Defence Institute of Advanced Technology

Academic Excellence

Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) as the Premier Deemed University is truly the pride of India.  It functions directly under the Department of Defence Research & Development, Ministry of Defence, and Government of India. DIAT (DU) is situated in the picturesque location near Khadakwasla Dam on Sinhagad Road, Pune.

The forte of DIAT lies in imparting training to officers of Indian Armed forces (Army, Navy & Air Force), Paramilitary forces (CRPF/BSF/ITB/SSB, etc.), Coast Guard, Defence Research Organizations, IOFS (Indian Ordnance Factories), Defence PSUs (Like HAL, BEL, BDL, etc.), ship building agencies like Cochin & Goa Shipyards, Mazgaon Dockyard and armed forces of friendly countries (like Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, African Nations, etc.) and other central and state government agencies.

It is a matter of great satisfaction that researchers in DIAT have filed more than 50 patent applications with Indian Patent Office in recent years, besides publishing more than 2000 papers in various journals of International repute.

Ranking and Recognition

In the prestigious and widely acclaimed educational ranking of Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF- 2021), DIAT-Pune at 8^th Rank in IIRF Deemed University Ranking 2021.

DIAT has MOUs and collaborations with many countries and military organizations such as UK, Naval Postgraduate School USA, Technicon Israel, Belarus State University Belarus, Deakin University Australia, University of Warwick UK, Military Technical Academy Vietnam, National University of Singapore, Dassault Aviation (Rafale) India Ltd, Boeing India Ltd, etc. and Organizations like BARC, DST, IITs, NITS, NIITS, IIIT, ATIRA, CIPET, State Universities etc.