NIT Surathkal M.Sc. Courses & Fees

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

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.

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:

NIT Surathkal eligibility has to be met for students to get admission in the institute. The eligibility is different depending on the course and category. The common eligibility is as below:

• NIT Surathkal UG eligibility - Class 12 with relevant subjects from a recognised board
• NIT Surathkal PG eligibility - UG degree in a relevant field from a recognised university
• NIT Surathkal PhD eligibility - PG degree from a recognised university

Yes, NIT Surathkal admissions are open. Interested students can apply online for MBA admissions. The forms have to be submitted before the last day of application/ admissions. To know more, students can check the official site.

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 cutoff 2025 was released for all rounds and categories belonging to the All India and Home State quota. The cutoff was declared in the form of opening and closing ranks for various BTech course specialisations. 

Students who belong to the General AI category need to attain a rank between 1528 and 31695. On the other hand, the General HS category cutoff range fell between 2726 and 50926. Please keep in mind that other categories will have different cutoffs accordingly. 

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.

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

Admission to NIT Surathkal for MBA specialisation is conducted through CAT percentile. Based on the percentile, the National Institute of Technology cutoff 2023 was released for the candidates. As per the cutoff released, 70 percentile was qualifying cutoff for CAT to get an admission into IIM Vishakhapatnam. However, with the growing competition, it is quite obvious 70 percentile won't get a selection in the upcoming admission sessions. So, getting a percentile of more than 70 is crucial to get an admission at NIT Surathkal. However, Candidates must score the minimum score to qualify for the CAT exam and get eligible for admission. Check out 2023 CAT cutoffs for NIT Surathkal:

The course-wise average package recorded during NIT Surathkal placements 2025 is mentioned below:

Students cannot get direct admission to any course at NIT Surathkal. It is compulsory to give the entrance exam to take the admission. Different courses have different entrance tests like JEE Main, GATE etc. Students should check the official website for more information on the entrance test. 

The NIT Surathkal CSE average package for the 2023 BTech placements stood at INR 27.68 LPA. In addition, the highest package and median package offered to BTech CSE students were INR 54.75 LPA and INR 28.19 LPA, respectively. Check the below table for BTech CSE salary details for 2022-23 academic year:

NIT Surathkal cut-off list 2024 has been released, up to Round 6 Counselling for M.Tech courses offered through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Centralized Counselling for M. Tech. / M. Arch./ M. Plan (GATE CCMT).  As of now, there are no more rounds scheduled for release by the institute. 

JEE Main Round 6, has been released for admission to the BTech courses. As per NIT Surathkal JEE Main cutoff 2023, the Round 6 closing rank was 23632 for General category candidates in All India quota for Civil Engineering. For female candidates in general category under All India quota, 33071 was the closing rank. BTech cut off varies depending on the category and domicile/quota of the applicant.