 The motto of the university is "Tejasvinavadhithamastu", which is taken from the Vedas and conveys "May the wisdom accrued deify us both – the teacher and the taught - and percolate to the universe in its totality".CUSAT was ranked in the 1001+ category by the "Times Higher Education World University Rankings" of 2020 and in the 401+ category for Asia.The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 62 among universities in India in 2020.