National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut  Calicut, Kerala

About National Institute of Technology (NIT) , Calicut

The National Institute of Technology Calicut, also known as NITC was established in the year 1961 as Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC) at Chathamangalam, nearly 22 kilometers away from Kozhikode. In the year 2002, the institute was declared autonomous and is known as NIT Calicut since then. NIT, Calicut is a federally funded technical university and is declared as the ‘Institute of National Importance'.

Soon after its establishment, the institute offered three Under Graduate Engineering programmes in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering, and was affiliated to the University of Kerala then. Later in the year 1971, the institute offered three Post Graduate engineering programmes in Structural engineering, Instrumental & control and Refrigeration & air conditioning engineering. Currently, the institute offers 10 Under Graduate and 30 Post Graduate courses in the field of engineering. The institute offers Post Graduate management programme and research programmes. The institute comprises of three schools, namely:

• School of bio-technology
• School of management studies
• School of nano science and technology

The institute offers following Under Graduate programmes:

• B.Tech: Biotechnology, Chemical engineering, Civil engineering, Computer science & engineering, Electrical & electronics engineering, Electronics & communication engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechanical engineering and Production engineering.
• B.Arch: Architecture

The institute offers following Post Graduate programmes:

• M.Plan: Architecture
• M.Tech: Chemical engineering, Civil engineering, Computer science & engineering, Electrical & electronics engineering, Electronics & communication engineering, Engineering physics, Mechanical engineering and Production engineering.

Placements at NITC:

• The institute has Department of Training & Placement for the recruitment process.
• The placement processes are visited by world's leading business corporates.
• A total number of 642 companies visited NIT Calicut for the placement programme 2017.

Library at NITC:

• The Central Library at NITC has a collection of 1.22 lakhs books, 193 international and national journals.
• The Central Library also comprises of Nalanda Digital Library which is one of the earliest digital libraries across the country has nearly 4690 online journals, 2117 e-books, 31674 e-databases, and 9994 conference proceedings.

Admissions at NITC:

• Admissions in Under Graduate programmes is based on JEE Main Score for National students and DASA for international students.
• Admissions in Post Graduate engineering programmes is based on GATE score.
• Admissions in MCA programmes are based on NIMCET scores.

Scholarships offered by NITC:

• Scholarship to handicapped students.
• Samsung Star Scholarship for outstanding academic performance.
• IMFA Scholarship to candidates from Odisha.