Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, or GITAM for short, is an engineering college in India, located on the beach front of Visakhapatnam ,Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh and in Bengaluru,Karnataka. It has now acquired University status u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956 and is now called as GITAM UNIVERSITY. Earlier, entry into this institution is through Engineering and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) conducted by the Board of Technical Education of Andhra Pradesh. But, now the entry to this institution is through GAT ( GITAM Admission Test).