Students applying for the MCA course at Manipal Institute of Technology cannot apply directly for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. They have to apply either through the university entrance MET or the common entrance exam GATE.

Manipal Institute of Technology or MIT offers MTech admission to students by writing the Manipal Entrance Exam (MET), which is followed by counseling. There are three stages to this entrance examination. Students with valid GATE scores may also apply for admission to the institute

The students applying for Manipal Institute of Technology for BTech courses can write the entrance exam conducted by the Manipal Institute called MET (Manipal Entrance Test) and they may even consider JEE score if there is the availability of seats after the fifth round.

The Manipal Institute of Management or MIT has been accredited with 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications under the TUV Rheinland Group. The MIT university is also an active member of the All India Management Association (AIMA) and the Association of Indian Management Schools.

The Manipal Institute of Technology has a placement cell with a great and competent placement team with the associate director as its leader, and three deputy directors, coordinators for professors and students from each department. MIT Manipal hosts around 300+ recruiting teams, which include over 50+ fortune 500 organizations, these are campus placements and internship recruitment for both Undergraduates and postgraduate students.

Manipal Institute of Technology has around 17 academic departments. The university tailors the courses based on the needs of the students like bachelors, masters, post masters, super specialty, and other integrated programs.

Manipal Institute of Technology has many foreign collaborations and partner universities like Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany, University of Bremen, Germany, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic.

In the year 2022, the overall NIRF ranking of Manipal Institute of Technology is around 17 and the engineering ranking is at 55. 

The infrastructure at Manipal Institute of Technology is the best, it also has the greatest world facilities which are provided to the students. These facilities include- quality food, rooms, high-speed Wi-Fi services, libraries for research, the mess and the classrooms are air-conditioned.

MIT Manipal offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of engineering, computer application and IT, arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences streams. Among all these fields the best branch at MIT Manipal with regards to most jobs offered to students in computer science engineering.