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Periyar Central Library.

Vellore Institute of Technology is a private deemed university[2][3] in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

The institution offers undergraduate and postgraduate, programmes.[4] It has campuses in Vellore and Chennai and three sister universities as distinct state private universities in Amaravati,[5] Bhopal,[6] Bengaluru[7] in India and an international campus in Mauritius.[8]

History

VIT was established under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, and was founded in 1984 by G. Viswanathan as a self-financing institution called the Vellore Engineering College. In 2001, It became a deemed university.[9] In September 2006, it was renamed to VIT University. It was among the first in India to introduce the Fully Flexible Credit System (FFCS), allowing students to choose their courses, faculty, and class schedules.[citation needed] This flexibility, combined with a strong research ecosystem and global partnerships, has helped VIT consistently rank among the top private universities in India and gain recognition in QS and Times Higher Education global rankings.

Rankings

Internationally, VIT was ranked 691 in the QS World University Rankings of 2026.[21] VIT was ranked 791-800 in the QS World University Rankings of 2025[22] and 150 in Asia.[23] It was ranked 801–1000 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2023,[13] 251–300 in Asia in 2022[14] and 301–350 among emerging economies.[15] It was ranked 601–700 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2022.[10]

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the MoE ranked VIT 19th overall in India in 2024, 10th among universities and 11th among Engineering institutes.[24]

VIT was ranked first among private engineering colleges in India by Outlook India in 2022.[20] India Today ranked it 20 among engineering colleges in 2020.

Accreditation

VIT has been accredited with the following:

  • A++ grade by NAAC, it has completed 4 cycles of accreditation and is going for the 5th cycle.[25]
  • It is preparing for the third round of accreditation by the NBA.[26]
  • It is accredited by the International accrediting agency ABET.[27][28][29]
  • ACBSP has accredited the VIT Business School.[30]
  • ACCA has accredited the BBA program.[31]

Cultural and sports festivals

Riviera[32][circular reference] – VIT Vellore
Riviera is the flagship international sports and cultural festival of VIT Vellore, held annually in February. Spanning four days, Riviera in 2025 featured over 45,000 students from 80 universities and colleges representing 26 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa.[33] The festival features a vibrant mix of sports tournaments, cultural competitions, pro-shows, and social awareness events. The Riviera festival, has achieved both ISO certification and a Guinness World Record.

Vibrance[34] – VIT Chennai
Vibrance is a cultural and sports festival of VIT Chennai, typically held in late February or early March. This four-day extravaganza brings together over 22,000 students, including international participants, for a celebration of art, music, dance, and athleticism.

Controversies

In October 2013, two female students were suspended after they helped organize an online opinion survey of female VIT students, focusing on issues of safety and inequality.[35] Commenting on the issue, VIT vice president Sekar Viswanathan said: “The students started a campaign based on the misplaced notion that the university discriminates against women, which is false. They were taken home by their parents”.[35] An American professor who was working at the institute at the time was reportedly fired for supporting the two dismissed students via a Change.org petition.[36] Reports citing students, rules require male and female students at VIT to live in strictly segregated facilities, in addition to imposing restrictions upon the women that the men are not burdened by.”[36]

In March 2024, VIT organized an athletic event to promote gender equality. However, there was a social media outrage because the college initially asked men to run 10 kilometers and women to run 5 kilometers.[37] The event poster was later redesigned.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ “Annual Quality Assurance Report 2022–2023” (PDF). Vellore Institute of Technology, Page 7.
  2. ^ “Deemed University Tamil Nadu”. University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ “MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)”. www.nirfindia.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ University, V. I. T. “Admission”. Admission| VIT. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. ^ “Welcome to UGC, New Delhi, India”. www.ugc.gov.in. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ^ “Welcome to UGC, New Delhi, India”. www.ugc.gov.in. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ “About VIT-Bangalore”. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  8. ^ “VIT Mauritius”. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  9. ^ Technology, Vellore Institute of. “About Vit”. About Vit | VIT. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b “2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities”. Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2022.
  11. ^ “QS World University Rankings 2025”. QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 4 June 2024.
  12. ^ “QS Asia University Rankings 2023”. QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 8 November 2022.
  13. ^ a b “World University Rankings 2023”. Times Higher Education. 2022.
  14. ^ a b “Asia University Rankings 2022”. Times Higher Education. 2022.
  15. ^ a b “Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022”. Times Higher Education. 2022.
  16. ^ “National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Overall)”. National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
  17. ^ “National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Research)”. National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
  18. ^ “National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Universities)”. National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
  19. ^ “National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Engineering)”. National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
  20. ^ a b Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2022:
  21. ^ “QS World University Rankings 2026”.
  22. ^ “QS World University Rankings 2025”.
  23. ^ “QS World University Rankings: Asia 2025”.
  24. ^ “NIRF 2024” (PDF).
  25. ^ “University”.
  26. ^ “National Board of Accreditation”. www.nbaind.org.
  27. ^ Krishnamoorthy, R. (14 December 2010). “Why private universities go for international accreditation”. The Hindu.
  28. ^ “VIT programmes gets ABET accreditation”. 16 May 2012.
  29. ^ “VIT programmes gets ABET accreditation”. 23 February 2012.
  30. ^ “VIT Business School Accredited with ACBSP Global Business Accreditation – Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs”.
  31. ^ “University Partnerships in India | ACCA Global”.
  32. ^ “Riviera – VIT Vellore”.
  33. ^ “Riviera 2025”. The Hindu. 18 February 2025.
  34. ^ “Vibrance – VIT Chennai”.
  35. ^ a b Venugopal, Vasudha (11 October 2013). “Two VIT students sent home for dissent”. The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  36. ^ a b Ghosh, Palash (9 November 2013). “VIT: A Case Of Blatant Gender Discrimination At A Top Indian Engineering School”. International Business Times. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  37. ^ Macpherson, James (29 February 2024). “Run for Gender Equality Proves the Opposite”. The James Macpherson Report. Substack. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  38. ^ Chintala, Soumith. “Soumith on LinkedIn”. LinkedIn. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  39. ^ “Musafiri appointed as new Education minister”. The New Times. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  40. ^ Rao, Subha J. (22 September 2014). “What’s in a name? Quite a lot!”. The Hindu. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  41. ^ “Hackers for good: How Anand Prakash rescued Facebook”. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  42. ^ Sathyendran, Nita (16 September 2015) “Chip off the old block“, The Hindu. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  43. ^ “Illustrious alumni of Vellore Institute of Technology felicitated” (27 January 2018), Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 24 September 2020.