The IST-JNTUH stands for Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad which is one of the renowned self-finance institution started in the year of 1989. Said to be India’s largest women’s college, the Institute of Technology is situated in Kukatpally, Hyderabad, and consumes a vast area of 87 acres.
IST-JNTUH has number of 18 courses spread over 3 degree programmes with its concentration on post graduate programmes in science, technology and pharmacy. The institute offers admission to 459students with 45 participants of the faculty and good student-teacher ratio, thus providing the students with quality education and individual approach.
Institute of Science and Technology, has fully equipped infrastructure amenities of the latest technology to facilitate its academic activities. The institute has functional specific laboratory facilities for all departments to enable the students to get practical knowledge in their lines of discipline. A modern library is a part of a knowledge centre to access materials, newspapers, magazine, and journals.
The institute offers hostels for boys’ and girls’ most of its students many of them being from other states of India and even from outside the country, the hostels have combined strength of more than 1,300 students. The IST-JNTUH Students affairs has an on-campus health facility which has a full-time doctor on board and there are other specialists who visit the centre.
Organised academic services of the institute also extend postgraduate programmes mainly in M. Tech, M. Sc, M. Pharma etc. Of the 18 offered courses , some are developed as full-time, and others – as part-time to meet the needs of students, focused on the corresponding career and scientific activity. The M.
Tech programmes focus areas include Chemical Technology, Biotechnology, Environmental Management, and Nanotechnology. There are open classes for admissions where a merit bar is applied by IST-JNTUH in order to admit the most deserving students.