It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and as such is directly under the control of the Ministry of Education (MoE).

NIT Srinagar admits its undergraduate students through Joint Entrance Examination (Mains), previously AIEEE.

Prof. Binod Kumar Kanuajia is an academic administrator currently serving as the director of the National Institute of Technology Srinagar.

On 15 August 2007, it became an Institute of National Importance[6] under the NIT Bill passed by the parliament of India.

[7][8] The institute is located on the western bank of Dal Lake near the Hazratbal Shrine in the north eastern region of the Srinagar city.

[citation needed] Admission to postgraduate courses is done based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) scores, through Centralized Counselling for M.Tech.

The Central Library is automated and provides services seven days a week, catering to more than 3500 users belonging to 12 departments and centers.

[17] There are a campus-wide fibre optic and Wi-Fi network, which covers all the departments, teachers' quarters, and students' hostels.

There is a Common Hall, adjacent to the hostels, which provides facilities for indoor games like table-tennis and carom, along with a gymnasium.

The center caters to the maintenance engineering needs of the Institute and the region as a whole in respect of research, consultancy, and academics.