National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra was established in 1963 as a joint and co-operative enterprise of Government of India and the State Government of Haryana. It was established as Regional Engineering College. Recognised as an institution of national importance, the institute was accorded the status of Deemed University and renamed as National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra in the year 2002.
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra imparts undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate level programmes in the field of engineering, along with a Master degree programme in management field. NIT Kurukshetra has state-of-the-art infrastructure to ensure comfortable study environment within its campus.