NIT Calicut is a great option for pursuing Architecture. The department has excellent faculty members. Most of the professors are well-experienced. You can get their help regarding any academic problems you may face during your course.
NIT Calicut placements are decent for Architecture. L&T is one of the major recruiters that visit the campus placement frequently.
NIT Calicut is a technical institute and if you are looking for creative freedom and you are being overly ambitious, it is not the right choice. You would fare much better in any arts college or any other design college.
If however, you are looking for technical knowledge, then it is probably a very good institute. You will definitely learn enough to score a great rank in GATE or become a great professional doing a postgraduate later.
Pursuing Architecture from NIT Calicut will make you a very organized professional. You may or may not like it, but you will also have to run behind professors to learn from them.
You will be given strict deadlines for project and assignment submissions. You will definitely toil it out here and become hard-working. If you are thinking of flexibility, then NIT Calicut is not for you.
As for the placements, it is not really great. Check the following table for recent placement data:
Particulars | B.Arch at NIT Calicut |
Total Registered Students | 15 |
Total Placed Students | 2 |
Highest Salary | 8 LPA |
Average Salary | 7 LPA |
Placement Percentage | 13.33% |
Decide beforehand what you want, creative freedom, or strict deadlines. If you have the right expectations, NIT Calicut will not disappoint you.