NIIT University (Or NU) is a private university founded in 2009. It is located in

Neemrana Neemrana is an ancient historical town in Alwar district of Rajasthan, India, from Alwar city, from New Delhi and from Jaipur on the Delhi-Jaipur highway in Neemrana tehsil. It is between Behror and Shahajahanpur. Neemrana is an industria ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

in India. It was founded by Mr.

Rajendra Singh Pawar Rajendra Singh Pawar (Padma Bhushan awardee) is an Indian entrepreneur, Chairman and Co-Founder of NIIT Limited, established in 1981. He also founded NIIT University, a not-for-profit university in Neemrana, Rajasthan, in 2009. Early life and ...

, Chairman of

NIIT NIIT Limited ''(National Institute of Information Technology)'' is an Indian multinational skills and talent development corporation headquartered in Gurgaon, India. The company was set up in 1981 to help the nascent IT industry overcome ...

Ltd and NIIT Technologies Ltd. The University was established by an Ordinance of the Government of Rajasthan on 13 October 2009 and subsequently on 4 April 2010 vide Rajasthan Gazette Notification No. F.(11) Vidhi/2/2010, THE NIIT UNIVERSITY, NEEMRANA (ALWAR) ACT, 2010 (Act No. 5 of 2010).

History

NIIT University was founded by

in 2009. The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

, Electronics and Communications,

Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

and Management. NIIT University partnered with

ICICI Bank ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian Private bank. It is headquartered at Mumbai. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services for corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and specialized subsidiari ...

and launched MBA in Finance and Banking. In 2015, the university started MBA in usiness Analyticsjointly with WNS. NIIT University announced a partnership with

PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting ...

in 2015 to launch a masters course in cyber security. The university has launched Integrated MBA programme from 2018.

Courses

The college offers following courses:
Bachelor of Technology in * Computer Science Engineering * Electronics and Communications Engineering * Biotechnology Masters of Technology in * Geographic Information Systems * Education Technology * Cyber Security BBA Programmes MBA Programmes
PhD Programmes Post Graduate Diploma In banking & Finance

Campus

NIIT University has a 100 acres fully residential campus. It has 2 men's hostels, 2 women's hostel, and 3 dining halls. The campus has several recreational facilities like football and cricket fields, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts and a pool room. The academic centers are equipped with latest, state of the art labs, classrooms, a 240-seater auditorium and library.

Rankings

NIIT University was ranked among the top 50 Indian universities of the future by India Today Aspire.

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