National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

The Karnataka
Regional Engineering College (KREC)
was established in 1960 at Suratkal and it became The National Institute of Technology
Karnataka (NITK) in
2002. NITK is set in a lush green 250
acre campus. The campus is a rare one as it is set by the shores of Arabian Sea, and has a private beach,
including a lighthouse.

The Institute is a completely residential campus with hostel facility for over 5000 students including separate blocks for girls. All the hostel rooms have been provided with high speed broadband and Wi-Fi internet connectivity. The accommodation is single-seater and 2/3 seater shared type. A separate hostel for the Post Graduate students is available. Independent messes of various types and cuisines are run in different hostels to suit the palettes of students. Moreover two night canteens run to cater the late night hunger pangs. There is a 24×7 medical centre with an ambulance facility located on campus. Branches of State Bank of India and Canara Bank with ATM facilities is on campus.

Studying at KNIT

KNIT has graduate and postgraduate and research programmes.

KNIT has the following departments:

1. Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics

2. Chemical Engineering

3. Chemistry

4. Civil Engineering

5. Computer Science & Engineering

6. Electrical and Electronics Engineering

7. Electronics and Communication Engineering

8. Humanities, Social Sciences and Management

9. Information Technology

10. Mathematical and Computational Sciences

11. Mechanical Engineering

12. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

13. Mining Engineering

14. Physics

15. Placement and Training

B.Tech is offered in the following disciplines:

1. Chemical Engineering

2. Civil Engineering

3. Computer Engineering

4. Electrical and Electronics Engineering

5. Electronics & Communication Engineering

6. Information Technology

7. Mechanical Engineering

8. Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

9. Mining Engineering

Life beyond the classroom

Engineer is a national level technical symposium and generally takes place around the last week of October and Incident is a cultural festival organised during the last week of February. There are clubs like Music, Debate, Dance, Drama, Star Gazing, Photography, Yoga, Art and Euphoria.

Placement History

Placements have always been outstanding at KNIT.

Source:
http://www.nitk.ac.in/news-announcments-tenders/placement-statistics-during-year-2013-14-0