NIT Surathkal PhD Courses & Fees 2025: Eligibility, Selection, Application Process

No, students can't get admission in NIT Surathkal without JEE scores. However, this is true for BTech admissions only. For the other courses, as long as students have valid scores of the accepted exams, such as GATE/ CAT/ IIT JAM, they are eligible. 

The key placement highlights 2025 at NIT Surathkal are mentioned below:

NIT Surathkal accepts JEE Main scores for admission to the BTech course specialisations and the BArch course. The cutoff is released category-wise for candidates belonging to the All India as well as the Home State quota. For candidates belonging to the General HS category, the cutoff ranks to get admission ranged between 3025 and 45579. 

For the General AI category students, the cutoff ranks ranged between 2158 and 31695. To check more branch-wise, category-wise and round-wise NIT Surathkal cutoff 2025, check this page. 

Admission to the courses at the institute is entrance-based. The institute accepts national-level exam scores (for example, JEE Mains/GATE/IIT JAM). Aspirants can fill out the accepted entrance test application. Further, based on exam scores and performance in the round of counselling, seats are allotted to eligible students in NIT Surathkal. The application process for the popular courses offered by the institute are:

1. BTech aspirants must fill out the application form for JEE Main through the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA). 
2. MTech aspirants are required to register for GATE through the official website of the GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS).
3. For MSc admission, candidates need to apply to IIT JAM through the official website of the respective conducting body 
4. Similarly, for the MBA programme, candidates need to apply for CAT/MAT/GMAT on their respective conducting bodies.

BTech ECE average package recorded during NIT Surathkal placements 2025 was INR 21.57 LPA.

The course-wise placement rate recorded during NIT Surathkal placements 2025 is mentioned below:

Students at NIT Surathkal can engage in several extracurricular activities as NITK management has partnered with both NCC and NSS for providing students with a holistic growth pattern in their academic lives.

Sporting activities like Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Football, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Swimming, Volleyball, and more are also held.

NIT Surathkal offers good placements to BTech students across all branches. The branch-wise median and average package along-with placement rate recorded in 2025 is mentioned below:

Candidates must first check the minimum eligibility and selection criteria for the course they want to pursue. If a student meets the minimum eligibility for NIT Surathkal admissions, then aspirants can go ahead by completing the application process. For admission to popular courses such as BTech, MTech, and MSc, candidates may have to apply on the official website of the accepting exams, such as JEE Main,  GATE, and IIT JAM, respectively. Further, for admission to MBA course, are done through CAT/MAT/GATE score, where the shortlisted candidates have to appear for the PI round.

A total of 67 students were placed out of 80 eligible students during NIT Surathkal BTech placements. The highest and average package recorded during BTech IT placements 2025 was INR 63.3 LPA and 23.25 LPA. BTech IT median package in 2025 was 18.1 LPA.

Students have to pay the NIT Surathkal fees through the accepted payment gateway. The total tuition fees may include other components. The course fees is as below:

Note: This is taken from official sources and can change.

The course-wise the highest, average and median package offered during NIT Surathkal placements 2025 is mentioned below:

No, admissions at NIT Surathkal are only through national-level entrance exams, such as JEE Mains, GATE, CAT etc. Apart from this, students need to meet the last educational qualification s per course requirement. Studnets can check the list of course eligibility and selection for few of top courses offered at NIT Surathakal admissions from the table presneted below:

Other than the entrance exam scores there is no other means to get into NIT Surathakal

NIT Surathkal JEE Main cutoff 2025 for Round 1 has been released for different categories of students belonging to the AI and HS quotas. If you belong to the General AI quota, the first round closing ranks for NIT Surathkal varied between 1528 and 25160 for B.Tech. admission across multiple specialisations. For detailed category-wise cutoff ranges for JEE Main Round 1, check out the table below:

The average salary trend witnessed during NIT Surathkal placements over the past three years is mentioned below:

NIT Surathkal selection criteria is entrance-based mainly. The selection process for the programmes is as below:

• BTech - JEE Mains + JoSAA Counselling/ CSAB
• MTech - GATE + CCMT
• MSc - IIT JAM + CCMN
• MBA - CAT/ MAT/ CMAT + GDPI

The course-wise the highest package offered during NIT Surathkal placements over the past three years is mentioned below:

NIT Surathkal also accepts DASA UG scores for BTech admissions. Candidates seeking admission to NIT Surathkal can refer to the section given below to check out the anticipated DASA UG cutoffs for the General category students for top courses: 

• For B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, it must range between 533 and 303
• For B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, it must range between 116 and 47
• For B.Tech. in Information Technology, it must range between 218 and 78 
• For B.Tech. in Computational and Data Science, it must range around 133.

With 95 percentile in JEE Main, the chances of getting admission in NIT Karnataka are fairly high for BTech. However, whether it is enough or not can be determined after the cutoff announcement. The cutoff varies every admission year as it depends upon various factors such as the number of applicants, exam score of the applicants, cutoff, etc. Students can check BTech Civil Engineering trend from below:

The cutoff trend for BTech at NIT Surathkal has been decreasing in the recent years. In 2022, the closing rank for B.Tech. under general category for all India quota was 25078. In 2023, it decreased to 23632. Likewise, the cut off ranks have changed from 34699 to 8409 for OBC, 76541 to 4193 for SC, 789 to 1001 for ST, 32563 to 3735 for EWS, and 460 to 634 for PWD.

This trend is likely to continue in the coming years, as the demand for engineering education in India continues to grow. Similar cut off trend can be seen for female candidates under all categories however the ranks are slightly different.

The BTech specialisations along with the seat intake offered are as below: