VIT University, commonly called Vellore Institute of Technology or VIT, is 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 13 research centers in disciplines like Rapid Prototyping, Manufacturing, Product Design, Energy, Biomedical Research, Information Technology, Nanotechnology. The university follows an entrance exam based system VIT of admission. A yearly entrance exam, Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Exam (VITEEE), is conducted around April. The admissions from this exam are decided based on merit. Another entrance exam, Vellore Institute of Technology Masters' Entrance Exam (VITMEE), is conducted for admissions to the Masters' programs. For entrance into Business Management programmes, the results of the nation-wide Common Admission Test (CAT) and other equivalent tests are considered. The university offers VIT 15 undergraduate and 31 postgraduate programmes in addition to full-time/part-time research degrees in the form of Ph.D., M.S., VIT(by research) degrees under the engineering and management disciplines, and Ph.D., M.Phil.