Campus Life

KIIT maintains a symbiotic relationship with the industry with a vision to enhance overall knowledge ecology and produce industry-ready professionals The University has inducted representatives from industries in Board of Studies and introduced industry electives. It has also established academic initiatives with the global leaders, such as Microsoft IT Academy, Microsoft Edvantage Platinum, Cisco Network Academy, D-Link Network Academy, Red Hat Academy, IBM Academic Initiative, VMWare Academy, Oracle WDP, Adobe India Academy, Microsoft Dynamic NAV Academy, Unisys Innovation Lab (UIL), Nokia Centre of Excellence, Siemens Center of Excellence, Dassault Systeme Centre of Excellence, Ericsson Talent Building Programm, Tech Mahindra IT IMS, IoT Centre of Excellence, etc.

KIIT actively promotes entrepreneurship among its students and youths at large. An Entrepreneurship Cell has been set up to provide guidance and resources to the students with interest and aptitude. As a result, KIIT students have good track record of entrepreneurial success. Similarly, KIIT Technology Business Incubator (TBI) offers incubation facilities for new ideas through various stages of entrepreneurial development. About 35 enterprises have successfully graduated from KIIT-TBI, while many others are in the process. KIIT-TBI is supported by DST and various other bodies of Govt. of India.

Counselling Cell was formed with an intention to impart guidance to the students in furthering their career and at the same time making then psychologically strong to handle the stresses of a successful career. Counselling is a guidance programme intended for students in different situations for different services in the areas of career and attaining psychological competency.

KIIT has a ‘Tutor-Mentor Programme’, in which a teacher is placed as a mentor of a small group of students, enhances the all round development of the students by ensuring an appropriate classroom environment, broadening curriculum participation and strengthening the bond between the students and the teachers. Mentors provide emotional as well as academic support, guidance, motivation, pose themselves as ideal role models for the mentees and also help them in their career growth.

Students of KIIT get unmatched exposure by attending and interacting with eminent academicians, legal luminaries, corporate leaders, policy makers and scientists, who come to attend numerous academic conferences, seminars and workshops organized round the year. So far, 18 Nobel Laureates visited KIIT and delivered talks under Nobel Lecture Series and KIIT Knowledge Tree, which are unique initiatives to provide exposure to students.

Ample opportunity is provided by KIIT to the students to involve in research and development activities. The University has taken steps to build and nurture a culture of research & development and innovation. Centre for Scientific Research and Central Advanced Research Centre (CARC) has been established to provide impetus to research and development activities, both by faculty and students. Students of KIIT have the distinction of being appreciated at national and international forum for their research projects.

In recent years, KIIT team have emerged as a strong contender in the prestigious automobile design competitions organized by BAJA SAE as well as prestigious Aeronautical Design competition, ‘Aero Design West’. Numerous research papers authored by students have been published in reputed national and international journals.

Every programme is designed to ensure that students achieve a desired level of knowledge, skill and attitude specific to a particular area and domain. Potential employers, faculty, alumni and students are consulted regularly to update the course structure and curriculum.

The objectives of each course and their sequential delivery are designed in such a way that the program outcome is achieved. A balanced mix of full-time and visiting faculty, class-room and lab/field level learning, and internal and external assessment leads to the achievement of intended learning outcomes.