The National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC),(Malayalam: നാഷണൽ ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട് ഓഫ് ടെക്നോളജി കാലിക്കറ്റ്), formerly the Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC), is a federally funded technical university and an institute of national importance governed by an act passed by the Parliament of India. The campus is situated at Chathamangalam, 22 kilometres (14 mi) north east of Kozhikode, formerly known as Calicut, on the Kozhikode–Mukkam Road. It was established in 1961 and was known as Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC) until 2002. It is one of the National Institutes of Technology established by the Government of India for imparting high standard technical education to students from all over the country. The college is among the very few institutions in the country to host a Supercomputer of its own.
Courses
Undergraduate course offered by NITC include Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in various engineering fields and Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.). These are paralleled by postgraduate courses offering Master of Technology (M.Tech.) and Master of Architecture (M.Arch.). In addition, NITC offers an applied computer science course granting Master of Computer Application (M.C.A.), a business course granting Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and a two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) in science departments. PhD programmes are available in all engineering and science disciplines and management.
School of Management Studies
This is conglomerate diversification of NIT Calicut. This is a natural response to the needs of industrial environment. The School of Management Studies offers a two-year Master of Business Administration(MBA) program exclusively for graduates in Engineering. This school offers PhD program in management The admission to the MBA program is based on CAT score, performance in group discussion and personal interviews. This general MBA program offers electives in the streams – Finance, Human resource management, Operations management, Business Analytics and systems, Marketing, strategic management etc.
The program was initiated in 2008 and the first batch of students enrolled in 2009.
IT Finishing School
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, has started IT finishing schools at NIT Calicut and seven other national institutions: the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) at Durgapur, Kurushetra, Jaipur, Surathkal, Trichy and Warangal. This school is supportd by NASSCOM and some of the major IT companies in India.
International Liaison Office
The institute has set up an International Liaison Office to follow up the MoUs (Memorandum of Understanding) signed between NITC and other institutions in the world. It also guides current students from abroad and those interested in joining the institute. In 2011, a MoU was signed between NITC and Auburn University (USA) for research in Photonics. A MoU was also signed with NITK Suratkal for academic and research collaborations.NITC is also the mentoring institute of NIT Sikkim.
Rankings
| Institute rankings | |
|---|---|
| Engineering – India | |
| India Today[12] | 13 |
| Outlook India[13] | — |
| Dataquest[14] | — |
| Government colleges: | |
| Mint[15] | 18 |
NITC was ranked 13 (Factual Rank 7) by the India Today Best Engineering colleges 2012. In rankings limited to government institutes it was ranked 18 by the Mint Top 50 Government Engineering Colleges of 2009.
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