VIT Business School (VIT) Vellore

Updated on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 16:13

VIT Vellore was established in 1994 as a self-financing institution called the Vellore Engineering College. The Union Ministry of Human Resources Development conferred University status on Vellore Engineering College in 2001. The University is headed by its founder and Chancellor, Dr. G. Viswanathan, a former Parliamentarian and Minister in the Tamil Nadu Government. Govt. of India has recognized VIT as an Institute of Eminence (IoE).

VIT Business School (VITBS) is the department of management at VIT University Vellore and offers MBA, BBA and doctoral level management programs.

Institute Highlights

Recognized as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) by MHRD, Government of India
VIT has been ranked among the Top 20 Universities in the country for the 4th time consecutively by NIRF
No.1 Private University for Innovation (2019) as recognized by ARIIA, Government of India
Strong international presence across the world and partnerships with over 300 foreign universities
In Limca Book of Records for the 8th time for unbeatable placement records
FICCI Awarded “Excellence in enabling Research Environment” for the year 2019
2084 lakhs worth funded projects sanctioned by funding agencies in the FY 2018-19
NAAC has re-accredited VIT with an ‘A’ grade in the 3rd cycle
33 Undergraduate, 36 Postgraduate and 15 Research Programmes are offered in the AY 2019-20
A 372 acre eco-friendly campus with over 54.51 lakh sq.ft. built-up space at Vellore
A 192 acre eco-friendly second campus at Chennai
Over 36,000 students, with nearly one-third of them women
Students from 60 countries as well as from every state in India
Over 1700 faculty and 1090 staff
VIT has been accredited by TCS, Wipro and Cognizant for academic collaboration and placements