The National Institute of Technology Goa (NIT Goa) is a premier technical Institute of the region. NIT Goa was established in the year 2010 by an act of parliament (NIT act 2007) and it is declared as 'Institute of National Importance'. NIT Goa is an autonomous Institute and functioning under the aegis of Ministry of human Resource Development(MHRD), Govt. of India. The campus is located at Farmagudi, Ponda approximately 29 km southeast of Panaji, the capital of Goa and it is a temporary campus. The state of Goa is well connected by road ways, rail ways and air ways with various parts of the country

The Institute offers under Graduate and Post Graduate courses in Five Engineering Departments:

               (1) Computer Science and Engineering 

               (2) Electronics and Communication Engineering 

               (3) Electrical and Electronics Engineering 

               (4) Civil Engineering and 

               (5) Mechanical Engineering. 

The Institute also offers Ph.D in all the above mentioned engineering departments. Along with that the Institute offers Ph.D in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics and English.

The Institute admits students into the B.Tech degree program on the basis of ranks obtained in the Joint Entrance Examination JEE(Main) and the scheme of Direct Admission to Students Abroad (DASA). Intake of B.Tech. in CSE/EEE/ECE is 44 each, out of which 38 is through JoSAA/CSAB and 06 through DASA; and the Intake of B.Tech. in Civil Engg./ Mechanical Engg. is 42 each, out of which 37 is through JoSAA/CSAB and 05 through DASA. Total Intake of B.Tech. in NIT Goa is 216, out of which 188 is through JoSAA/CSAB and 28 through DASA.

Mission	:
	NIT Goa strives for quality faculty, good students and excellent infrastructure Strives for excellence, through dissemination, generation and application of knowledge by laying stress on interdisciplinary approach in all the branches of Science, Engineering, Technology, Humanities and Management with emphasis on human values and ethics

The Library of the National Institute of Technology Goa is a continuous growing organism with the compact features; document, user and services. Its core objective is to support academics in knowledge generation through educational activities; teaching and research. It formerly appeared in 2011. It has the qualitative documents on Science, Technology, Engineering,Economics & Finance, Management, Professional Communication and Ethics other subjects.Apart from these core collections, documents on literature and other subjects are also available. Library follows the ‘recommendation method’ to procure the documents, to meet the core knowledge need of academicians. The main focus of library is to develop qualitative collection with the books, journals, digital document, magazines and dailies. Library housekeeping activities are done by using an library automation software. Library reminds and alert to its users on their transactions and assist them in searching in OPAC and database for saving their time.

 Glimpses Library Resources :

 Books : 6598+

 CD : 418+

 Dissertations : 30+

 Journals in print form: 5

 Magazines : 27

 Electronic Database : 5 (Science Direct, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Springer Link,G-Jate Plus and Knimbus. These are covered the scientific research  outcomes of different subjects in pure science and technology with humanity and management.)

 Future approaches - RFID based system, Digital Library, Audio visual section, discussion section, Competition exam special section and collaboration  and research.

 For more details you may switch to library website : link

Students life at Institute : 

Accommodation with mess and other facilities are available for both girls and boys in the hostels provided by the Institute. 

The hostels have 24x7 internet facility, library and other recreational facilities.

Medical facility is provided to the students. 

A counseling cell with a psychologist-cum-counselor and student guides also assist the students.