National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, in Tamil Nadu, started on 13 July 1964 as a Regional Engineering College, a joint venture of the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu. It was granted deemed university status and renamed National Institute of Technology in 2003, and became an Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 2007. Its campus covers 800 acres.
The institute’s Institute Day Report of 17 April 2026 gives about 7,600 students and 17 academic departments. It reports 358 faculty in post against a sanctioned strength of 605, which includes 212 newly approved posts being recruited, and 389 non-teaching staff. The same report records 2,045 graduates at convocation, including 175 PhDs. The Director is Dr. G. Aghila.