The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF ranking 2025. As per the rankings, the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT Calicut) has achieved an NIRF rank of 21 in the Engineering category with a score of 63.05. The college has achieved an NIRF rank of 85 in the Management category with a score of 47.3.
NIT Calicut has been featured in the NIRF 2025. According to the NIRF Ranking 2025, NIT Calicut is ranked 45 in Overall category, 21 in Engineering category, 85 in Management category. The rankings reflect the NIT Calicut's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows NIT Calicut’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2025 and 2024. NIT Calicut has shown improvement in the Engineering category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank |
| Overall | 45 | 54 |
| Engineering | 21 | 25 |
| Management | 85 | 76 |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the Engineering, NIT Calicut scored 63.05.The following table shows NIT Calicut’s performance across all the parameters in the Engineering category:
| Parameter | 2025 Score | 2024 Score |
| Total Score | 63.05 | 61.19 |
| TLR | - | 77.36 |
| RP | - | 37.59 |
| GO | - | 79.48 |
| OI | - | 67.93 |
| PR | - | 40.1 |
Comparison of NIT Calicut against similar NIRF - 2025 ranked college in Engineering category.
| College Name | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank | 2023 Rank |
| NIT Calicut | 21 | 25 | 23 |
| SOA Bhubaneswar | 22 | 26 | 27 |
| AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING (ASE), Coimbatore | 23 | 23 | - |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | 24 | 24 | 26 |
| IIT Gandhinagar | 25 | 18 | 18 |
| IIT Mandi | 26 | 31 | 33 |
| Anna University | 20 | 14 | 13 |
| IIT Patna | 19 | 34 | 41 |
| Jadavpur University | 18 | 12 | 10 |
| NIT Surathkal | 17 | 17 | 12 |
| VIT Vellore | 16 | 11 | 11 |