The college campus is situated at Belgaum-Goa Highway also known as Khanapur Road. It was established in 1979 to meet the growing demand for technically trained manpower for industrial growth of the country. Gogte Institute of Technology, was conferred with the award of "Excellent Technical Education Institute in Karnataka" at National Karnataka Education Summit & Awards 2014 held on 9 August 2014 at Visvesvaraya Technological University’s Auditorium at Bangalore.[2] This award was conferred on GIT on account of the good institute profile, academics and students performance over the years.