About NIT Calicut

NIT Calicut and Calicut City

National Institute of Technology Calicut was founded as Regional Engineering College, Calicut, in 1961. Set in a picturesque at the foothills of the Western Ghats, it is located about 22 km north-east of Calicut city. Calicut, also known as Kozhikode, is known as the city of spices. Kozhikode beach, Kappad beach where Vasco De Gama landed first, Kadalundy bird sanctuary, Tusharagiri Waterfalls, Pazhassiraja Museum, Tali Temple and Kuttichira Masjid are some of the local attractions. It is a prestigious institute with a reputation for excellence at undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels, fostering the spirit of national integration among the students and close interaction with industry.

Department of Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering is one of the oldest Departments in this Institute. It was established at the inception stage of the Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC), which was the forerunner to the present National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC) in 1961. At present, the Department offers an undergraduate programme in Civil Engineering leading to the BTech degree. The five graduate programmes leading to MTech include Traffic and Transportation Planning, Offshore Structures, Structural Engineering, Environmental Geotechnology and Water Resources Engineering leading to the MTech degree of the Institute. In addition to the above, there are a number of students pursuing research at the Department in various fields of Civil Engineering leading to PhD. The Department is a recognized QIP centre of the AICTE for both MTech and PhD programmes. In addition to the above courses, the Department has been regularly conducting a number of short term training programmes for the benefit of faculty and research scholars of technical institutions and working professionals.