Can you tell me if Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?

Established in 1980, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) was conferred the status of deemed university in 2007.

It was the first private engineering institute in Andhra Pradesh to receive university status. It is planning on receiving an ABET International Accreditation.

Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) is approved by AICTE with its eligibility extending to almost all undergraduate and postgraduate courses

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, government of India ranked it as A category university among the universities of its kind. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited it with A grade.

It has been ranked '15'in Yahoo's Top 50 Engineering Colleges. It has an institutional CGPA of 3.20/4.0 and hence has been accorded an A grade by NAAC

Top rating in audit conducted by APSCHE
Ranked 22 in Outlook magazine(2007)
Ranked 22 in The Week magazine(2009)
Ranked 8 by EFY magazine (2010)
Recognized by IBM in 'The Great Mind Challenge'
Recognized as Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO)
Nominated for PCQuest - Best IT Implementations of the year (2012–13)
Ranked 20 by Careers 360 (Magazine)


It offers 109 programs at undergraduate, postgraduate and Doctoral levels in Technology, Pharmacy, Science, Management, International Business, Architecture and Law

Admission in it is through the university entrance exam GAT (GITAM Admission Test), a computer based online test which is held across major cities in India.

Based on ranks achieved, admissions are given in Visakhapatnam campus and Hyderabad campus.

Admissions to other institutes are done through their entrance exams like GSAT for GITAM Institute of Science, GLAT for the School of Law, etc.


Contact Detail:

GITAM University

Rudraram, Patancheru Mandal,

Medak District, Hyderabad,

Telangana 502329, India

+91 84552 21275