NIT Calicut - National Institute of Technology

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 offers 10 specialisations under the BTech course in a full-time mode. The duration of all the courses is four years. Presented below are all the BTech specialisations offered at NIT Calicut:

No, admission to NIT Calicut BTech course is entirely based on merit obtained in JEE Main entrance exam. Candidates can take the test by registering online on the NTA website (nta.ac.in). The students who secure a score greater than or equal to the cutoff marks become eligible for participation in the JoSAA counselling, which is conducted for the final seat allotment. Futher, vacant seats are filled with CSAB Counselling process.

Candidates seeking admission to a BTech course at NIT Calicut must have passed Class 12 in the Science stream with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects. Also, they must attain minimum of 75% aggregtae in their final exam of Class 12. The students whose results are pending can also apply for the course provisionally. Moreover, candidates must have academic certificates for verification purposes.

NIT Calicut has a rich faculty community with technical and scientific expertise. The faculty members consist of PhD holders involved completely in teaching and research. Currently, at NIT Calicut, there are 312 faculty members, spread over the cadres of Professor (HAG), Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor.

Admission to MBA at NIT Calicut courses are completely entrance-based. Candidates seeking admission to this course must apply and appear for the CAT exam in the first place. After the CAT result declaration, candidates must apply for MBA on the official website of NIT Calicut. Further, the shortlisted candidates have to appear for GD and PI rounds for the final selection. After the completion of all the selection rounds, the final result will be declared on the official website of NIT Calicut.

NIT Calicut has 13 hostels on the campus, out of which 10 are for boys and 3 for girls. These include two mega hostels for boys and a 500-seat mega hostel for ladies. Messes operated by outsourcing are available in all hostels. Hostel administration is through the Chief Warden and the Council of Wardens, appointed by the Director. The Hostel and Mess Committee, with student members, manages the hostels and mess halls.

The SILA Scholarship at NIT Calicut is offered to BTech students in the Department of Civil Engineering. The scholarship is given to those students who have scored the highest and the second the highest in their first, second, and third years of study. The scholarship will be offered to six students in total. The highest scorer will get an amount of INR 50,000, and the second-the highest student will get INR 20,000.