Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj (MNNIT) is an Institute with a total commitment to quality and excellence in academic pursuits. It was established as one of the seventeen Regional Engineering Colleges of India in the year 1961 as a joint enterprise of the Government of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh and was an associated college of the University of Allahabad, which is the third oldest university in India.

For a short duration of two years (2000-2002), the Institute was affiliated with U.P. Technical University. With over 45 years of experience and achievements in the field of technical education, having traversed a long way, on June 26, 2002, MNREC was transformed into the National Institute of Technology and Deemed University fully funded by the Government of India. With the enactment of the National Institutes of Technology Act-2007(29 to 2007), the Institute has been granted the status of institution of national importance w.e.f. 15.08.2007.