The National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT Calicut or NITC), formerly Regional Engineering College Calicut, is a public technical university and an institute of national importance governed by the NIT Act passed by the Parliament of India.              The campus is situated 22 kilometres (14mi) north-east of Kozhikode, on the Kozhikode–Mukkam Road.It was established in 1961 and was known as Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC) until 2002. The NIT Calicut comprises 1185 undergraduates and 537 postgraduates.It is one of the National Institutes of Technology campuses established by the Government of India to impart high-quality technical education to students from all over the country.NIT Calicut hosts a supercomputer on its campus and has a dedicated nanotechnology department.The institution has been ranked 31st by the NIRF and holds around 300 acres of land that makes up the campus spacious for accommodation and other facilitating amenities so that the students, faculties, and staff members get an upright hold of their desired sophistication that they are in need of at the utmost high-end, top-notch priorities.