THE INSTITUTE
The National Institute of Technology Meghalaya is one among the thirty-one NITs in India established in 2010 under the NIT Act 2007 (Amended 2012) of the Parliament of India as an Institutes of National Importance with full funding support from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Its permanent campus is currently under development at Cherrapunjee. The campus will come up with state-of-the-art infrastructures and all the necessary modern amenities while maintaining harmony with the serene environment of Cherrapunjee. The aim is to build it to a Centre of Excellence in education and research in the fields of engineering, science and technology. The vision is to develop it as an Institution vibrant with academic activities and bubbling with youthful creative energy despite the challenges it faces due to its apparent disadvantage, primarily its remote location. Despite its being a new institute, NIT Meghalaya boasts of exceptional teaching, learning and research credentials and has featured within the top 100 ranked engineering institute of the nation consistently in National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF), since its inception in 2016. In 2019, the institute has been ranked 67th in the engineering category.
THE CURRICULUM
NIT Meghalaya has nine different departments consisting of five engineering departments, three basic science departments and a Humanities and Social Science Department. The Engineering Departments are; Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, whereas the Science Departments are; Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The institute offers courses through B Tech, M Tech, MSc and PhD programmes. The curricula for all these programmes have been redesigned with a rigorous brainstorming exercises and inputs from experts from other institutes of higher learning, industries of various kinds, practicing engineers and senior alumni. The present curriculum presents a state-of-the-art basket for all the programmes. It encompasses the entire range of studies from fundamentals to advanced study and the applications keeping an eye on the present day’s requirement as well as the future prospective and will help the students to become industry-ready. Highlights of the new curricula are: Open Electives, Professional Electives, Core courses, Vocational Courses, Laboratory courses, Industry visits, Internship etc.
SKILL ORIENTED COURSES
The new curriculum in place provides a lot of scope for the students to develop various kinds of skills as per their own aptitude and interest. Some of the examples include; Simultaneous Theory and Laboratory courses, courses on Industrial Safety and Entrepreneurship, Mini and Major Projects, Mandatory Internship, Establishment of Knowledge Centre, Incubation Centre, and Skill Development Centre etc. for developing knowledge and designing and creating products.
PLACEMENT RELATED INNOVATION
The Centre for Career Development (CCD) that takes care of the placement of the student in the institute has been striving its best to provide the best of the opportunities to the students. The Centre leaves no stones unturned in adopting various methods that will be helpful in attracting employers to look at our students and see the students coming out with flying colours whenever they get an opportunity. Some of the innovations that the centre has made can be mentioned as follows.
• Widening visibility of the institute and its achievements across industries
• Finishing courses for the final year students
• Job-oriented courses and career guidance by experts from outside
• Including industry personnel in course delivery to make the students industry-ready
• Introducing job levels and industry clusters to attract more employers
• Job categorisation to provide choices to the students.
GLOBAL COLLABORATIONS: Our institute and the faculty have already established collaborations with various Universities of the following countries:
| University | Name of University | Collaborating Department at NIT Meghalaya |
| Austria | Vienna University of Technology JoahannesKepler University Linz |
Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
| Australia | University of Melbourne | Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
| Brazil | Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo | Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering |
| Canada | University of Windsor | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Croatia | University of Windsor | Department of Mathematics |
| Finland | University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio | Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
| France | INRA & Inria Sophia Antipolis | Department of Mathematics |
| Greece | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Department of Electrical Engineering |
| Germany | University of Yucatan | Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
| Japan | Shimane University, University of Tokyo, Tokyo University of Science | Department of Physics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering |
| Poland | Military University of Technology Poland | Department of Physics |
| Russia | Institute for Complex Analysis of Regional Problems Saint Petersburg University |
Department of Mathematics, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering |
| South Korea | Pohang University of Science and Technology Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology Changwon National University | Department of Chemistry Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| South Africa | University of KwaZulu-Natal | Department of Mathematics |
| Sweden | Jönköping University | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Taiwan | Tamkang University Chang Gung University |
Department of Mathematics, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering |
| USA | Texas Tech University Texas A&M University University of Wyoming University of Minnesota The University of Akron |
Department of Chemistry Department of Mathematics Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| UK | University of Salford University of Lincoln University of Glasgow |
Department of Mathematics Department of Chemistry Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering |
| UAE | New York University, Abu Dhabi | Department of Chemistry |
| China | Shantou University | NIT Meghalaya |
