KIIT, though a very young institution has performed incredibly well in the rankings conducted by various national and international associations. Founded in 1992 and opened five years later as a centre for higher learning, its commitment to teaching excellence led to the grant of university status under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956 by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India in 2004, within only seven years of its inception. It holds a Limca Record for this accomplishment.
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology was ranked 16th among Indian Universities by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Education, Government of India.
KIIT Deemed to be University has been ranked No 1 among the Private Higher Education Indian Universities by Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA), Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India.
ARIIA is an initiative of Ministry of Education (earlier Human Resource Development), Govt. of India to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions and universities in India on indicators related to “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development” amongst students and faculties.
KIIT Deemed to be University has been placed in the rank band of 201-250 in the overall category among Asian universities by Times Higher Education (THE) ranking of Asia’s best universities for 2022. With this accolade, KIIT has emerged as the best in Eastern India, performing at par with the prestigious institutions in India like the IITs, NITs and other reputed universities.
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KIIT becomes India’s first QS 5 Stars Rated University – 2021. KIIT has been awarded 5 Stars assessing from all the categories of QS criteria.
KIIT Deemed to be University has been ranked in the cohort of 201-300 in the world by The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021.
KIIT also achieved standout results across the individual SDGs, ranking 86th for efforts to reduce inequality within and among countries SDG10, 101-200 for strengthening partnerships for the goals SDG17, 201-300 for Quality Education for the goals SDG4 and Peace and Just and Strong Institutions for SDG16.
Ranked 251-300 in the Emerging Economics University rankings by Times Higher Education (THE) 2021. This is a significant improvement from 301-350 rank in the year 2020 to 251-300 rank in the latest edition of university rankings curated by the prestigious editorial body.
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar has been awarded ‘THE Awards Asia’ Leadership and Management Team of the Year for its phenomenal pandemic response and relief work.
The award was announced by the Times Higher Education (THE) on 14th December 2021. KIIT is the only University from India and also the only university in Asia to get this award in one of the categories, for the second year in a row.
KIIT University leads the rankings in first place – Ranked 1 for ’India Fights Corona’ award & the certificate of excellence for the same.
KIIT University was unanimously selected by AICTE Government of India for its outstanding contributions in post-COVID 19 schemes & measure against the spread of COVID-19 across India.
KIIT Deemed to be University has become the first Indian university to get Internationalization Strategies Advisory Service (ISAS) Badge.
The recognition, which marks the achievement of milestones along the journey of internationalization, was given to KIIT at the award ceremony held during International Associations of University (IAU) 2019 International Conference on “Transforming Higher Education for the Future” at Puebla, Mexico on November 13-15, 2019.
KIIT became the first private varsity in Odisha and eastern India to enter into the prestigious QS BRICS University Rankings for 2018 being ranked 251-300 in the ranking list.
QS BRICS University Rankings 2018 assessed thousands of universities in BRICS countries; i.e., Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
KIIT’s inclusion in the QS ranking reflects high quality academics at the institute.
KIIT is the youngest deemed to be university in the country to figure in this prestigious World QS Rankings -2018. Ranked 8th among reputed private institutions in India, KIIT is the youngest deemed to be university in the country to figure in this ranking.
KIIT School of Management, a constituent school of KIIT secured 30th rank in 2019 by National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF), Govt of India.
School of Architecture & Planning, KIIT Deemed to be University has been ranked 4th nationally by Global Human Resource Development Centre (GHRDC), New Delhi.
GHRDC is a research-based organization involved in the rating and ranking of B-Schools, Engineering and Hotel Management Colleges in India since 1997.
