The foundation of the present-day National Institute of Technology - NIT Patna was laid in 1886 as Bihar School of Training which was later renamed as Bihar College of Engineering in 2004. The National Institute of Technology - NIT Patna is now a fully autonomous technical institute functioning directly under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). NIT Patna is one of the top engineering colleges in Bihar. The status of National Institute of Technology was given to Bihar College of Engineering as it lost its only Regional College of Engineering (REC) situated in Jamshedpur after the partition of Jharkhand from Bihar in 2000. According to the National Institutes of Technology act 2007, it has been granted the status of Institute of National Importance. It offers 29 courses. The NIT Patna courses include UG as well as PG courses. There are 5 different levels of bachelors and master level degrees offered in NIT Patna. The degrees awarded at NIT Patna are, B.Tech, B.arch, M.Tech, M.Sc, and M.Plan. The admission for NIT Patna courses is majorly a matter of general nation-wide entrance tests such as JEE Main or GATE. The placement record of NIT Patna is excellent with around 80% of students placed in various reputed national and international companies. The strategic location of NIT Patna makes it easily accessible from all major cities in India including Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, etc. NIT Patna is only 2 kilometers away from Patna’s Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station. It has hostels, library, recreational and sports facilities. The institute ranked between 101 - 150 scale by NIRF. It also has accreditation by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).