National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, is one of the 31 NITS of India and was established in 1960 as a Regional Engineering College in West Bengal. NIT Durgapur is an autonomous institute under the Indian government. According to the QS Ranking 2025, NIT Durgapur is placed 1051 under the Asian University Rankings. According to the NIRF 2024 rankings, the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, is ranked 44 in engineering and 92nd overall. Additionally, according to the IIRF 2024 rankings, the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, is placed 50 rank in the engineering category, while the Week 2024 ranked the institution 25 in the engineering category. NIT Durgapur offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs through various departments across engineering, science, and other streams.

The Flagship courses of NIT Durgapur are the B.Tech and MBA programs. Admission to the B.Tech program at NIT Durgapur is based on the JEE-Main ranks, and seats are allocated as per JoSAA Counselling. Apart from BTech, NIT Durgapur also offers courses such as M.Tech, MSc, MBA, PhD program, etc. in Engineering, Science, Architecture, Management, and Humanities. The average tuition fees for the B.Tech 1st year are INR 1,73,700, and for the MBA program are INR 1,23,700.

NIT Durgapur Placements report 2025 is still awaited. In 2024, NIT Durgapur's highest salary package offered was INR 51 LPA, and the average salary package was INR 11.42 LPA. More than 568 offers were made, and 200+ companies visited the campus during NIT Durgapur placements 2024. Top recruiters at NIT Durgapur are TCS, Microsoft, PwC, ICICI Bank, JP Morgan, Oracle, JSW, BYJU, LTI, IBM, Google, etc.