Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology

Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology (MIT), Muzaffarpur, is a public, coeducational engineering college in Bihar, India, administered by the Department of Science and Technology, Bihar, and funded by the Government of Bihar. Established on 25 September 1954 as the College of Civil Engineering with 45 students, it was inaugurated by C. P. N. Sinha, Governor of East Punjab. The foundation stone of its main building was laid by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1956. Electrical and Mechanical Engineering were added in 1960–61, after which it was renamed MIT. Pharmacy (1978), Leather Technology (1986), and Information Technology and Electronics and Communication Engineering (2001) were later introduced. The institute offers undergraduate programmes with 580 seats and postgraduate programmes with 120 seats, admitting undergraduates via JEE Main and postgraduates via GATE. Its departments include Civil, Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Electrical, Information Technology, Leather Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Pharmacy, Biomedical and Robotics Engineering, and Applied Science and Humanities. The 85-acre campus, near the Burhi Gandak River, includes academic buildings, hostels, sports facilities, a school, banks, and a Start-up Cell established in 2018 to promote entrepreneurship.