NITTE group of institution's mission is to develop NITTE as a Centre of Excellence imparting quality education, generating competent, skilled manpower to face the scientific and social challenges, with a high degree of credibility, integrity, ethical standards and social concern.

Conferred status of "Deemed-to-be University"by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956.A Grade Accreditation by National Assessment and Accreditation Council, India.

NITTE (Deemed to be University) is ranked 70th in NIRF 2019.The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was launched in 2015 by Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India, to rank higher educational institutions in the country based on objective criteria to promote competitive excellence in the higher educational institutions.