GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam

First-year tuition for 2025-26 is Rs 3,82,200 for computer science and engineering and its cyber security and data science options, and Rs 2,83,500 for biomedical, biotechnology, civil with computer application, electrical and computer, electronics and communications, VLSI design and mechanical engineering. The 2026-27 pages give Rs 4,05,000 for CSE (AI and ML) and Rs 3,06,000 for robotics and AI. Hostel is extra and later years cost more.

First year, 2026-27: BBA Rs 2,91,000, B.A. LL.B. Rs 1,50,000, LL.M. Rs 1,50,000, M.Pharm (four of five branches) Rs 2,20,000, M.Tech (most branches) Rs 1,31,000, MBA in health care and hospital management Rs 5,64,000. First year, 2025-26 (no later figure published): B.Pharm Rs 1,74,300, BBA LL.B. Rs 1,38,600, BCA and MCA Rs 1,98,400, MBA Rs 5,33,800, B.Arch Rs 2,90,000. Tuition only.

For 2026-27 the pages show Rs 32,500 a semester (Rs 65,000 a year) for B.A. economics, English, history and sociology and for B.Sc. physics, chemistry, biochemistry, mathematics, statistics and electronics, Rs 59,500 a semester for B.A. psychology and political science and B.Sc. environmental science and microbiology, and Rs 64,500 a semester for B.Sc. biotechnology and food science. Tuition rises 5% to 8% in later years.

GITAM admits through its own GITAM Admission Test (GAT), the GITAM Business Aptitude Test (GBAT) for the MBA, or accepted national and state scores such as JEE Main, CUET and GATE. GAT runs in rolling phases at centres in more than 120 cities. No 2027 dates were published on 15 October 2026; for 2026 the phases ran from November 2025 to July 2026.

For 2026-27 the B.A., BBA and B.Sc. pages give a 100% tuition waiver for a GAT aggregate of 85 to 100, 75% for 80 to 84.99, 60% for 75 to 79.99, 40% for 70 to 74.99, 25% for 65 to 69.99 and 15% for 60 to 64.99. The CSE (AI and ML) page gives 100% for 150 or more of 200. The award applies to the first year and continues with a CGPA of 8.0.

For 2026-27 the accommodation and dining charges are Rs 1,08,007 a year (Rs 58,700 a semester) for the Standard category with two or four beds and common washrooms, and rise to Rs 4,29,364 a year (Rs 2,33,350 a semester) for a one-bed attached room in the Premium++ category. The charges include Wi-Fi, electricity, housekeeping and meals.

NAAC accredited GITAM at A++ with a CGPA of 3.54 on a four-point scale, valid up to 27 February 2030. In NIRF India Rankings 2025 GITAM ranks 88 in the University category, 33 in Pharmacy and 38 in Law.

No campus-level placement figures are published. GITAM's NIRF 2025 submission, covering all campuses, reports 2,397 of 3,646 four-year undergraduates placed from the 2023-24 graduating batch, with a median salary of Rs 4,80,000, and 720 of 1,062 two-year postgraduates placed at a median of Rs 5,50,000.

GITAM is a privately run deemed to be university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, and UGC Category I with graded autonomy. The Visakhapatnam campus is its main campus at Gandhi Nagar, Rushikonda, founded in 1980, so its degrees are awarded by GITAM itself.

Admission to GITAM Visakhapatnam is through the GITAM Admission Test (GAT), or the GITAM Business Aptitude Test (GBAT) for the MBA, taken at a test centre after applying at apply.gitam.edu; accepted national and state test scores can be used for many programmes. The 2027 schedule is not published (checked 15 October 2026): the admissions page still reads Admissions 2026 and GAT 2026.

GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam offers 74 programmes in Engineering, Management, Science, Commerce, Arts & Humanities, Law, Pharmacy, Computer Applications and Architecture, including Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science.

GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam lists approval or accreditation from UGC, AICTE, NAAC, BCI, PCI and COA.

27,238 students were enrolled across its programmes in 2023–24, 38.4% of them women (NIRF 2025 data).

GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam is also known as GITAM Visakhapatnam, GITAM Vizag and GITAM.