HITS NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends.
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0454
At a glance
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) is a private institution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 78.4% and a ₹4.65L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 4,283 students.
2023-24
720 / 918
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 75.7% → 78.4%; latest median salary ₹4.65L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 720 placed — 78.4% of the batch
- 140 chose higher studies
- 58 reported another outcome
Half of the 720 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹4.65L
- Placement rate
- 78.4%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate rose from 75.7% to 78.4%. The reported median salary moved from ₹2.4L in 2017-18 to ₹4.65L in 2023-24.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹30.89 Cr → ₹51.65 Cr.
Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24
Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹30.89 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹51.65 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹21.22 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹5.83 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Research (RPC) improved most: 17.7 → 26.3. Perception (PR) is the lowest latest pillar.
What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. HITS improved most in Research (RPC) (17.7 → 26.3). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 50.1, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 5.6.
Questions about HITS
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
HITS ranking questions
Is Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) private or government?
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) located?
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) is listed in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of HITS graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹4.65L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 720 of 918 graduates placed (78.4%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹4.5L.
How many students does HITS have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 4,283 students, including 2,490 from outside the state and 287 international students.
Is HITS improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 17.7 in 2021 to 26.3 in 2022. The latest disclosure also reports 429 PhD scholars.
How much does HITS spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹51.65 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹5.83 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹21.22 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.