NIT Trichy - National Institute of Technology

National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy) offers a two-year MBA course at the PG level. Aspirants get admitted based on a valid Common Admission Test (CAT) score. Apart from this, candidates currently in the final year of the UG course and having cleared CAT are also eligible to apply. To be eligible, candidates must have passed Undergraduate Degree in any discipline with an aggregate of 60% from recognised university. The CAT cut off 2023 for General All India category was 80 percentile. The cutoff for the past few years 2022, 2021 and 2020 have remained the same with 80 percentile. 

You stand a good chance of being admitted to NIT Trichy, one of the best NITs in India with an OBC ranking of 3915. However, a number of variables, including competitiveness cutoff trends and whether you are applying under the home state or another state quota will affect your branch allocation.

You may choose to pursue a career in civil engineering, chemical engineering production engineering or metallurgical and materials engineering, depending on current trends. Because they usually have higher cutoffs it may be difficult to get into core areas like computer science, electronics, or mechanical engineering.

To compare which NIT is best for an M.Tech course among NIT Trichy and NIT Andhra Pradesh, candidates can consider one of the major factors i.e., ROI (Return on Investment). The tuition fees of both NITs for M.Tech course is INR 1.4 lakh, but the average package provided by the NIT Trichy for M.Tech is INR 10 lakh, and on the other hand, the average package provided by the NIT Andhra Pradesh is INR 6.1 lakh. Hence, NIT Trichy provides better ROI than NIT Andhra Pradesh. 

Both the courses are in demand and good. It completely depends on your preference and inclination towards the course. NIT Trichy is one of the reputed colleges in the country that is known for providing quality education to its students. Please select the course that is in alignment with your future aspirations. These decisions are very important from the long term point of view.

The table below represents the course-wise median package offered during NIT Trichy placements 2023:

NOTE: The above salary details are collated from the NIRF report 2024.

As per external sources, overall highest, average and median package offered during NIT Trichy BTech placements 2026 was 64 LPA, 18.73 LPA and 17 LPA.

According to NIRF report 2026, BTech, MTech and MBA placement highlights 2025 at NIT Trichy are mentioned below: 

As per Management NIRF report 2026, median package received during MBA placements 2025 was 8.5 LPA. 

Earlier, salary package recorded NIT Trichy MBA placements is mentioned below:

According to external sources, NIT Trichy BTech placement highlights 2026 are mentioned below: