The VIT University popularly known as Vellore Institute of Technology or simply VIT is a private co-educational university located in Vellore Tamil Nadu, India. VIT has nine schools which offer 15 undergraduate and 30 postgraduate programs with an emphasis on engineering and technology and has 13 research centers which span over diverse disciplines like Rapid Prototyping, Manufacturing, Product Design, Energy, Biomedical Research, Information Technology, Nanotechnology, etc.