NIT Surathkal: Admission, Placements, Courses & Fess

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 12th position in the engineering courses by NIRF Ranking 2023. 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 specialisations 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. Whereas 577 M.Tech. students bagged a median salary of INR 9.4 LPA. Some of the top recruiters who visited the campus were DE Shaw, Microsoft, Uber, Arcesium, Amazon, Oracle, Google India, and others.

NIT Surathkal Highlights

NIT Surathkal Ranking 

NIT Suratkhal has been ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023 under various categories. The table below shows the rankings of NITK Surathkal:

NIT Surathkal Courses &Fees 

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

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

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 tentative dates for JEE Main 2024:

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

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. Registration for the GATE exam 2024 has started. 

NIT Surathkal MBA/PGDM Admission 

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 

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. The online application process for IIT JAM 2023 exam commenced on 5 September 2023.   

NIT Surathkal Ph.D. Admission 

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

Cutoffs for JEE Main and GATE exams have been officially released. Applicants will be called for the final counselling or an interview round.

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

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 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 Placements 

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: UG program

TA median package of INR 12.8 LPA was offered to its 734 UG students for the academic year 2021-22. 

NIT Surathkal Placement: PG program

The median package offered at NIT Surathkal to its 577 postgraduate students for the year 2021-22 was INR 6.5 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.