NIT Calicut Scholarship Details

Fees & Scholarships : The course fee of a JoSAA ( JEE-Main) applicant would be around 1,25,000 per annum and while DASA applicant would have to pay around 4000$ yearly.Hostel and mess fees can run up to 3-4K monthly depending on the mess taken. There are a coupl

Fees & Scholarships : The course fee of a JoSAA ( JEE-Main) applicant would be around 1,25,000 per annum and while DASA applicant would have to pay around 4000$ yearly.Hostel and mess fees can run up to 3-4K monthly depending on the mess taken. There are a couple of scholarships available which are open to students based on merit and family-income. There are other financial assistance programs available through the institute such as E-Grantz and loans which can be easily availed from State Bank Of India, CREC which is located a few hundred meters from the college.

Entrance Exams & Admissions : The admission process of NIT, Calicut like other national institutes in India are based on the ranks obtained through JEE Mains. Being one of the top NITs in the country, the closing ranks of the core courses such as Mechanical, Electrical, and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Computer Science engineering are on the higher side. Students who've completed their matriculation abroad can also apply through the DASA scheme where 10% of the total seats in each branch are allocated to DASA applicants.  

Placements & Internships : The NIT, Calicut has an Institute-run TnP department ( Training and Placement) department which conducts a year-long placement drive for students in their final year. Various key companies such as Oracle, Goldman-Sachs, Microsoft have hired a considerable number of students from Computer Science and other circuit branches for high salaries ranging from 25L to 50L in the past. Core branches such as CS, EEE, EC, and Mech usually have a high placement percentage with CS at the top with a placement percentage of over 90%. The average salary of IT companies would be around 7-10L while core companies such as MRF, LnT offer salaries from 5-8L. Non-core companies such as Byjus, Times, etc also hire students for Sales, Marketing, Creative profiles as well. The institute also has a good alumni wherein all students are required to join in their graduating year.

Academics & Faculty : The daily schedule of the institute is slot based with timings from 8am-5pm. A student can expect to have 15 hours of classes and 3-6 hours of labs and projects per week. Exams are divided into three sections with first two carrying 20 marks each and the final one having 50. The students are graded from S, A-F depending on the marks gained by the end of the year. The institute has a strict 80% percent attendance policy failing which the student would be required to repeat the course. The quality of the faculty is not remarkable mainly because of the shortage of permanent faculty which are filled in by Ad-Hocs.

College Infrastructure & Hostel Facilities : NITC has is a picturesque campus situated around 22-Kms from Kozhikode city from where there are frequent buses to the institute. Being a residential campus, the students are required to reside in the hostels in-campus. The hostels being Institute-run have a very nominal fee of around 1000Rs per month.

Clubs & Associations : There are a good number of cultural associations and clubs such as LnD ( Literary and Debating Club), ICA ( Indian Cultural Association) as well as technical clubs such as ISTE, IPF, etc. NITC has two student-run festivals, Ragam ( Cultural) and Tathva (Techno-Management) which are two of the largest college fests in India attracting huge footfalls, artists and major companies.