National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

NIT Karnataka, Surathkal, teaches engineering to 5,956 students with a faculty of 316. In NIRF 2025, it placed #17 in the Engineering category with a score of 64.59 out of 100, and #54 in the Overall ranking with a score of 55.21 out of 100.

Placements have held steady across recent years. In 2023-24, the 4-year Engineering UG programme graduated 986 students, of whom 756 were placed, at a median salary of 14 LPA. The Engineering PG (2-year) programme placed 550 of 665 graduates at a median of 10 LPA, while the Overall PG (3-year) track placed 55 of 62 graduates at a median of 10.5 LPA. The year before, 2022-23, saw higher medians across the board: 15 LPA for Engineering UG (794 of 903 placed), 11 LPA for Engineering PG (580 of 629 placed), and 13.59 LPA for Overall PG (53 of 56 placed).

Going back to 2021-22, Engineering UG placed 734 of 837 graduates at a median of 12.84 LPA, Engineering PG placed 577 of 649 at 9.42 LPA, and Overall PG placed 46 of 49 at 11.4 LPA. Across all three years, the Engineering UG and PG programmes have placed more than four in five eligible graduates.