The Campus

NITK has a lush green 295.35 acre campus spread on both the sides of the National Highway No.66.  The eastern campus has the Main Building, Banks, Cafetarias, Shopping Complexes, Banks with ATM facility, departments of several non-circuit branches, Hostels and the residential quarters.  The western campus has the departments of the circuit branches, Guest Houses, STEP,  etc. Residential Campus is self sufficient in almost every aspect. Staff Quarters consist of more than 200 residences with both independent houses and flats. Residential campus is made up of Director's Bungalow, Faculty quarters of different types, Warden quarters, Bachelors' quarters and Non-teaching staff quarters.

Staff Club, Shopping Complexes, Banks with ATM facility, Post Office, Schools, Health Care Centre, Guest House, Cafeterias, Playgrounds, Auditorium, Students Activities Centre, Swimming Pool, Gymkhana, Tennis & Volley Ball Courts etc. are present in the campus for the benefits of the staff and the students.

Academic Area

Main building is the core region of academic area. It is located in front of the main gate. It consists of Directorate Office, Offices of the Deans, Establishment Section, Accounts Sections, Purchase Section, Cash Section, Auditor Office, Academic Section, Alumni Association Office, Employees' Cooperative Credit Society, Drawing and Draughtsman Office and class rooms.  Central Library is annexed to the South side of the Main Building.
There are two Lecture Hall Complexes (LHC-A and LHC-B) situated to the left of the main building which have seminar halls & class rooms. 

Library
The NITK Library is housed in a spacious three-storied building adjoining the Main building of the Institute on the Southern side.The library, with a floor area of 2,758 Sq mtrs is segregated into two wings.

Central Computer Centre(CCC)

Central Computer Centre is situated in front of SJA(Silver Jubilee Auditorium). Central Computer Centre has 24x7 load balanced internet connectivity comprising of four E1 ( 2 Gbps 1:1) lines from BSNL and NIC. Campus wide LAN ( 10 Gbps backbone) reaching academic buildings, residences and hostel rooms.

Career Development Centre
The Career Development Centre of the Institute centrally handles campus placement of the graduating students of all Departments, Centres and Schools.

Departments

1. Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics
2. Career Development Centre
3. Chemical Engineering
4. Chemistry
5. Civil Engineering
6. Computer Science & Engineering
7. Electrical and Electronics Engineering
8. Electronics and Communication Engineering
9. Information Technology
10. Mathematical and Computational Sciences
11. Mechanical Engineering
12. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
13. Mining Engineering
14. Physics
15. School of Management

Schools
NITK English medium school
NITK Kannada medium school