NIT Surathkal - National Institute of Technology

No, the admission is purely granted based on GATE scores and performance in CCMT counselling. Candidates who score marks greater than or equal to the cutoff marks become eligible to take part in the counselling. There is no other selection round.

 Candidates seeking admission are required to apply for the GATE exam to pursue M.Tech from NIT Surathkal. The aspirants with a valid GATE score become eligible to take part in CCMT Counselling. Further, admission is granted based on scores in the national-level exam, counselling, and cutoff marks.

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority, i.e. JoSAA in coordination with the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Karnataka, Surathkal is responsible for releasing the NIT Karnataka 2023 seat matrix. Detailed information on the number of seats offered at the institute will be provided through the NITK Surathkal seat matrix 2023.

There are total 926 seats for NIT Surathkal.

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.

NIT Surathkal accepts CCMN scores for admission to MSc courses. Candidates who qualify for JAM are called for the CCMN Counselling 2024. CCMN Counselling was held for up to six rounds. Tabulated below is the Last Round Seat allotment result for CCMN for M.Sc. courses offered at NIT Surathkal:

Based on the cutoff ranks, we can conclude that above 85 percentile is necessary to get into NIT Surathkal.

Candidates with the GATE score are called for the GATE CCMT counThe round wise score in GATE to get M.Tech seat in NIT Surathkal Computer Science is mentioned as follows: 

Candidates with a valid GATE score are called for the GATE CCMT Counselling for the final admission round at NIT Surathkal. NIT Surathkal cutoff 2023 for MTecj VLSI has ranged between 614 and 665. Going as per the last year trend, candidates with 588 GATE score are not eligible for the NIT Surathkal admission to M.Tech VLSI. Tabulated below is the round-wise closing rank for NIT Surathkal M.Tech VLSI branch for 2023 for General category students:

Candidates seeking admission shall apply for GATE through the COAPS portal and take the entrance exam. Candidates with a Bachelor’s or an equivalent degree in an appropriate branch of Engineering of a minimum four-year duration with 60% aggregate (55% for SC/ST/PwD) can apply. The students shortlisted based on GATE score are further required to appear for CCMT counselling following which the seat allotment is carried out.

The technology institute offers a three-year full-time MCA course. The three-year duration of the course is divided into six semesters of six months each. Admission to the PG course is entrance-based. 

The aspirants with a BCA/BSc Hons/BSc with Mathematics and Statistics subjects with 60% aggregate (55% aggregate for reserved category) can take admission to the MCA course in NITK. Moreover, the candidates must also hold the relevant documents at the time of form filling and admission as proof of eligibility.