DIT University, erstwhile Dehradun Institute of Technology, is a private university in Dehradun, India.

History

DIT University was founded by Naveen Agarwal in 1998. In 2012, UGC conferred the Autonomous Status to DIT, further in 2013 the Uttarakhand State Government declared DIT as DIT University. DIT University has been established by Govt. of Uttarakhand vide Act No.10 of 2013 dated 15 February 2013 and is recognised by the UGC under section 2(F) of the UGC Act, 1956.

Campus

DIT University's campus is located on the foothills of

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. Dehradun is located 240 kilometres north-east of

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. The area of the campus is 25 acres out of which 23 acres is developed, the prominent buildings are Vedanta, Chanakya and Civil block. There is a 2 acre ground available for students, parking, and other facilities are also a available in DIT.

Academics

Admission

Admission to DIT University is offered to aspirant's based on their performance in JEE-Main for Engineering and Architecture Undergraduates,

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for Graduate courses,

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/ MAT for MBA and Uttarakhand State Entrance Examination for Master of Computer Applications. DIT University is listed under Central counselling list of JEE-Main (earlier AIEEE). In 2013, many students were admitted to DITU via CSAB counselling apart from normal counselling held at DITU campus. From 2014, admissions to Post-Graduate and Doctoral Programs are entertained by DIT University Entrance Test-DUET and interview conducted by DIT University. Apart from this, GATE/NET qualified students shall be given more preference. DIT University Architecture Building

Academic programmes

DIT University has programs in Engineering, Architecture, Pharmacy, Management Studies, Computing.

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) ranked it 129 among engineering colleges in 2020.

Student life

Events

Youthopia

Youthopia is the annual cultural and technical inter-college festival of DITU. The prominent events include Battle of Bands, RoboWars, CodeHunt and Perceptrix.

Sphurti

Sphurti is the annual sports competition at the DITU campus. DITU invites colleges throughout India to participate in events including cricket, basketball, football, volleyball, track and field, badminton, table tennis. Since the first Sphurti, there are more than 80 colleges that have come to participate in Sphurti.

Vision 2k35

Aiming to promote Dr.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied phy ...

's vision of an era when the youth of India would enrich the world with their social, technical and academic brilliance, Vision 2K35 is a DIT University's initiative, to reach out to Young India. Vision 2K35 is a national level youth summit wherein, students will explore and evaluate the potential of renewable and conserving energy infrastructure for the nation by implementing most innovative Technical Ideas, Energy Auditing & Audit Presentation. The theme of the summit is what role the youth can play in bringing India in the league of Superpowers by 2035.http://www.knowafest.com/2014/01/vision-2k25-dit-university-conference-dehradun.html

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* {{authority control Technical universities and colleges in India Private universities in India Universities in Uttarakhand Universities and colleges in Dehradun 1998 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Educational institutions established in 1998