 The institute also offers Ph.D. programs on a full-time or part-time basis for suitably qualified candidates.Manipal Institute of Technology was ranked 12th among engineering colleges in India by "India Today" in 2017, 15 among engineering colleges by "Outlook India" in 2017 and 43 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2019.Admission to Manipal Institute of Technology is through the Manipal Entrance Test (MET), that replaced the Manipal University Online Entrance Test (MU OET) for 2019 and beyond, and is carried out at centres across India.