JEE Main: Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology was given the status of an NIT in 2004 (Image credit: NIT Jalandhar)JEE Main: One of the 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in the country, Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, ranked 72 in the overall category of National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023. It was ranked 46th among engineering colleges.
The college offers BTech, MTech, MSc, MBA and PhD programmes. There are 13 BTech programmes (on the basis of JEE score), 18 MTech programmes (admissions through CCMT) and 19 self-sponsored MTech programmes. Moreover, they offer three MSc programmes, one MBA programme and one PG diploma programme. The institute offers PhD programmes in all the departments in various disciplines and offers PG diploma in 10 engineering programmes.
| Category | Opening Rank (Home State) | Closing Rank (Home State) | Opening Rank (Other State) | Closing Rank (Other State) |
| Open | 8346 | 14058 | 4459 | 9890 |
| Open (Female) | 5952 | 16727 | 11203 | 14551 |
| EWS | 2122 | 3288 | 1382 | 1459 |
| OBC-NCL | 4955 | 11211 | 2353 | 3447 |
| SC | 707 | 2960 | 1324 | 1879 |
| ST | 1996 | 5970 | 529 | 677 |
| Category | Opening Rank (Home State) | Closing Rank (Home State) | Opening Rank (Other State) | Closing Rank (Other State) |
| Open | 6628 | 12211 | 6196 | 8553 |
| Open (Female) | 3613 | 17193 | 12238 | 13777 |
| EWS | 2233 | 2677 | 1125 | 1213 |
| OBC-NCL | 3033 | 9013 | 2163 | 2734 |
| SC | 398 | 2853 | 809 | 1182 |
| ST | 2082 | 4769 | 356 | 414 |
| Category | Opening Rank (Home State) | Closing Rank (Home State) | Opening Rank (Other State) | Closing Rank (Other State) |
| Open | 2654 | 10024 | 4992 | 7285 |
| Open (Female) | 4409 | 10787 | 10432 | 12483 |
| EWS | 1953 | 2389 | 912 | 1117 |
| OBC-NCL | 2407 | 9250 | 2389 | 2811 |
| SC | 1508 | 2414 | 1283 | 1752 |
| ST | 2831 | 9007 | 429 | 809 |
| Category | Opening Rank (Home State) | Closing Rank (Home State) | Opening Rank (Other State) | Closing Rank (Other State) |
| Open | 6183 | 8763 | 5830 | 7250 |
| Open (Female) | 10589 | 14445 | 9800 | 12781 |
| EWS | 12781 | 2361 | 1123 | 1182 |
| OBC-NCL | 2745 | 11083 | 1541 | 2704 |
| SC | 1078 | 2849 | 948 | 1517 |
| ST | 1717 | 9290 | 406 | 645 |
| Category | Opening Rank (Home State) | Closing Rank (Home State) | Opening Rank (Other State) | Closing Rank (Other State) |
| Open | 1665 | 10243 | 5787 | 7375 |
| Open (Female) | 9851 | 14638 | 10262 | 10803 |
| EWS | 1547 | 3355 | 809 | 1001 |
| OBC-NCL | 2864 | 7084 | 1459 | 2800 |
| SC | 271 | 2075 | 974 | 1692 |
| ST | 1128 | 5039 | 831 | 942 |
Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology was established as the 17th Regional Engineering College. It had 50 per cent seats reserved for students of other states. It started as a joint venture of the Central and State Governments in 1989 with 100 students in the engineering branches — Electronics and Communication Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Textile Engineering affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
It came completely under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development on October 17, 2002 and was declared a National Institute of Technology in 2004.


