Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, an Institute of National Importance, came into being in 2008. The autonomous institute is one of the new IITs established under the Institutes of Technology Act. As per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021, the institute ranks 21st among India's engineering institutions and 51st in the overall category. Furthermore, IIT Patna has secured the 47th position in the research category in NIRF Ranking 2021. IIT Patna offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes in science, humanities and social sciences, engineering, and technology. Indian Institute of Technology, Patna provides B.Tech courses in five disciplines, namely Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering. The institution also delivers comprehensive and collaborative M.Tech programmes in eight different specialisations.
Indian Institute of Technology has been recognised by the University Grants Commission and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The campus is spread over 500 acres of land and has all the requisite infrastructure and facilities to promote an enhanced teaching-learning process at the campus. IIT Patna has various collaborations with organisations and academic institutions such as the University of Warsaw Poland, Technical University Darmstadt Germany, Louisiana State University USA, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, etc. One can read further to know more about IIT Patna.
Located in Patna, Bihar, IIT Patna campus is 35 km away from the main city. The nearest railway station from the institute is Bihta, which is 2KM away from the campus. Moreover, the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, also has well-networked road connectivity through the state government's regular bus services. From the city, students can travel from Gandhi Maidan to IIT Patna, and from the institute, the bus takes them to Patliputra colony in Patna. The closest airport is Jai Prakash Narayan Domestic Airport, Patna, around 32 km away from IIT Patna campus.
IIT Patna also has a hospital running inside the campus proving all medical facilities to students, faculty and staff. Trained medical doctors and nurses are there inside the hospital to take care of all the medical facilities provided to students and faculty. IIT P also has tie-ups with other hospitals like Mahavir Vatsalaya Aspatal, Sahayog Hospital, Kurji Holy Family Hospital and Paras HMRI Hospital etc.