Insider of NIT Calicut (pros and cons)

Environmental Geo technology is a combined course of Environmental Engineering and Geotechnical engineering. Mostly Geotech-based course. In 2022 MTech. Batch there are 26 students and faculties are about 12 to 15. Well-qualified teachers with highly experienced. Most teachers are actively publishing theses, articles, and projects. They are very helpful in terms of teaching as well as guidance. The teaching method is satisfactory. Mostly they do blackboard work and presentations. They bind this 2 years course full of projects, presentations, and seminars. The laboratory is also very good. And students can go and do their experiments any time. No issue with that. There will be p.hd students who will help in doing laboratory experiments. Here one mid-term paper of 30 marks, assignments of 20 marks, and end semester of 50 marks are there. A cgpa-based system where getting passing marks is easy. The minimum required CGPA is 6.5. Below this cgpa MTech students will not get their stipend of 12,400 Rs.

Many companies come for internships. they provide pre-placement offers also. Here mainly 2 months, 6 months, and 11 months internship is available. In Mtech about 30% of students go for internships. This internship is about doing research and development. Companies like Tata motors, Tata ELXIS, delloyd, l&t, TCS, and Accenture come every year, and may mores.

From 3rd semester, or say after 1 year of completion campus placement drives start. And for B.Tech students, after 3rd year most placement drives start. Last year around 320 companies came. And took almost 80% of students. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Java, AMD, Dell, Tata group, IBM, etc. visit here. The average package is 6 to 8lpa for civil engineering. But the maximum package goes about 30lpa and the minimum goes up to 4 to 5 LPA. I plan to do p.hd from here. I don't want jobs right now. I want to learn things in depth.

Here in Nit Calicut, MTech fees structure is comparatively higher than in other Nits. At the time of admission, students need to pay 1.2 lakhs. This is for one semester. And in the second-semester payable amount is nearly 80000 rs. so to sum up total course fees are about 3.6 lakhs. Here the hostel fee is about 9000 Rs for sharing a room and 10000 rs for a single room. The mess bill is around 34 thousand. This is flooding expenses. Academic fees are about 37 thousand rs. Apart from a stipend, a scholarship is also there. But if you apply for a scholarship then your stipend will be cut-off. Carrying study expenses is not that hard but students can get loans easily. Here campus placement is very good. Btech placement is very good. Mtech placement is above 50% in our department. The internship is also provided by the college through the gen skill portal. Here also job conversion rate is above 80%. After 1st sem internship offers to start coming.

Two fest takes place. One is technical fest called ' Tathva'. And one cultural fest called 'Ragam'. Ragam takes place in March end. And Tathva' takes place in the month of November. Well furnished library is available. A good amount of books and journals is available. Sports and extracurricular activities are there good amounts. Playgrounds with coaches who train students. Games like cricket, football, hockey, basketball, volleyball, and many indoor games like table tennis, badminton, pool, carrom, etc. available. A good gym and swimming pool are also available. Social group like SAC(students affairs council) is actively working on any problems regarding students.

Hostel rooms are well-spaced, and ventilated. 2 fans, and 2 lights are present. Workers regularly clean the hostel to maintain hygiene. A good Wi-Fi is available which is of great help for students. The food is quite good here. Veg,no veg both option available. Also North food mess, and South food mess are separately available. Hostel fees is 9000 each room rent. Fooding is approx. 34000 per semester. At the time of admission, students can get hostel. A very little paperwork and hostel fees payment needed.

To get Mtech in the civil branch student has to clear the gate exam. A gate score above 450 is sufficient. Non-gate students may apply for MTech. In that case, NITC will conduct an entrance exam and an interview round is also there. Course Structure and fees all are given on the college's official website. Admission starts after the gate score is published. Reservation facilities are mainly given to Kerala residents. for other states, students are given 12,400 Rs as a stipend. The admission process is satisfactory. They are tender to students, they provide any kind of help with any problem.