The new GNIIT programme prepares college students for a successful entry into the professional IT world by making them job-ready, the day they graduate. The programme gives students the benefit of a dual qualification as it can be pursued alongside graduation. The new GNIIT offers a Credit-based Curriculum with enhanced flexibility and is a perfect blend of skills that include Core IT, Professional & Grooming and Cloud Technology. The programme maximizes career opportunities by offering programmes that lead to multiple exit profiles in diverse fields of IT.

Programme Eligibility: Students should have appeared for, or cleared Class 12, in 2013; or currently be in 1st year/2nd year of college in any stream.
  •   Name: Catherine Metalda
      Course: GNIIT
      Qualification : BCA
      Company : Oracle
      Role : Web Publisher

    I have always dreamt big when it comes to my career. That's why I joined NIIT. NIIT mends the gap that exists between a fresher’s abilities and the skill that a high profile organization looks for in prospective employees.
  •   Name: Samridhi Mahajan
      Course: GNIIT
      Qualification : B.Sc
      Company : HCL Technologies
      Role : Software Development

    I had one aspiration when I joined NIIT - to enter the IT industry, that too in a reputed company. NIIT has fulfilled this wish. My journey as a student in NIIT was great. I learned a lot of new languages and how to survive in IT industry.
  •   Name: Pratyush Mimani
      Course: GNIIT
      Qualification : B.Sc (IT)
      Company : Capgemini
      Role : System Associate

    I always dreamt of working with the top most IT companies. NIIT made my dream come true. The advanced curriculum of NIIT helped me have an edge over the competitors in the IT industry.
  • Over 1,60,000 students placed since 2005
  • More than 38,000 job-openings for NIIT students every year
  • Over 34,600 students placed in the last 1 year
  • Over 3,382 students placed in DataQuest Top 20 IT companies in the last 1 year
Top 10 recruiters with NIIT No. of students placed
IBM India 1194
Wipro 647
Tech Mahindra 300
HCL Technologies 285
TCS 245
Infosys 223
Mphasis 113
Cognizant Tech 82
HP India 76
Patni Computers 64
The program architecture has been aligned to the semester (half-yearly) system
followed by pioneering Universities today. There are 3 specializations which a student
can pursue: Software Engineering, Infrastructure Management Services and Business Systems & Information Management.

Programme Eligibility

Students should have appeared for, or cleared Class 12, in 2013; or currently be in 1st year/2nd year of college in any stream.
Students should have exposure to MS Windows environment.


Selection Criteria

Admission to GNIIT will be on the basis of an English test taken by the applicant at an NIIT Center.

  • Name: Samridhi Mahajan
    Course: GNIIT
    Qualification : B.Sc
    Company : HCL Technologies
    Role : Software Development

    I had one aspiration when I joined NIIT - to enter the IT industry, that too in a reputed company. NIIT has fulfilled this wish. My journey as a student in NIIT was great. I learned a lot of new languages and how to survive in IT industry.
  • Industry endorsed syllabus
  • Blend of Core IT Skills, Professional
    Skills & Cloud Technology
  • Credit based Academic Architecture
  • Cloud & Collaborative Learning Model
  • Global Technology certifications.
  • Architecture-Based Multiple Job Profiles
  • Communication and Professional Skills
  • Industry Internship ... more
  • Over 1,60,000 students placed since 2005
  • More than 38,000 job-openings for NIIT students every year
  • Over 34,600 students placed in the last 1 year
  • Over 3,382 students placed in DataQuest Top 20 IT companies in the last 1 year
Top 10 recruiters with NIIT No. of students placed
IBM India 1194
Wipro 647
Tech Mahindra 300
HCL Technologies 285
TCS 245
Infosys 223
Mphasis 113
Cognizant Tech 82
HP India 76
Patni Computers 64

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Name: Catherine Metalda
Course: GNIIT
Qualification : BCA
Company : Oracle
Role : Web Publisher

I have always dreamt big when it comes to my career. That's why I joined NIIT. NIIT mends the gap that exists between a fresher’s abilities and the skill that a high profile organization looks for in prospective employees.
Name: Samridhi Mahajan
Course: GNIIT
Qualification : B.Sc
Company : HCL Technologies
Role : Software Development

I had one aspiration when I joined NIIT - to enter the IT industry, that too in a reputed company. NIIT has fulfilled this wish. My journey as a student in NIIT was great. I learned a lot of new languages and how to survive in IT industry.
Name: Pratyush Mimani
Course: GNIIT
Qualification : B.Sc (IT)
Company : Capgemini
Role : System Associate

I always dreamt of working with the top most IT companies. NIIT made my dream come true. The advanced curriculum of NIIT helped me have an edge over the competitors in the IT industry.


1. Industry endorsed syllabus
With inputs from the industry and NIIT’s Technology partners & NIIT’s academic partners, the new syllabus is a perfect blend of Core IT Skills, Professional Skills and Cloud Technology to ensure that the students’ IT knowledge & skills are mapped to the industry requirements and entry-level role competencies.


2. Blend of Core IT Skills, Professional Skills & Cloud Technology
The New GNIIT comprises of Core- General and Core- IT courses, disciplinary courses aligned to current and future technologies as well as elective courses available in Semester 5. Elective courses give an option to choose as per individual’s interests. It also consists of disciplinary courses mapped to the current or the upcoming technologies.


3. Credit-Based Architecture
The credit based syllabus architecture allows defining different weightage to different courses in a programme based on its utility in the overall programme structure. The New GNIIT aims to adopt the credit-based system to offer learning flexibility to the students Under the Programme student is required to complete the required number & type of courses and thereby, accumulated the required number of credits to graduate.


4. Cloud & Collaborative Learning Model
The new GNIIT syllabus is based now based on Cloud & Collaborative Learning Model. This pioneering initiative takes learning beyond the traditional student-teacher relationship. It helps seamlessly blend the Instructor-led Classroom based learning, Virtual Classrooms and Online Learning using Cloud services being offered through India's First Cloud Campus eco-system.


5. Global Technology Certifications
Global technology certifications focus on business, professional and core technology skills. The certifications are awarded by Technology partners like Microsoft, Oracle, and SAS to specific job roles.


6. Architecture-Based Multiple Job Profiles
The GNIIT programme is a multi-profile structure. This structure enables the student to choose a learning path for his/her career.


7. Communication and Professional Skills
Communication forms a part a every semester to develop well-rounded IT professionals.


8. Industry Internship
A year of Professional Practice at the end of graduation and four semesters at NIIT exposes our students to working in a real industry environment. It is an internship that consolidates the student's knowledge into applied skill-sets. Over 3,800 reputed organizations are enlisted as NIIT partners in providing Professional Practice to GNIIT students.