NIT Calicut NIRF ranking 2025
Explore National Institute of Technology Calicut NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Architecture #2 in NIRF 2025.
National Institute of Technology Calicut
Kozhikode, Kerala · NIRF ID IR-A-U-0263
At a glance
National Institute of Technology Calicut is a government institution in Kozhikode, Kerala. Its best current NIRF result is #2 in Architecture (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 88.6% and a ₹12.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 4,745 students.
2023-24
799 / 902
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Architecture journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
ArchitectureNIRF 2025 Rank#2 Score77.89
NIRF Architecture journey
Rank #3 → #2 since 2019; score 65.52 → 77.89.
The rank line is NIT Calicut's all-India position in NIRF Architecture: #3 in 2019 to #2 in 2025. Lower is better.
Architecture 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #2
- Score (out of 100)
- 77.89
- Last year rank
- #3
- Movement vs previous
- 1
- Best rank
- #2
- Ranking trend
- Improving
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#21 Score63.05
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#45 Score56.16
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#85 Score47.30
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 88.6% → 88.6%; latest median salary ₹12.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 799 placed — 88.6% of the batch
- 76 chose higher studies
- 27 reported another outcome
Half of the 799 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹12.5L
- Placement rate
- 88.6%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate held steady at 88.6%. The reported median salary moved from ₹7.2L in 2017-18 to ₹12.5L in 2023-24.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹85.87 Cr → ₹195.57 Cr.
Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24
Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹85.87 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹195.57 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹35.18 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹33.67 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Research (RPC) improved most: 41.5 → 59.5. Perception (PR) is the lowest latest pillar.
What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. NIT Calicut improved most in Research (RPC) (41.5 → 59.5). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 89.5, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 58.3.
Questions about NIT Calicut
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
NIT Calicut ranking questions
What is NIT Calicut NIRF ranking 2025?
National Institute of Technology Calicut's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Architecture rank #2 with a score of 77.89.
Which NIRF categories include NIT Calicut in 2025?
NIT Calicut appears in the NIRF 2025 Architecture, Engineering, Overall and Management ranking categories on this profile.
Is National Institute of Technology Calicut private or government?
National Institute of Technology Calicut is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is National Institute of Technology Calicut located?
National Institute of Technology Calicut is listed in Kozhikode, Kerala.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of NIT Calicut graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹12.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 799 of 902 graduates placed (88.6%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹11.2L.
What is NIT Calicut's best NIRF category?
Architecture is its best current result at #2 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 77.89.
How many students does NIT Calicut have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 4,745 students, including 2,539 from outside the state and 34 international students.
Is NIT Calicut improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 41.5 in 2019 to 59.5 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 843 PhD scholars.
How much does NIT Calicut spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹195.57 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹33.67 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹35.18 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.