The campus is located at the western tip of the Malabar Cost, Kannur District, State of Kerala, bordering with Karnataka-Kerala High way, MAHE (districts of Pondicherry State), Kasaragod and Wayanad and is in close proximity of major cities of Kannur, Thalassery, Koothuparamba, and Mahe. The campus spans an area of 218 Acres of single piece of lush green single plot of contiguous landed property at Anjarakandy, Kannur District, located just 10 km from the Kannur International airport, 15 km each from two Railway stations/ major cities of Thalassery& Kannur and is serviced by all forms of Public Transport. A fresh water river flows through the main campus to the east, Kannur Airport to the north-west, highway to the north. This represents the location of the administrative and educational core of the Malabar Institute of Technology, Anjarakandy, Kannur District.
The history of the proposed land dates back to 1877, formerly owned by East India Company and is the first registered landed property in Kerala (See Kerala Government web site for Land Register) with a bungalow built in 1897 is being renovated to its old glory. Anjarakandy Cinnamon Estate is one of the largest in Asia, the estate was established in 1767 by the East India Company. Originally the Anjarakandy Cinnamon Estate was a mixed plantation of cinnamon, pepper, cloves, nutmeg and other spices but today it specializes in cinnamon and the oil that is extracted.Visitors to Anjarakandy Cinnamon Estate can watch the process for preparing the cinnamon spice and extracting the oil for perfume.