Hindustan University (HITS), Chennai

For 2026-27 HITS lists B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology and AI and Data Science at Rs 2,92,000, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering at Rs 4,00,000, Civil, Mechanical, Mechatronics, EEE and ECE at Rs 1,91,500, and CSE with IBM specialisations at Rs 3,46,000. The fee PDF gives one figure per programme for Indian students and labels no period (its foreign-student tables are per year), so these are read as annual fees.

For 2026-27 the fee structure lists MBA Finance, Marketing and HR at Rs 3,25,500, MBA Aviation Management and Business Analytics at Rs 3,67,500, BBA General at Rs 1,45,000, BA LL.B. and BBA LL.B. at Rs 2,34,150, B.Arch. at Rs 1,71,500 and B.Sc. Nursing at Rs 2,25,000. Hostel and other charges are not itemised in the table.

B.Tech, B.Arch and B.Des admission uses HITSEEE, the university online test; B.Arch also needs a valid NATA or JEE Main Paper 2 score. Most other undergraduate programmes, including law, BBA, B.Sc, BCA, B.Com and health sciences, use HITSCAT, and BPT also needs NEET-UG from 2026-27. Postgraduate programmes use an entrance test, group discussion and interview.

HITS has not announced HITSEEE 2027 (checked 16 October 2026); its admissions site shows 2027 B.Tech, B.Arch and B.Des admissions as opening soon. For 2026 the form was issued on 5 November 2025, the last date was 22 April 2026, the exam ran from 27 April to 2 May 2026 and counselling was from 13 to 20 May 2026.

Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science is a private deemed-to-be university. The UGC conferred university status under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 from the 2008-09 academic year. It started in 1985 as Hindustan College of Engineering and describes itself as a Christian minority institution.

NAAC grade A+ with a CGPA of 3.48 (2023); the university site gives no validity date for this grade. In NIRF 2025 HITS is in the 101-150 band in the University category, 101-150 in Engineering, 101-125 in Management and 151-200 Overall. NIRF 2026 results were not on nirfindia.org on 16 October 2026.

For the 2024-25 batch of the four-year undergraduate programmes, HITS reported to NIRF 717 graduates, 572 placed and a median salary of Rs 5,72,000. The university placement summary shows 1,364 of 1,452 students placed (93.94%) across programmes for 2023-24, and its home page lists a highest package of 47 LPA and an average of 5 LPA for 2024. Recruiters shown include Amazon, Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Wipro, TCS, Infosys and Zoho.

HITS does not publish hostel fees online; its hostel page says details of the hostel fee and vacancy are available at the Hostel Office. Hostels include Kasturba, Susan and Bethany Hall for girls and Jupiter for boys, with AC and non-AC rooms on double, triple or quadruple sharing depending on the hostel.

The University Handbook 2026-27 lists a HITSEEE/HITSCAT scholarship for rank holders 1 to 100, the Dr. K. C. G. Verghese Memorial Scholarship for Plus Two toppers, a girls empowerment scholarship, Wright Brothers (aeronautical and aerospace), sports, defence, economically weaker section and alumni scholarships. The handbook gives no amounts for these university scholarships; it lists the AICTE Pragati and Saksham schemes at Rs 50,000 a year.

The campus is at Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), Padur, Kelambakkam, Chennai 603103, Tamil Nadu, on about 100 acres.

Admission to B.Tech., B.Arch. and B.Des. at HITS is through the university's own online test, HITSEEE, followed by counselling. Most other undergraduate programmes use HITSCAT, and postgraduate programmes use an entrance test, group discussion and interview. HITS has not published 2027 dates (checked 16 October 2026).

Hindustan University (HITS), Chennai offers 155 programmes in Engineering, Management, Science, Commerce, Arts & Humanities, Law, Design, Education, Pharmacy, Computer Applications, Architecture and Paramedical, including Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science and B.Sc + M.Sc Integrated.

Hindustan University (HITS), Chennai lists approval or accreditation from UGC, AICTE, NAAC, NBA, COA, BCI, PCI and AIU.

Hindustan University (HITS), Chennai is also known as Hindustan University, HITS and Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science.