Government of Karnataka Award for Best College
Ranked 6th among Top Engineering Colleges in India Today Magazine
ISO 9002 Certification to the Department of Computer Engineering and Department of Electronics & Communication
ISTE Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan National Award for Best Overall Performance
Ranked 8th among Top 10 technological universities by India Today Magazine
Ranked 3rd among all Technological Universities of India for Student Placements and 11th Rank Overall by Dataquest-IDC-NASSCOM Survey
Science Direct Award for Highest Usage of Online Journal Resources in 2006
IEEE Best Student Chapter Award - Bangalore Section
Indian Society of Technical Education - Certificate of Appreciation awarded to NITK Surathkal in appreciation having successfully organized the 39th ISTE Annual National Convention during 2009
Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (1) Mangalore Centre, Mangalore Ultra Tech Cement Ltd. Outstanding concrete structure, D.K & Udupi District awarded to Mega Hostel Building of NITK Surathkal
STAR News- National B-School Awards in Association with Canon- Best Government Engineering - National Institute of Technology Surathkal on February 12, 2011
Ranking of the Institute by various ranking agencies: 8th by India Today, 9th by GHRDC- Competition Success and 13th by Outlook