The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) was established in 1946. It is one of the oldest private engineering colleges of the country. The Institution began by offering a Diploma course in Civil Engineering, but its progress was rapid and soon AMIE and later B.E. in various disciplines were started. In 1956, the State and Union Governments recognised NIE as one of the institutions listed for development during the second and subsequent five-year plans. In 1958-59, NIE got private-aided institutions status under grant-in-aid code of Karnataka Government.
NIE Group of Institutions
Started as a single institute, NIE today has a group of institutions; under its Society and Trust.
- The National Institute of Engineering
- NIE Institute of Technology, about 2 kms from Infosys, Mysuru
- NIE Industrial Training Institute
- NIE First Grade College
NIE offers 7 Bachelor, 11 Master’s and 5 Post-graduate Diploma programmes and has 13 Centres of Excellence. The student strength is about 3500. Many funded research projects of Central and State Governments, VTU, ISRO and McMaster University amounting to about Rs. 700 lakh are presently carrying out at NIE. The journey to excellence is envisioned in reference to three major pillars:
- Intellectual infrastructure creation
- Courses/services offerings
- Institution building
