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National Institute of Technology Calicut campus

🇮🇳 India · Kerala

National Institute of Technology Calicut

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  • 4-year degree
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#21Engineering

About

The National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT-Calicut or NIT-C) is a public technical university and an institute of national importance governed by the NIT Act passed by the Parliament of India. The campus is situated 22 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of Kozhikode, on the Kozhikode–Mukkam Road. It was established in 1961 and was known as Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC) until 2002. It is one of the National Institutes of Technology campuses established by the Government of India to impart high standard technical education to students from all over the country. NIT Calicut hosts a supercomputer on its campus, and has a dedicated nanotechnology department. (Source: National Institute of Technology Calicut, Wikipedia)

Admissions planning estimate

8% baseline · Low data confidence

Sensitivity range: 1.6%–14.4%. This is a modelling range, not a statistical confidence interval or a personal admission probability.

Uncalibrated Indian admissions prior, not a measured college acceptance rate. Programme, exam rank/score, category, quota and round decide admission. Available JoSAA/DU cutoffs override this baseline for the individual student.

Reviewed 2026-10-01. Recommendations also use your grades, intended course, eligibility and available entrance cutoffs.

Branch-wise closing ranks & seats

JoSAA 2026 final round, gender-neutral pool, by category, other-state / home-state quota. Seats from the JoSAA 2025 seat matrix.

ProgrammeExamOPENEWSOBC-NCLSCSTSeats
Architecture5 Years, Bachelor of JEE Main 231 / 137 56 / 1,275 272 / 51 72 / 103 6 / 147 59
B. Tech.Mathematics & Computing) M. Tech. in (Mathematics & Computing) (5 Years, B.Tech. + M.Tech./MS (Dual Degree JEE Main 7,870 / 13,257 1,472 / 16,918 3,331 / 5,218 1,768 / 11,192 807 / 1,634 —
Bio Technology4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 33,484 / 34,340 6,164 / 20,091 13,028 / 13,234 5,348 / 13,368 2,542 / 8,872 37
Chemical Engineering4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 25,183 / 27,410 4,344 / 22,888 8,980 / 8,748 4,658 / 12,450 1,706 / 28,342 116
Civil Engineering4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 34,315 / 36,432 5,409 / 28,222 11,334 / 13,070 5,292 / 13,975 1,368 / 15,871 172
Computer Science and Engineering4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 5,769 / 8,814 821 / 8,624 1,852 / 4,321 787 / 2,956 336 / 2,865 178
Electrical and Electronics Engineering4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 12,016 / 17,257 1,920 / 13,467 4,377 / 6,445 2,515 / 6,522 867 / 10,399 172
Electronics and Communication Engineering4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 8,179 / 11,625 1,173 / 8,817 2,700 / 4,867 1,388 / 4,635 623 / 4,757 173
Energy Engineering4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 27,156 / 31,589 3,843 / 24,418 9,380 / 10,002 4,188 / 15,945 1,906 40
Engineering Physics4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 10,012 / 25,594 3,128 / 24,648 6,107 / 7,708 3,319 / 14,761 2,397 37
Materials Science and Engineering4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 28,850 / 32,892 4,880 / 30,808 10,337 / 10,672 5,286 / 15,677 1,769 30
Mechanical Engineering4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 18,652 / 23,354 2,868 / 18,873 6,529 / 7,425 3,911 / 10,650 1,125 / 15,811 205
Production Engineering4 Years, Bachelor of Technology JEE Main 29,366 / 31,873 4,777 / 31,934 10,136 / 10,509 5,145 / 16,477 2,095 / 18,525 59

Lower closing rank = harder to get. Your own chance for a branch is on the Admission Probability page.

Where it ranks

Longer bar, higher rank. Drawn on a log scale so #5 and #500 fit on one chart.

Engineering #21

Sources checked

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Every detail

Admissions

Entrance ExamJEE Main (JoSAA)

Cost & Financial Aid

Academics

School TypeGovernment
Years4

Rankings

Engineering Rank21

Contact

Websitehttps://www.nitc.ac.in
Apply (official portal)https://www.nitc.ac.in