National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal is located in Mangalore City, Karnataka State, India. The Institute was established as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC) in 1960, and upgraded as National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) in 2002. Mangalore is the headquarters of the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, and boasts an important centre of education, business and trade in the state. Sri. U. Srinivasa Mallya, a visionary and a philanthropist, contributed immensely to the development of the coastal region of Karnataka, and his effort towards establishment of KREC (now NITK) is the most significant one. In recognition of his role as the founder and architect of the institute, the campus premises is named after him as Srinivasnagar. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. It has a suburban campus, in close proximity to the Arabian Sea. National Highway 66 runs through the campus and serves as the major mode of access.
Placements :NIT Surathkal holds a record of more than 80% placements every year. In the recent placement drive of 2021, the highest package offered was INR 51.5 LPA and the average package was INR 11 LPA. ISRO, BEL, BEL-CRL, GAIL, ACM, Flipkart, Intel Corporation, EXL Service, and Apple are some of the top recruiters at NIT Surathkal.
Courses :The college offers B.Tech Programmes in the following streams :
The college also offers M.Tech Programmes in the following streams :