Information Technology is playing a valuable role across industries today, but the truth about technology is that it keeps changing, day after day – minute after minute. More so, in meeting the needs of industries that rely on IT. What is important is that organizations will constantly seek IT Professionals with sound foundations and who are productive from day one. Keeping this in mind, NIIT’s new graduate engineer program is designed and developed as a result of extensive research done at software factories, universities and organizations employing IT resources across the globe. Thereby making the program highly valuable and the student the most sought after.

The Engineering Program features a credit based framework thereby providing an academic rigor common with and validated by International Universities. The contents of the program are industry relevant, and provide for different specialization streams with a core technology led curriculum mapped to internationally recognized certifications. What’s more, the student is taken through the course content step-by-step – starting with the foundation level, then to the advanced level eventually moving on to the specialization level.

The Graduate engineering program’s curriculum is powered by NIIT’s revolutionary methodology that enables the instructor to understand the student’s needs in order to make them learn effectively and retain what they learnt. It has therefore been aptly named – LACC (Learning Architecture based on Collaborative Constructivism).

The methodology work for everyone – right from beginners in IT, to advanced learners to those wanting to upgrade their IT skills – it is primarily designed for school leavers seeking a career in IT. The uniqueness of the methodology lies in the understanding that each person is unique and learns in his/her own way. The methodology is delivered through the following 4 components :

All this not only lets you master your area of interest, but also makes you a world-class IT professional with unbeatable advantage.

Program Title Duration A. Advanced Certificate in Information Technology 6 months B. Honors Diploma in Information Technology      (Network Engineering) 12 months C. Advanced Diploma in Information Technology      (Software / Network Engineering) 24 months D. Graduate Diploma in Information Technology / PNIIT      (Software / Network Engineering)

1. Program titles are certificates that will be awarded to the student at the end of the respective program. The title will also contain the specialization completed by the student.
2. The certification will be governed per norms laid down in the Academic policy of these programs.

As shown in the figure, the smallest academic unit in this new curriculum will be a quarter that may contain one or more modules depending on the content to be covered in that quarter. The duration of each quarter is 13 weeks including evaluation. Each week will comprise 20 hours of learning (Contact % Notional). The learning components of the quarter are :

This lead to 20 hrs of learning per week.

The Graduate Engineering Program follows the Quarter Credit based model.
7 Quarter Credit (QC) Per quarter leading to:
- DNIIT with 56 QC
- DNIIT with 84 QC

This system enables recognition of earlier qualification and hence the student can continue from the point he/she left off. The credit accumulated by the student at the end of the program will also determine the certificate/diploma title that student is eligible for.

LACC Engineering Program includes the foundation program, leading to specializations in the chosen fields of either Software or Network Engineering. While the foundation course introduces students to the essentials of computing needed in everyday life, the specializations streams build on this solid foundation to train a professional ready to apply his/her learning on the job from day one.

NIIT’s programs have gained acceptance at leading International Universities. Students with an NIIT qualification can get admission into partnering universities to acquire a Bachelor’s or even Master’s degree from that particular university. These alliances are a formal arrangement between NIIT and universities to offer degree to students. NIIT students are therefore equipped with two globally accepted qualifications on completion of the program. The NIIT Academy administers the alliances by acting as a mediator between the NIIT Academic Architecture and those of the partnering university.

No application fees
No entrance examination
Hassle free single window selection process
Intakes in the university announced twice a year
Provides global mobility to students for higher education

Smooth Crossover from Industry relevant qualification to Bachelor’s Degree after school
International exposure
Globally reorganizations (NIIT’s professional Diploma & University’s academic degree) with major savings.

Students completing a 2 year career education program in a normal track (in minimum of 2 years calendar duration) are granted block credits by partnering universities of the alliance. As a result, all NIIT students on completion of NIIT Award (of 2-year > 2-year duration) get access to degree of the partnering university. Plus, they get a headset towards a degree by virtue of durational exemption they get for their study at NIIT. All prospective students of NIIT will be covered under the alliance as soon as they complete first four NIIT semesters. And, NIIT alumni who have least four semesters of career education at NIIT, irrespective of time and place, are automatically included and can immediately proceed to fill up the application from on the website of The NIIT Academy (www.niitacademy.net).

Established in 1981, with a pioneering vision of ‘Bringing people and Computers Together’ and helping build requisite talent for the emerging information-based economy, NIIT today is the global leader in IT education and Training. NIIT has developed a well-diversified portfolio of training offering and something for everyone - from students seeking a career in computers to IT professionals requiring advanced skills, from managers their careers an edge to school children using computers as a learning tool.

NIIT has an innovative business model that brings together its prowess in the software segment with its skill set in the education market. NIIT runs on twin tracks, balancing IT training with software development - much like a hospital attached to a medical college to exploit synergies. For NIIT, synergies flow from software solutions to training and vice versa. The experience grained while working on software projects is used to equip students with real-life situations, making them hands-on practitioners. In turn, these practitioners from the human resource input to create software solutions in an industry where the competition for talent is stiff.

Global alliances in the technology and training areas with organizations like Computer Associates, Compaq, IBM, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Oracle has future enhanced the NIIT edge. NIIT has also successfully forged academic alliance with select universities in USA, UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. In fact, NIIT’s distinctive work in the software and training areas have ensured a place in the IT hall of fame, having won accolades for world class solutions, services and best practices.

NIIT Mission – To enable individuals and enterprises worldwide to achieve greater success by providing knowledge, skills, solutions, and services through pioneering efforts and usage of appropriate technology.