NEW DELHI: Nitte (Deemed to be) University, one of the leading universities in India, has secured 75th rank in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022 ranking list. The NIRF rankings are released annually by the Ministry of Education based on teaching, learning and the availability of resources.
Nitte has its roots in a group of institutions established under the Nitte Education Trust. Founded in 1979, Nitte began with the vision and mission of empowering rural youth through quality education and healthcare. Offering education in diverse areas of learning, Nitte’s domains include health, engineering, management, architecture, humanities, vocational training and others.
Nitte offers a total of 130+ programmes including medicine, engineering, management, hospitality, allied health sciences, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy, speech and audiology, media & communication and architecture. The Trust has established over 40 institutions spread across three campuses at Nitte, Mangaluru and Bengaluru and has over 20,000 students and 4,500 faculty members on its campuses.
The Nitte Gulabi Shetty Memorial Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NGSMIPS), recognised by the Pharmacy Council of India and All India Council for Technical Education, is ranked 45th in NIRF 2022. The Institution has made rapid progress towards being recognized as a pharmacy school with high academic standards, delivering quality health care training and instilling social responsibility in its students.
Under the ranking of dental institutes, Nitte’s AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences is ranked 6th in NIRF 2022, retaining its position on the leader board like the previous year. The college has also won the Best Dental College Award, certified by the Indian Health Professionals Committee for “Outstanding Clinical Work, Contribution towards Research and Scientific Publications”.
Nitte (Deemed to be University) is also one among only eight Indian universities to rank in the Top 300 of the world’s universities in the 2022 edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. The university is ranked 92nd in the category of Good Health and Well-Being and placed in the Top 200 in the categories of Quality Education, Gender Equality, and Clean Water & Sanitation. (ANI/SRV)
To know more about Nitte, visit: https://nitte.edu.in/