National Institute of Technology Trichy (NIT Trichy ), situated in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, is one of the 31 NITs established by the Government of India. NIT Trichy was established in 1964. NIT Trichy has been ranked in the list of top ten colleges for B.Tech. and Architecture courses by NIRF in 2019 as well as 2020. It predominantly offers engineering courses to its students, such as B.Tech., M.Tech., PhD, etc. Besides that, courses in the streams of Computer Applications, Architecture, Management and Science are also offered by the institute.

NIT Trichy offers admissions on the basis of entrance and counselling sessions. Some widely accepted entrances are JEE Mains, JEE Advanced, IIT JAM, GATE, CAT, UGC NET and NIMCET, etc. The counselling rounds for certain courses can be named as – JoSAA and CCMT.

They provide excellent facilities like Gym, Cafeteria, Library, Laboratories, Wifi Campus, AC Classrooms, Hostel, Sports Complex, IT Infrastructure, Convenience Store, Hospital and more.

The college offers 90% placement services with top companies like Genpact, Adani, HLTI, Sonata, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Ramco, Mahindra, Federal Bank, Air India, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Capital IQ, and more recruiting students.

NIT Trichy College Highlights

Established/Type 1964/Public
Ownership Government
Affiliated To AICTE, UGC, NIT Council
Recognized By Government of India
Courses Offered 38 across 5 streams
Popular Courses B.Tech., M.Tech.
Admission Criteria Entranced and Counselling Based
Exams Accepted JEE Mains, JEE Advanced, GATE, CAT, IIT JAM
Application Mode Online
Genders Accepted Co-educational
Campus Area 800 Acres
Top Recruiters Genpact, Adani, HLTI, Sonata, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Ramco, Mahindra, Federal Bank, Air India, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Capital IQ, and more
Facilities Provided Gym, Cafeteria, Library, Laboratories, Wifi Campus, AC Classrooms, Hostel, Sports Complex, IT Infrastructure, Convenience Store, Hospital, Auditorium
Official Website https://www.nitt.edu/

NIT Trichy Rankings

Over the last couple of years, NIT Trichy has been featured in the list of top colleges by various ranking bodies including NIRF and India Today. The following table represents its year-wise rankings as suggested by the ranking bodies/magazines

RANKING BODY YEAR RANK SUBJECT
NIRF 2020 8 Architecture
India Today 2020 8 B.Tech
NIRF 2020 9 B.Tech
The Week 2020 9 B.Tech
NIRF 2020 24 Overall
QS 2020 27 Overall
NIRF 2020 35 MBA
The Week 2020 40 MBA
US News 2021 1335 Overall
NIRF 2019 7 Architecture
  • Furthermore, NIRF ranked NIT Trichy as the 1st among the other NITs for 4 years straight, from 2016 to 2019.
  • In the year 2017 and 2015 Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) named it the “University of the Year”.
  • Moreover, the Confederation of Indian Industry titled it as the Best Industry Linked National National Institute of Technology.

NIT Trichy Courses Offered

The total courses offered by the NIT Trichy is tabulated as follows:

COURSE DETAILS
BTech
  • Duration:4 Years
  • Eligibility:10+2 in with PCM and an aggregate of 75% from a recognized board
  • Selection Criteria: Entrance (JEE Mains, JEE Advanced) and Counselling Based
  • Specializations: Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Production Engineering
BArch
  • Duration: 5 Years
  • Eligibility: 10+2 with PCM and 75% aggregate from a recognized board
  • Selection Criteria: Entrance (JEE Mains, NATA) and Counselling Based
MTech
  • Duration: 2 Years
  • Eligibility: B.Tech./BE with at least 60% marks from a recognized University, M.Sc. and MCA in some cases
  • Selection Criteria: Entrance (GATE) and Counselling Based
  • Specializations: Data Analytics, Computer Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Energy Engineering, VLSI System Design, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management, Manufacturing Technology, Power Electronics, Material Science and Technology, Communication System, Structural Engineering, Thermal Power Engineering, Construction Technology, Industrial Safety, Power System Engineering, Welding Engineering, Process Control and Instrumentation, Transportation Engineering, Non-Destructive Testing, Industrial Metallurgy, Geotechnical Engineering
MCA
  • Duration: 2 Years
  • Eligibility: Graduation with at least 60% aggregate and Mathematics/Statistics/Business Mathematics as one of the subjects, from a recognized University.
  • Selection Criteria: Entrance (NIMCET) and Counselling Based
MSc
  • Duration: 2 Years
  • Eligibility: B.Sc. or equivalent from a recognized University.
  • Selection Criteria: Entrance (IIT JAM) and Counselling Based
  • Specializations: Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry
MArch
  • Duration: 2 Years
  • Eligibility: B.Arch. with more than 60% marks from a recognized University
  • Selection Criteria: Entrance (GATE) and Counselling Based
  • Specializations: Energy Efficient and Sustainable Architecture
MBA
  • Duration: 2 Years
  • Eligibility: BBA or equivalent from a recognized University.
  • Selection Criteria: Entrance (CAT) and Counselling Based
  • Specializations: Human Resource Management, Business Analytics and IT Consulting, Business Analytics, Finance, Marketing, General, Operations Management
PhD
  • Duration: 5 Years
  • Eligibility: Graduation with at least 60% aggregate from a recognized University.
  • Selection Criteria: Written Test and Interview
  • Specializations: Architecture, Computer Applications, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Production Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Instrumentation and Control, Energy Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering, Management Studies, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Humanities

NIT Trichy Admissions

NIT Trichy offers admissions purely based on entrance exams, irrespective of the courses and specialization. Therefore, after the commencement of the entrance examinations, students who have successfully cleared the entrance exam and secured a rank within the range of the cut-off of NIT Trichy are notified of the interview/counselling session. Candidates who clear the counselling round are granted admissions. The entrances accepted by NIT Trichy are JEE Mains, JEE Advanced, IIT JAM, GATE, CAT, UGC NET and NIMCET. Furthermore, the counselling rounds are named – JoSAA and CCMT.

How to Apply?

In order to apply for the preferred course in NIT Trichy individuals should first apply for the entrance exam related to that course.

  1. Visit the official website of the entrance exam.
  2. Register yourself.
  3. Fill in the necessary information such as Name, Date of Birth, E-mail ID, etc.
  4. Upload or attach all the required documents.
  5. Select the preferred venues of the examination.
  6. Submit the application fees.
  7. Download the admit card once it is released.

After the declaration of the results, candidates need to apply for the counselling/interview round.

  1. Visit the official website of the conducting body of the counselling round.
  2. Submit the Application ID, Entrance’s Enrollment Number and the percentile or rank acquired.
  3. Upload other necessary documents.
  4. Select the venue for counselling.

JEE Mains Cut-off:

General Category

COURSES NIT TRICHY NIT WARANGAL NIT ROURKELA
Computer Science and Engineering 280-1373 826-1980 2149-4115
Electronics and Communication Engineering 1815-3019 2349-4755 4384-5674
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 3571-5243 4736-7090 6111-9875
Mechanical Engineering 3249-5968 6068-9243 6540-11825

NIMCET 2020 Cut-offs

CATEGORY NIMCET CUTOFFS
General 34
Differently Abled 897
SC 632
ST 1052
OBC 174

NIT Trichy Placements

Over the past few years, NIT Trichy has proved its proficiency not only in providing quality education but also at offering great campus placement facilities. NIT Trichy offers campus recruitment facilities to eligible and worthy students in well-established companies and firms. The college has excellent placement services which provide year-round services to the students to ready themselves for the employment sector.

The companies hold pre-placement talks, which the students are notified to attend. After the talks, the students might be required to follow the placement process set by the company, from which they will be selected. If selected the students will be notified by the company.

Although in the year 2020, the placement percentage of NIT Trichy has dropped from 95% to 90%, there has been a rise in the highest package offered as well as the average package. Around 500 top companies have visited the campus as of right now. Each year, around 220 companies visit the campus to recruit students.

As per the stats, around 96% of undergrads and 92% of postgrads have been placed while studying at NIT Trichy . As of 2020, the highest recruitment sectors are IT and Consulting

Some top recruiters of the students are Genpact, Adani, HLTI, Sonata, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Ramco, Mahindra, Federal Bank, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, McAfee, Flipkart, Reliance Digital, Amazon, TCS, HCL, HP, Airtel, CITI, Sony, and many more.

The salary packages offered to the students are given below:

PARTICULARS PARAMETERS
Highest Salary Package INR 42 LPA
Average Salary Package INR 6.5 LPA

NIT Trichy Scholarships

NIT Trichy knows the struggle of students, hailing from the economically weaker section of the society, to pay the college fees. Therefore, NIT Trichy offers various scholarship programs to avail the right to education to students belonging to EWS as well as SC, ST and OBC categories.

Some scholarships offered to the students are given below:

  1. Abundant Cauvery Delta Education Fund Scholarship for B.Tech and B.Arch students.
  2. The Central Sector Scholarship Scheme for Top Class students for reserved category (ST/SC) students.
  3. Post-Matric Scholarship for Odisha Government SC & ST students.
  4. Tamil Nadu Government awards the scholarship to the citizens of Tamil Nadu. Also, various State governments award scholarships to minority students.
  5. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) awards scholarship

NIT Trichy Facilities

NIT Trichy possesses a lush green infrastructure and a well-organised campus in the span of 800 acres. The following facilities are part of the NIT Trichy Infrastructure:-

  • Library:- The Modern Central Library of NIT Trichy is endowed with a collection of 2.5 Lakh documents consisting of Technical books, journals, reports, standards, etc. Furthermore, the library has a subscription to 164 periodicals, 7000 e-journals, e-books and 16,750 books in the Book Bank Scheme.
  • Hostel:- The college campus includes 118 boys’ and 5 girls’ hostels, containing all the necessary amenities for students’ lifestyle, that can easily accommodate 5320 students at once.
  • Sports Complex:- The campus also features a sports complex containing a Badminton Court, Basketball Court, Cricket Ground, Football Ground, Tennis Court, Hockey Field and Volleyball Court.
  • Laboratories:- The campus also does include a Chemistry Lab, a Physics Lab, Machining Lab, Central workshop and a CAD/CAM Lab for the practical works.
  • Other Facilities:- Apart from the above-mentioned facilities, NIT Trichy also provides the students with Cafeteria, Wifi Campus, Hospital, Music Room, Dance Room, A/C Classroom, Auditorium, IT Infrastructure, and more.

NIT Trichy Faculty

In order to impart quality education to its students, NIT Trichy has recruited highly qualified and experienced professors in its faculty who have mastered the arts of teaching students effectively and efficiently.

The faculty of NIT consists of:

  • Professors – 41
  • Associate Professors – 74
  • Assistant Professors – 90
  • Librarian – 1
  • Physical Education Director – 1
  • CAD/CAM Engineer – 1

NIT Trichy FAQs

Ques. Is the National Institute of Technology Trichy a good institute?

Ans. NIT Trichy is undoubtedly one of the nest institutes for Engineering courses as well as other courses. It has been ranked first among the other NITs in 2015 and 2017, 8th for Architecture, 9th for Engineering and 24th for Overall by NIRF in 2020.

Moreover, it is committed to imparting quality education and it possesses a good infrastructure, great faculty and offers campus placement and scholarship programs, too.

Ques. Is there any department that provides 100% placement to the NIT Trichy students?

Ans. According to the placement reports of 2019, there were two branches of the Engineering department that offered 100% placement to NIT Trichy students, which are Computer Science Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Ques. How can I contact NIT Trichy for admissions?

Ans. NIT Trichy can be contacted by phone at +91-431-2503000. The college address is as follows:

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620015,

Tamil Nadu,;India.

Ques. Are there any Centres for Excellence in NIT Trichy?

Ans. There are a total of 4 Centres for Excellence – Centre of Excellence in Corrosion and Surface Engineering (CECASE), Centre of Excellence in Transportation Engineering (CETransE), Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CoE-AI) and a Siemens Centre of Excellence in Manufacturing (Siemens CoE) in NIT Trichy.

Ques. Are there any clubs or societies for students in NIT Trichy?

Ans. NIT Trichy has over 35 students groups and the college is host to many academic societies, both national and international, including IEEE, ACM and SAE. Moreover, there are 4 official annual events of the college – Festember, Pragyan, NIT Trichy fest and Sports Fete, of the college predominantly organised by these societies and college departments.