National Institute of Technology Calicut (
NITC), formerly the
Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC), is a federally funded technical university and an
institute of national importance governed by an
act passed by the
Parliament of India. The campus is situated near
Chathamangalam, 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. It is one of the
National Institutes of Technology established by the
Government of India for imparting high standard technical education to students from all over the country. The college is among the very few institutions in the country to host a
supercomputer of its own, and amongst the pioneers in the country to have a dedicated nanotechnology department.