Ramaiah Institute of Technology was founded in 1962 as a private institute of M.S.R. Nagar, Bangalore by Dr M.S. Ramaiah as a part of the Gokula Education Foundation. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology / MSRIT Bangalore has since received an ‘A+’ grade accreditation from the NAAC and approved by the AICTE (New Delhi) and the Government of Karnataka.

MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore is a reputed institute being ranked by national bodies such as NIRF 2025 which ranked it as 31st and 75th under Architecture & Planning, and Engineering categories, respectively. The institute has also been ranked 5th by India Today 2025 under the Engineering (Private) category. MS Ramaiah Institute Bangalore has attracted research grants from various private funding and government agencies such as IBM, DST, DRDO, UGC, APPLE, Boeing, BRNS, and DBT. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore Karnataka offers UG, PG, and PhD courses to students that have been accredited by the NBA. These courses are provided across Architecture, Engineering, and various other streams. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bengaluru provides BTech and MCA as flagship programmes.