Diffrence between IIT vs NIT vs IIIT?

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Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institute of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) are all technical institutes providing B.Tech,M.Tech and Phd courses in engineering.

All these institutes are accredited with "Institutes of Eminence" (IoE) tag due to their quality of teaching and research and job prospects its students are offered on completion of courses.

IIITs (Triple I-Ts) are institutes focusing mainly on computer and information technology area wheres IITs and NITs have focus on all engineering subjects.

All institutes are autonomous and admission in NITs and IIITs is through JEE Main while in IITs admission is through JEE Advanced.

The only difference lies in governments funding which is more in IITs and comparatively less in IIITs and NITs.

The quality of teaching and research is also similar.

Full form

IIT - Indian institute of technology

NIT - National institute of technology

IIIT - Indian Institute of Information Technology

Government Funding

IIT - Heavy government funding

NIT - Moderate government funding

IIIT - Moderate government funding (since IIIT Act 2014)

Focus:

IIT - All round development and all engineering fields

NIT - All round development and all engineering fields

IIIT - Razor sharp focus on IT

General Perception :

IIT>NIT>IIIT. There are 23 IITs , 31 NITs and 4 government owned IIITs.

IITs use Jee Advanced rank while NITs and IIITs use Jee Mains rank for admissions.

There is a joint counselling for all of them.

IITs have very large campuses , NITs have moderately large campuses and IIITs have small campuses.

The top IITs , NITs and IIITs have quite hardworking students.

Admission to all of these is merit based.

Unlike private colleges their fees are not exorbitant.

Hope this helps you.