The Institute of Visvesvaraya Technological University is established in the year 1998 and it is located in Belagavi, Karnataka. VTU is started by the government of Karnataka and the campus area of Visvesvaraya Technological University is around 200 acres. VTU is one of the largest Technological Universities in India with 24 years of Tradition of excellence in Engineering & Technical Education, Research, and Innovations. The Institute of Visvesvaraya Technological University has secured the best NIRF Ranking for an overall category and also for the engineering category. There are a number of colleges affiliated with the Visvesvaraya Technological University.