1. M.I.T. came into existence on 25th September 1954, just seven years after independence of India. It was inaugurated by Sri C.P.N.
2. Sinha, then governor of East Punjab. Initially it was started with Civil Engineering descipline with a batch of 45 students as
3. 1954-55 batch with the name ''College of Civil Engineering, Muzaffarpur.On 21st April 1956 the first prime minister of India Pd.
4. Jawaharlal Nehru laid down the foundation stone of main building. Electrical & Mechanical branches were added from session 1960-61and the institute was renamed as Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology. Pharmacy and Leather Technology were added in 1978 and 1986
5. Information Technology and Electronics and Communication Engineering disciplines were introduced in 2001.

Placement

The aim and objective of this cell is to take care of the students' training programme during the college days and guide them for seeking employment by arranging campus interviews in the college. The role of this cell is to make the students aware of vacancies exiting in various industries /organizations and help them to achieve employment after passing out. This cell is also responsible to organise the annual placement exercise of the institute and facilitates companies to conduct their recruiting procedure. The Companies, visited MIT campus are Tata Motors, Jamshedpur, Bharat Earth Movers Limited(BEML), HCL Infosystems, S. R. Infotech and many others.