NIT Surathkal Courses, Admission 2025, Fees, Eligibility and Placement

The National Institute of Technology, Surathkal (NIT Surathkal) is a public technical university in Surathkal, Karnataka, India. It was founded in 1960, formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC). It is now one of India's 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs). NIT Surathkal has secured the 17th position in engineering category and 46th position in the Overall category by NIRF Ranking 2024. It offers admission through 13 departments, 1 school, and 12 supporting centers in engineering, management, science, and technology, etc. The supporting centers provide research and development support to the institute's academic programs. The institute has a sprawling campus of 295 acres and provides separate hostels for men and women. 

The flagship course offered at NIT Surathkal is B.Tech. Candidates seeking admission to the B.Tech. course should have a Higher Secondary Certificate degree (10+2) with 75% marks. Seats will be allocated based on the JEE Main rank followed by the JoSSA counselling. The total number of students admitted by NIT Surathkal for the academic year 2021-2022 in B.Tech. program was 3778. The tuition fee for B.Tech. program is INR 62,500 per semester.

Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is one of the most competitive specializations in B.Tech programs. NIT Surathkal's opening and closing rank for CSE 2023 is 1865 and 3406 for the home state, and 966 and 1984 for the other states in round 6 of JoSAA Counselling.

NIT Surathkal has an exceptional placement track record. The highest pay package offered at NIT Surathkal was INR 55 LPA was offered by Microsoft to 9 students. In the academic year 2021-22, 734 B.Tech. students bagged a median salary package of INR 12.8 LPA, and in 2022-23 the median placement was INR15 LPA bagged by 794 stydents. Whereas 577 M.Tech. students bagged a median salary of INR 9.4 LPA in 2021-22. Some of the top recruiters who visited the campus were DE Shaw, Microsoft, Uber, Arcesium, Amazon, Oracle, Google India, and others.

JoSAA Seat Allotment 2024- Opening and Closing Rank

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority has yet to release its JoSAA opening and closing ranks for 2025 Candidates seeking admission to various B.Tech programs can now download the PDF of the previous year's data below to review institute-wise seat distribution, along with opening and closing ranks.

NIT Surathkal Highlights

NIT Surathkal Ranking 2025

NIT Suratkhal has been ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 under various categories. The table below shows the rankings of NITK Surathkal:

NIT Surathkal Courses & Fees 2025

NIT Surathkal offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degree in engineering, management, science, and technology. A detailed course-wise list along with its eligibility, selection, and tuition fee is mentioned below:

NIT Surathkal Admission 2025

NIT Surathkal offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degree in engineering, management, sciences, computer application, etc. Admission to these programmes mandates a JEE Main score which will be followed by JoSSA counselling. 

NIT Surathkal B.E./B.Tech. Admission 2025

NIT Surathkal offers admission to a four-year bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics and communication Engineering, etc. These admissions are entrance-based. The table below lists the dates for JEE Main 2025:

NIT Surathkal M.E./M.Tech. Admission 2025

NIT Surathkal offers a two-year master’s degree in disciplines like Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Information Technology, etc. Candidates seeking admission to the above courses will need a valid GATE score. GATE 2025 registrations have closed. The GATE 2025 exam is scheduled to take place on 1st, 2nd, 15th and 16th February. 

Check CCMT 2025 expected dates:

NIT Surathkal MBA/PGDM Admission 2025

Apart from engineering courses, NIT Surathkal offers other valuable degrees like a two-year MBA program. Applicants should have minimum eligibility criteria like an undergraduate degree with 50% aggregate followed by a national-level exam scorecard ( MAT/CAT). 

NIT Surathkal M.Sc. Admission 2025

NIT Surathkal offers a two-year master's degree in Physics and Chemistry. The selection criteria for this course will be IIT JAM followed by the CCMN counselling process. Check CCMN 2025 expected dates.

NIT Surathkal Ph.D. Admission 2025

NIT Surathkal offers a doctoral degree in engineering, sciences, humanities, and social sciences. The program duration is 3 years full-time. For admission candidates have to qualify for NIT Surathkal’s entrance test and personal interview. However, candidates who have qualified for GATE/UGC/CSIR-NET are exempted from the entrance test, but they need to appear for the interview. 

NIT Surathkal Cutoff 2025

Cutoffs for JEE Main and GATE exams have not been released for this year. Applicants will be called for the final counselling or an interview round once the cutoff will be released in JoSAA counselling 2024.

NIT Surathkal B.E./B.Tech. Cutoff 2025

NTA has released the cutoff for the JEE Main 2024 exam. The round 5 cutoff for different disciplines are listed below:

NTA has released the cutoff for the JEE Main 2023 exam. NIT Surathkal CSE opening and closing rank is 1865 and 3406 for the home state and 966 and 1984 for the other states. The round-wise cutoff for different disciplines are listed below:

NIT Surathkal M.E./M.Tech. Cutoffs

GATE CCMT 2024 cutoff is officially released.Given below are round 1 cutoffs for different disciplines

GATE CCMT 2023 cutoff is officially released. The maximum and minimum GATE marks at NIT Surathkal for CSE are 498 and 472 in special round 1 for open-category students. Given below are round-wise cutoffs for different disciplines:

NIT Surathkal Placement 2025

During the 2022 placement season at NIT Surathkal, the highest salary package offered to BTech (IT) and MTech (IT) students was INR 45.03 lakhs per annum. The average salary package for BTech (IT) and MTech (IT) students was INR 23.03 lakhs per annum and INR 17.38 lakhs per annum, respectively.

NIT Surathkal Placement 2025: UG program

The median package of INR 15 LPA was offered to its 794 UG students for the academic year 2022-23. 

NIT Surathkal Placement: PG program

The median package offered at NIT Surathkal to its 679 postgraduate students for the year 2022-23 was INR 10 LPA. 

NIT Surathkal Scholarships

NIT Surathkal offers a variety of scholarships to its students, both national and international. These scholarships are awarded based on merit, family’s annual income, or both. Eligibility criteria for each scholarship may vary as per requirement. 

• Merit Cum Means Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to students who have scored well in their qualifying examinations and have a low family income.
• Harshitha Chaturvedi Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to female students from the EWS and PWD categories.
• B R Samaga Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to students from the SC/ST categories.
• Pradeep Gundappa Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to students who have lost their parents.
• Vijayakala T D Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to students from the E&E Department.
• Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation PG Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to students pursuing postgraduate studies.