NIT Calicut UG, PG, Doctorate Courses 2025

The placement date for PG courses at NIT Calicut for the current is not been released yet. The key highlights of NIT Calicut placements over the past three years for PG programs (MTech, MCA, MSc and MBA) are presented below:

National Institute of Technology, Calicut, also known as NIT Calicut, is one of the oldest NITs in India and has been ranked 2 under the 'Architecture and Planning' category and 21 under the 'Engineering' category by NIRF 2025. The college offers a wide range of programmes to students, mainly in the Engineering and Technology fields. Further, the college has a decent connection with top-notch companies such as Accenture, ADP, Amazon, Amdocs, Baja Auto, American Express, etc. 

Yes, NIT Calicut offers various scholarships and awards to its meritorious students. Tabulated below is the list of scholarships offered at NIT Calicut:

The NIT Calicut median package for the current year placements is unknown. The median package offered over the past three years during NIT Calicut placements has been tabulated below:

National Institute of Technology, Calicut is one of the top-ranked Architecture institutes in India. The institute has been ranked 3rd in the 'Architecture' category,  25th in the 'Engineering' category, and 76th in the 'Management' category by NIRF Ranking 2024. Talking about the placements, the the highest and average package offered during NIT Calicut placements 2023 stood at INR 50 LPA and INR 13.77 LPA, respectively. Hence, we can conclude that NIT Calicut is one of the renowned institutes in the country.

Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) Scheme is under the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India for admission to Undergraduate programmes in Engineering/Architecture/ Planning for the Academic offered by the National Institute of Technology Calicut. The registration for DASA UG exam will commence from next year in July. Check out the related tentative schedule for NIT Calicut DASA UG 2025 from the table given below: 

Apart from JEE Main, NIT Calicut offers admission to BTech course based on DASA UG scores. Based on cutoff 2020, 2021 and 2022, NIT Calicut cutoff for Round 1 Seat Allotment can be expected to range as follows: 

For B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering it must range between 268 and 449 

For B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering it must range between 724 and 747

For B.Tech. in Engineering Physics it must range between 190 and 656

For B.Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering it must range around 505 

No, NIT Calicut does not facilitate direct admission to any of the courses. Admission is entirely based on merit in the national-level exams, including JEE Main,  GATE,  IIT JAM,  CAT,  NIMCET,  UGC NET, etc. Candidates are further required to participate in other selection rounds, such as counselling, written exam, and interview as well, as per the applied course selection criteria.

The application fees for JEE Main is written below

• INR 1,000 for Male unreserved, OBC, EWS category candidates
• INR 800 for Female unreserved/OBC/EWS category candidates
• INR 500 for SC/ST/PwD/Transgender category candidates

Candidates who fulfil the eligibility requirements can apply for MBA admission at NIT Calicut. However, the final selection of candidates is based on their scores valid CAT scores. Apart from the entrance test score, candidates will be selected based on performance in the Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds, Academic Merit (Class 10, Class 12 & Graduation), and Work Experience (if any) as well. Candidates seeking admission to industry-sponsored MBA courses must appear for a Department-level admission test. 

 In order to submit the NIT Calicut MTech application form successfully, candidates will have to pay the required fees. The application fee for OP/EWS/OBC/PwD categories candidates is INR 1,000. In addition, the SC/ST categories need to pay INR 500. Further, the application fee payment can be done through credit card/debit card/net banking.

Yes, NIT Calicut offers a range of scholarships to students across various courses based on academic merit, economic background, character, conduct, and other criteria. Visit the official website for details. The NIT Calicut scholarships are mentioned below:

1. Allesu Kanjirathinkal Memorial Award
2. Subramonia Iyer - Lekshmi Ammal (SILA) Scholarship
3. E Grantz Scholarship and more

A comparison of the top-ranked (NIRF 2023) colleges for their BArch programme on the basis of multiple components, such as fee and seats are tabulated below:

As per the above table, it can be concluded that while the ranking of NIT Calicut is better, the median salary offered to its BArch students compared to that of IIT KGP is at a lower end. However, in terms of affordability again, NIT Calicut can be a preferred option. Hence, students can check all these parameters, calculate an ROI and take a decision wisely basis their preferences.

NIT Calicut GATE CCMT cutoff 2024 were published for M.Tech and M.Tech Integrated courses. As the M.Tech cutoff ranged from 355 to 599, we can observe that the admission to NIT Calicut can be possible with a score of 400 in 2024. However, there are some top courses like M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (Information Security), and M.Tech. in Microelectronics and VLSI Design, where CCMT score of 400 won't be sufficient for candidates to get a seat at NIT Calicut. Moreover, check out the courses available with a given score of 400 at NIT Calicut:

GATE CCMT Round 1 closing rank for M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering was 577, followed by M.Tech. in Microelectronics and VLSI Design with 575 score and finally by M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (Information Security) with a 551 score. Tabulated below is the Round 1 closing rank for GATE for NIT calicut cutoff for OBC category for top courses:

NIT Calicut accepts GATE entrane exam scores, followed by CCMT counselling process for admission to the M.Tech courses. NIT Calicut M.Tech cutoff 2024 has been released up to six rounds. NIT Calicut Last Round cutoff score ranged between 355 and 599. So, considering the current year closing cutoff socres for NIT Calicut, 350 is not a good score to get admission at NIT calicut. The score one should aim to get into NIT calicut should be 500 for ensuring maximum chances of selection. 

National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut has a seat intake of 1,152 for the four-year Bachelor of Technology (BTech) course offered in nine specialisations of Engineering. This total seat intake is mentioned as per seat intake taken from JoSAA 2022 portal. The highest seat intake is for BTech CSE, i.e., 178.

NIT Calicut, also known as, National Institute of Technology, provides various UG and PG level courses to students. The college mainly focuses on streams such as Management, Engineering, Computer Applications, Architecture, Science, etc. NIT Calicut offers a BTech programme to students at the UG level for a duration of 4 years. Further, the fee structure of the NIT Calicut BTech programme is around INR 5 lakh. 

National Institute of Technology Calicut and Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur are the two prominent colleges for BTech CSE admissions. Both colleges accept JEE Main scores for admission to the BTech and BTech Integrated courses. NIT Calicut cutoff for Round 5 for the CSE specialisation stood at 4742 and 4482 for 2023 and 2024, respectively. Similarly, NIT Nagpur cutoff for Round 5 stood at 6433 and 5795 for 2023 and 2024, respectively. As per the cutoff information available, it can be observed that NIT Calicut is comparatively more demanding among the candidates. 

Let's compare other aspects for thorough understanding from the table given below: 

Both NIT Rourkela and NIT Calicut are top Engineering institutes. However, JoSAA R6 closing ranks for B.Tech in CSE at NIT Rourkela is 2883, whereas for NIT Calicut it is 4521. Admission to NIT Rourkela B.Arch and B.Tech courses is based on JEE Main scores followed by JoSAA Counselling. The faculty is good at NIT Rourkela and NIT Calicut has a great infrastructure. So which one is better college or university depends on what the person is actually looking for in a particular college/university, or institute.