National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), in Kozhikode, Kerala, was originally established in 1961 as a Regional Engineering College and was transformed into a National Institute of Technology in 2002. It describes itself as one of the 31 institutions of national importance set up under the National Institute of Technology Act 2007, and it is fully funded by the Government of India.
The institute offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes in engineering, science, technology and management through 15 departments, from architecture and planning to physics, and a range of research centres. Its NIRF 2026 data submission reports 4,197 undergraduate students, 1,137 postgraduate students and 1,217 PhD students. The Director is Prof. Prasad Krishna.