The National Institute of Technology, Delhi is one of ten newly set up NITs during the 11th Five Year Plan by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD). The first batch of students was admitted and academic activities of NIT Delhi were started in the year 2010-11. Since inception of NIT Delhi, for the first two years the academic activities were carried out at National Institute of Technology, Warangal, the mentor institute for NIT Delhi. Now the institution functions on a temporary IAMR campus, sector 7, Narela. NIT Delhi started its academic session in 2010 with three undergraduate B.Tech degree programmes in Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The academic activities of NIT Delhi were initiated at NIT Warangal in year 2010 which later moved to a temporary campus at Dwarka, New Delhi in June 2012 and now currently running at IAMR Campus, Narela (February 2014). From academic year 2013-14 the intake in each B. Tech programme was increased to strength of 60 students. M.Tech programme in the discipline of Electronics and Communication Engineering with an intake of 15 students was introduced from the academic year 2013-14 followed by Ph.D. programme which has started from January 2014 with intake of seven research scholars and M.Tech Programme in Computer Science and Engineering (Analytics) with an intake of 15 students is yet to start for Academic year 2014-15.

• Passed 10+2 examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry / Biotechnology / Biology.