Is NIT Calicut as good as NIT Allahabad?

There are various grounds on which these two colleges compete and there are various parameters on which the colleges should be analyzed before making the final decision.

The following are certain points that will hopefully help you with your analysis:

• NIT Allahabad is considered a prestigious engineering college in northern India. It is next to IITs there.
• NIT Allahabad has a better opening and closing ranks in comparison to NIT Calicut.
• The lectures at NIT Allahabad are delivered in a combination of Hindi and English. At NIT Calicut, however, the lectures are delivered only in English.
• Placements are good in both the NITs. At NIT Allahabad, all the major branches attract companies uniformly. At NIT Calicut, you will find domination of software companies as it is near software cities such as Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, etc.
• The climatic conditions at Allahabad are extreme. The summers are scorching hot, the winters are icy cold and the monsoons are hot and humid. Calicut experiences a moderate climate. At Calicut, you will realize why Kerala is referred to as “God’s own country.”
• Faculty at NIT Allahabad is really good.

NIT Allahabad has less diversity because most of the students belong to the northern states. But, at NIT Calicut you will find students from every part of the country; from Kerala to Himachal to Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat. Hence, it is largely diversified.