KIIT was one of the youngest institutions to be awarded the deemed university status in India and then the university status in 2004 and is recognised by Limca Book of Records.The University offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Engineering, Bio-technology, Medicine, Management, Law, Computer application, Rural management, Fashion, Film Studies, Journalism and Sculpturing.KIIT college
of engineering has been ranked 5th amongst private engineering colleges in india by THE PIONEER in 2012 and Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), a constituent of KIIT University, features among top 30 medical colleges of the country, according to a survey by Mumbai-based Mainline Media, THE PIONEER.It has been ranked as 16 th in India, 5 th among private universities, and 4 th in the eastern region in the year 2009 by Times of India.It has also been ranked 18 th among private engineering institutes and 7 th in placement in 2008 by Outlook India.Tata Consultancy Services has recruited 708 students from KIIT University in 2011. This is a record of sorts- most number of students absorbed by a single company through campus recruitment in Orissa. KIIT School of Management has been nominated as the mentor institution by AICTE for conducting faculty development programme in eastern India.
