Vadodara-based National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), Indias first university focused on railway and transport technology related education, multidisciplinary research and training established by Indian Railways, has announced admissions for Academic year 2020-21.

A Deemed to be University under the de Novo category, this will be third year of intake at NRTI, which has seen significant progress over these years towards its vision of being among the top Universities in the country that can help power the growth and transformation of Indian transportation sector.

NRTI will admit students to its established B.Sc. and BBA programmes in Transportation Technology and Transportation Management respectively, as well as two new B.Tech. programmes, two new MBA programmes and four new MSc programmes.

Most of these are unique programmes offered exclusively at NRTI. The new programmes also include an international Masters in Railway Systems Engineering & Integration offered in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, UK where students will spend one year at University of Birmingham.

The last date for application is July 31, 2020 for BBA, BSc and post-graduate programmes. Entrance test for these programmes will take place on August 23, 2020 at multiple centres around the country.

B.Tech admissions will be based on JEE Mains score, last date of application is September 14, 2020.

NRTI has augmented teaching with quality online courses and summer internships in view of Covid 19 as courses for all programmes and batches were conducted online by the faculty using latest technology and pedagogy and teaching was completed without compromising quality and safety of students.

Students were also provided free access to a library of 4,000 online courses from leading Universities around the world to supplement classes. These included courses in Data Science, Microeconomic Principle and Understanding Research Methods.Besides, students of NRTI will be awarded digital certificates from the offering university, as well as credits by NRTI.

A six-week online industry internships organized for the second year students with leading private as well as public sector organisations in the transportation sector.

NRTI follows government's regulations with respect to reservations for SC, ST, OBC and EWS. Supernumerary seats will also be considered for PwD, Kashmiri Migrants and Ex-Servicemen, as per the government regulations.

According to railways, students can obtain further details at http://www.nrti.edu.in. Only Online applications are accepted as details of fees, financial aid etc. are available on NRTI website.

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NRTI, Indias First Railway And Transportation Technology University, Announces Admissions For Academic Year 20-21 - Swarajya