Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private research deemed university[1][2] located in Katpadi in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. The institution offers 66 Undergraduate, 58 Postgraduate, 15 Integrated, 2 Research and 2 M.Tech Industrial Programmes.[3] It has campuses in Vellore and Chennai and sister universities in Amaravati, Bhopal[4] and Bengaluru.[5]

Internationally, VIT was ranked 1001–1200 in the QS World University Rankings of 2023[10] and 173 in Asia.[11] It was ranked 801–1000 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2023,[12] 251–300 in Asia in 2022[13] and 301–350 among emerging economies.[14] It was ranked 601–700 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2022.[9]

VIT consolidated its disciplines into 20 Schools of Study with the addition of the VIT Law School at its Chennai campus.[6][7] VIT implements the Fully Flexible Credit System (FFCS) which gives the students the freedom to choose and make their own timetables by choosing the subjects and faculties for the next semester. 33 Professors of VIT are among the top 2% of scientists in the world, as shown in a survey conducted by Stanford University, USA in 2021.[8]

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the MoE ranked VIT 18 overall in India in 2022,[15] 9 among universities[17] and 12 among Engineering institutes.[18] The Government of India has recognized VIT as one of the Institutions of Eminence (IoE).[21][22] VIT was ranked first among private engineering colleges in India by Outlook India in 2022.[19] India Today ranked it 20 among engineering colleges in 2020. The VIT Business School was ranked 55 among management schools in India by NIRF in 2020.[20]