1991 Government of Karnataka Award for Best College

1998 Ranked 6th among Top Engineering Colleges in India Today Magazine

2000 ISO 9002 Certification to the Department of Computer Engineering and Department of Electronics & Communication

2001 ISTE Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan National Award for Best Overall Performance

2004 Ranked 8th among Top 10 technological universities by India Today Magazine

2005 Ranked 3rd among all Technological Universities of India for Student Placements and 11th Rank Overall by Dataquest-IDC-NASSCOM Survey

2006 Science Direct Award for Highest Usage of Online Journal Resources in 2006

2007 IEEE Best Student Chapter Award - Bangalore Section

2010 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

2010 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

2011 STAR News- National B-School Awards in Association with Canon- Best Government Engineering - National Institute of Technology Surathkal on February 12, 2011

2012 Ranking of the Institute by various ranking agencies: 8th by India Today, 9th by GHRDC- Competition Success and 13th by Outlook