcomes (GO); Outreach and Inclusivity (OI); and Perception. Source: NIRF methodology on nirfindia.org.
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