NIT Surathkal - National Institute of Technology

The NITK Surathkal BTech programme accepts students based on their JEE Main score and JoSAA Counselling. In the event that seats remain unfilled following JoSAA counselling, CSAB counselling is used to fill them. In addition, candidates need to fulfil the minimal requirements, which include a minimum of 75% in Class 12 or a comparable exam.

NIT Surathkal is a public/government college. It was established in 1956. It is ranked 26th under the engineering category according to NIRF 2023. For taking admission in NIT Surathkal JEE Mains is taken by the candidate and the admission is based on the merit list released by the college. The Cut offf for taking admission in the NIT Surathkal falls under 24400 for general category and cutt off for SC/ST Category is around 2300, and for OBC Category it falls under 23500. IN 6th cut off rounds the last cutt off range was 2362. So, There are less chances that one can get admision with the rank between 23000-24000

There are fifteen departments at NIT Surathkal. The departments in question comprise the following: Water Resources & Ocean Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Computer Science and Engineering; Electronics and Communication Engineering; Information Technology; Mathematical and Computational Sciences; Mechanical Engineering; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering; Mining Engineering; Physics; School of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Management; and Career Development Centre (formerly Placement & Training).

It's true that there is a spike in the cutoff rank of the NITK Surathkal in 2023. As the number of seat allocation has decreased and the priority of the college and the course to be opted has increased. And an another reason as in  the previous times there used to be separate exams for both IIT and NIT, but now. there is a joint allocation of seats for the IITs and NITs so as seat blocking has spiked the cutoff rank to gain the students with great knowledge.

NIT Surathkal is one of the best engineering institutes in the country. In 2023, NIRF has ranked it 12 under the 'Engineering' category. NIT Surathkal has increased its intake capacity due to various factors, but it has not impacted the quality of education and the placement opportunities offered at the institute. During the 2023 placements, NIT Surathkal witnessed a 93% placement rate for its BTech students. Further, the highest and average package offered to the BTech students stood at INR 54.75 LPA and INR 18.26 LPA, respectively.