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National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha Highlights

NIT Rourkela in situated in Orissa and was formerly addressed as the Regional Engineering College (REC). It is also called one of the top national level institutions for technical education when it comes to the national level. NIT is as we know a joint undertaking of the government of India as well as the government of Orissa.  It has produced high-quality engineers and scientists and continues to do so. 

NIT Rourkela Alumni are doing well in various capacities as entrepreneurs, managers, technocrats, administrators, consultants, advisers, faculty, and researchers in India and abroad.  This NIT Rourkela Ranking as given by the NIRF in 2022 is 15 and as per the NIT Rourkela Placements. NIT Rourkela courses are 80+ and are provided across  20 departments. 

Here is a tabular representation of the important facts of NIT Rourkela:

Particulars

Detail

College

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Establishment year

1961

Also known as

NIT Rourkela

Ownership

Government

Location

Rourkela

Campus size

647 acre

Approved by

UGC

Ranking (2021)

- Ranked 20 by NIRF under the Engineering category.

- Ranked 41 by NIRF under the Overall category.

- Ranked 21 by India Today under Engineering (Government) category.

Courses offered

80+ courses across 5 streams

No. of departments

20+

Highest placement package (2021)

INR 45 LPA

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National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha Popular Courses

MBA / PGDM
1 Programs 2 Years

Average Fees
₹5,00,000

Highest Package
₹8 LPA

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B.Tech / B.E.
10 Programs 4 Years

Average Fees
₹6,46,000

Highest Package
₹85 LPA

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M.Tech / M.E.
10 Programs 2 Years

Average Fees
-

Highest Package
-

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B.Arch
1 Programs 5 Years

Average Fees
₹31,25,000

Highest Package
₹60 LPA

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National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha Admission

Eligibility Criteria:

  • The candidate should have attained 17 years of age on the date of admission.
  • The candidate seeking admission in the B.Tech. from NIT Rourkela should have done XII from a recognized board/institute/school with at least 75% aggregate in Physics, Maths, and Chemistry.
  • The candidate should be in the top 20 Percentile of XII according to the merit in XII.

Admission Procedure:

  • The admission in the B.Tech. provided by the NIT Rourkela is done on the basis of merit obtained in the JEE Main.
  • The final merit is made on the basis of merit obtained in the XII(40%) and merit obtained in JEE Main(60%).
  • The seat allotment is done through counseling done by JoSSA-CSAB.

Documents needed at the time of admission:

  • JoSSA-CSAB seat allotment document
  • Three recent Passport Size Photographs
  • Class X Marksheet and Certificate
  • Class XII Marksheet and Certificate
  • Admit Card of JEE Main
  • Score Card of JEE Main
  • Migration Certificate
  • Character Certificate
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National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha CutOff 2024

The data for NIT Rourkela Cutoff 2024 GATE Cutoff is not here yet but the detailed NIT Rourkela Cutoff 2023 GATE Cutoff. All the needed details for the minimum marks that are required for higher chances of NIT Rourkela Admission to the college will be available only through the NIT Rourkela Cutoff 2023 or GATE Cutoff. All the candidates will be able to access the NIT Rourkela GATE Cutoff 2023 here.

Courses

Opening

Closing

Atmosphere and Ocean Science

524

394

Biomedical Engineering

432

350

Biotechnology

619

521

Chemical Engineering

426

350

Software Engineering

609

554

Structural Engineering

615

542

Thermal Engineering

719

535

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National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha Placements 2024

The below mentioned table places the NIT Rourkela Placement on the basis of the courses offered by the college. Read this to know more on NIT Rourkela Highest Package , NIT Rourkela Average Package, NIT Rourkela Median Package of the various courses. 

Courses

Job Offers

CTC in LPA

 

Minimum

Maximum

Average

Median

BTech.

616

2.40

43.00

9.17

6.90

B.Arch.

2

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

Integrated M.Sc.

17

3.70

23.00

7.28

6.50

B.Tech./M.Tech Dual Degree

76

3.70

45.00

11.27

7.75

MTech.

181

3.00

45.00

8.85

6.80

MBA

7

5.00

7.20

5.36

5.10

M.Sc.

22

3.60

9.45

5.89

5.91

PhD.

3

7.80

9.70

9.07

9.70

M.Tech.(Res)

1

8.50

8.50

8.50

8.50

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Top Recruiters

3DPLM Software Solutions Limited 3DPLM Software Solutions Limited
4AM design and Technology Lab 4AM design and Technology Lab
ABB Limited ABB Limited
ABIR ABIR
ACC Limited ACC Limited
Accenture Accenture
Ace Calderys Ace Calderys
Adani group Adani group
Aditya Birla Group Aditya Birla Group
Airtel Airtel
Airvana Networks India Airvana Networks India
Amazon Amazon
Amdocs Amdocs
ArcelorMittal ArcelorMittal
AREVA AREVA
Armstrong Int Pvt Ltd Armstrong Int Pvt Ltd
Ashok Leyland Ashok Leyland
Atkins Atkins
Atos Origin Atos Origin
Bajaj Auto Bajaj Auto
Balmer Lawrie & co. Ltd. Balmer Lawrie & co. Ltd.
BEML India BEML India
Bhushan Steel Ltd. Bhushan Steel Ltd.
BOC India Ltd BOC India Ltd
BRG BRG
CAP Gemini CAP Gemini
Cargill india Ltd Cargill india Ltd
CA Technologies CA Technologies
CEAT CEAT
CESC  Limited CESC Limited
Coal India Ltd. Coal India Ltd.
Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited (CCCL) Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited (CCCL)
CSC India CSC India
Cummins India Pvt Ltd Cummins India Pvt Ltd
EIL EIL
Essel Mining & Industries Ltd. (EMIL) Aditya Birla Essel Mining & Industries Ltd. (EMIL) Aditya Birla
Energy Infratech Energy Infratech
Enzen Enzen
EPCOS EPCOS
Ericsson India Pvt Ltd Ericsson India Pvt Ltd
essar group essar group
eveready eveready
Fiat India Fiat India
Futures First Futures First
Ge Capital Ge Capital
GMR Group GMR Group
goldman sachs goldman sachs
H & R Johnson H & R Johnson
Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd
HCL Technologies HCL Technologies
Headstrong India Headstrong India
Hero Motocorp Hero Motocorp
Hindalco Hindalco
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL)
Hindustan Petroleum Hindustan Petroleum
Hindustan Unilever Limited Hindustan Unilever Limited
HNG HNG
HONDA HONDA
Huawei Huawei
IBM IBM
idesign idesign
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)
infosys infosys
IOT Infrastructure and Energy Services Ltd. IOT Infrastructure and Energy Services Ltd.
ISPAT ISPAT
ITC ITC
ITC INFOTECH ITC INFOTECH
JINDAL POWER AND STEEL JINDAL POWER AND STEEL
Jindal South West Steel ltd (JSW) Jindal South West Steel ltd (JSW)
JSL JSL
Kajaria Tiles Kajaria Tiles
KEF Holdings Limited, Sharjah U.A.E KEF Holdings Limited, Sharjah U.A.E
KENNAMETAL KENNAMETAL
KRIBHCO KRIBHCO
Lafarge (India) Lafarge (India)
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
Mahindra & Mahindra Mahindra & Mahindra
maruti suzuki maruti suzuki
microsoft microsoft
Midhani Midhani
Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd
MU SIGMA MU SIGMA
Muruguppa Group Muruguppa Group
NMDC NMDC
ntpc ntpc
ongc ongc
Onmobile Onmobile
oracle oracle
Panasonic India Panasonic India
Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.
patni computers patni computers
Polaris Polaris
power grid corporation power grid corporation
Pradan Pradan
ProcessMAP ProcessMAP
Professional Parcel Logistics Professional Parcel Logistics
PUNJ LLOYD PUNJ LLOYD
QUEST QUEST
Rancore Technologies Rancore Technologies
Reliance Reliance
Rio Tinto Rio Tinto
Saint Gobain Glass Saint Gobain Glass
samsung samsung
SAP SAP
Sapient Sapient
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd
schlumberger schlumberger
SHAPOORJI PALLONJI SHAPOORJI PALLONJI
Simplex Infrastructure ltd Simplex Infrastructure ltd
SOMA SOMA
Somany Ceramic Ltd Somany Ceramic Ltd
SONY INDIA SONY INDIA
Syntel Syntel
tata tata
Tata Project Limited Tata Project Limited
Tata Steel Tata Steel
TATA Technologies TATA Technologies
Tayo Rolls Ltd. Tayo Rolls Ltd.
TCE Consulting Engineers Limited TCE Consulting Engineers Limited
TCS TCS
TDK TDK
Tech Mahindra Tech Mahindra
TEGA Industries TEGA Industries
telcon telcon
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
THERMAX THERMAX
Trimex Trimex
TRL TRL
UNISYS UNISYS
VEDANTA VEDANTA
Verizon Verizon
Visa Steel Visa Steel
Vizag steel Vizag steel
Webfluenze Webfluenze
Wipro Wipro
ZENSAR ZENSAR
Zeus Bio-tech Ltd Zeus Bio-tech Ltd
ZTE BANGALORE ZTE BANGALORE
General Motors General Motors
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
Caterpillar Caterpillar
Coca Cola Coca Cola
essar group essar group
General Electric General Electric
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Key Highlights on Placements
Drawing from feedback provided by 1494 students

Key Highlights Placement Institute Insights

83.60 LPA

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National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha Ranking

Here are the detailed NIT Rourkela Rankings 2023 for different categories:

Category

NIRF Rankings

 Architecture category

8

Engineering category

16

Overall category

37

The latest ranks for all 31 NITs in India are given in the table below, we can compare NIT Rourkela Ranking among other NITs along with NIRF score awarded to each on of them:

PositionsNITStateNIRF Ranking – 2022NIRF Score – 2022
1NIT TrichyTamil Nadu869.17
2NIT KarnatakaKarnataka1066.04
3NIT RourkelaOdisha1562.36
4NIT WarangalTelangana2160.00
5NIT CalicutKerala3156.66
6NIT NagpurMaharashtra3256.62
7NIT DurgapurWest Bengal3455.76
8NIT SilcharAssam3854.63
9NIT JaipurRajasthan4651.69
10NIT AllahabadUttar Pradesh4751.17
11NIT KurukshetraHaryana5050.11
12NIT JalandharPunjab5249.45
13NIT SuratGujarat5847.61
14NIT MeghalayaMeghalaya6046.67
15NIT PatnaBihar63

46.24

 

16NIT RaipurChhattisgarh6545.71
17NIT SrinagarJammu and Kashmir6645.52
18NIT BhopalMadhya Pradesh7044.63
19NIT AgartalaTripura8041.92
20NIT GoaGoa8840.78
21NIT JamshedpurJharkhand90

 

40.71

22NIT ManipurManipur10839.32
23NIT HamirpurHimachal Pradesh12837.91
24NIT UttarakhandUttarakhand13137.75
25NIT PuducherryPondicherry13637.49
26NIT Arunachal PradeshArunachal Pradesh17135.49
27NIT SikkimSikkim17335.33
28NIT DelhiDelhi19433.96
29NIT MizoramMizoram-
30NIT NagalandNagaland-
31NIT Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh-
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National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha All Courses Rankings

Publisher Year Ranking
nirf 2024 34 / 100

National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha B.Tech / B.E. Rankings

Publisher Year Ranking
nirf 2024 19 / 100
times 2024 5 / 175
nirf 2023 16 / 100
nirf 2022 15 / 200
nirf 2021 20 / 300
nirf 2020 16 / 200
nirf 2018 15 / 200

National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha B.Arch Rankings

Publisher Year Ranking
nirf 2024 9 / 40
nirf 2023 8 / 100

National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha M.Tech / M.E. Rankings

Publisher Year Ranking
nirf 2024 19 / 100

National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha M.Arch Rankings

Publisher Year Ranking
nirf 2024 9 / 40

National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha Awards

Top NIT in India

NIT Rourkela has been placed number one in all the NITs in India in the QS BRICS University Ranking 2018.

Top Engineering Category

NIT Rourkela has been placed in the category 401-500 in the category "Engineering and Technology" by Times World.

Student's Rating for National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha

Student Reviews & Ratings
4.6/5 Based on 7 Verified Reviews
Component Ratings
Faculty Rating 4
Infrastructure Rating 4.2
Admission Rating 4
Hostel Rating 3.8
Club Rating 3.9

Student's Reviews for National Institute of Technology (NIT Rourkela), Rourkela, Odisha

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5 Overall 25-07-2021
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Anonymous User
MBA Student

It have a good infrastructure and placed near a hill. It is the 2 largest technical college in India(in terms of area). It has a swimming pool, night playground, Great library, etc. It is ranked 2 among all NIT and it is ranked 15 among all technical coll

Admission: For B.tech JEE MAINS is the entrance exam for admission. The admission procedure is carried out by JOSSA.

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4 Overall 25-07-2021
A

Anonymous User
MBA Student

4.5 Infrastructure 3.5 Faculty 4 Admission 3.5 Hostel 4 Club 3.5 Mess
Pros: Best Infrastructure Nice Accommodation and Canteen Facilities Nice Club Culture and other extra co-curricular activities Friendly and Approachable professors Cons: They are opening new branches without having proper faculty or MoUs with ind

Placement: For Core and Circuital branches, it is awesome. The average CTC for them is almost about 7 LPA. For the new branches like Biomedical, Biotechnology there are no core companies for them. They receive job offers mainly in IT sectors offering 3.3 to 3.5 LPA

Faculty: Prof. A. Thirugnanam He was my faculty advisor as well as my final year project guide. He was one of the most friendly professor I had ever met in NIT-R. He was always there to help and guide whenever I am facing any problem or in dilemma regarding my ca

Admission: State / National Entrance Exams

Club: Microsoft Campus Club because you get direct exposure to Microsoft which is one of largest tech giant in the world. You will get their products before actual release to get hands on. They organise very good events nationwide and at the college level. Some

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4 Overall 25-07-2021
A

Anonymous User
MBA Student

4.5 Infrastructure 3.5 Faculty 4 Admission 3.5 Hostel 4 Club 3.5 Mess
Pros: Best Infrastructure Nice Accommodation and Canteen Facilities Nice Club Culture and other extra co-curricular activities Friendly and Approachable professors Cons: They are opening new branches without having proper faculty or MoUs with ind

Placement: For Core and Circuital branches, it is awesome. The average CTC for them is almost about 7 LPA. For the new branches like Biomedical, Biotechnology there are no core companies for them. They receive job offers mainly in IT sectors offering 3.3 to 3.5 LPA

Faculty: Prof. A. Thirugnanam He was my faculty advisor as well as my final year project guide. He was one of the most friendly professor I had ever met in NIT-R. He was always there to help and guide whenever I am facing any problem or in dilemma regarding my ca

Admission: State / National Entrance Exams

Club: Microsoft Campus Club because you get direct exposure to Microsoft which is one of largest tech giant in the world. You will get their products before actual release to get hands on. They organise very good events nationwide and at the college level. Some

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5 Overall 25-07-2021
A

Anonymous User
MBA Student

4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty 4 Hostel 3.5 Club 4 Mess
College is amazing i miss those days being part of NITR was awesome, the quality of education is excellent here, the hostel standard is also good. Core studies are very important here, I gave AIEEE exam that time and opted for this NIT as it has good infr

Placement: Placement i nearly 100% here, students are placed as software engineer, data analyst etc. Average salary is around 3Lakh per annum.

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4 Overall 25-07-2021
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Anonymous User
MBA Student

4.5 Infrastructure 3.5 Faculty 4 Admission 3.5 Hostel 4 Club 3.5 Mess
Pros: Best Infrastructure Nice Accommodation and Canteen Facilities Nice Club Culture and other extra co-curricular activities Friendly and Approachable professors Cons: They are opening new branches without having proper faculty or MoUs with ind

Placement: For Core and Circuital branches, it is awesome. The average CTC for them is almost about 7 LPA. For the new branches like Biomedical, Biotechnology there are no core companies for them. They receive job offers mainly in IT sectors offering 3.3 to 3.5 LPA

Faculty: Prof. A. Thirugnanam He was my faculty advisor as well as my final year project guide. He was one of the most friendly professor I had ever met in NIT-R. He was always there to help and guide whenever I am facing any problem or in dilemma regarding my ca

Admission: State / National Entrance Exams

Club: Microsoft Campus Club because you get direct exposure to Microsoft which is one of largest tech giant in the world. You will get their products before actual release to get hands on. They organise very good events nationwide and at the college level. Some

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much percentile is required for CSE in NIT Rourkela?

NIT Rourkela Cut off stands at least at 98.5 percentile in jee mains.

What is NIT Rourkela famous for?

NIT Rourkela is said to be famous for CSE. NIT Rourkela is ranking at 16 for BTech under NIRF 2023. CSE students get the chance to be placed major companies such as SAP Labs, Shell, Deloitte, and others.

Who is eligible for NIT Rourkela?

For UG programs like B. Tech and B. Arch, all the candidates need to complete their Class 12th examination from a very recognized board with minimum average marks. In order to qualify for admission to NIT Rourkela, you must also appear in the entrance exa

Is NIT Rourkela better than IIT?

NIT Rourkela is for sure better than many IITs while NIRF has NIT Rourkela has ranked 19 and IIT Bhubaneswar has ranked 26.

What is the old name of NIT Rourkela?

NIT Rourkela was called Regional Engineering College (REC) Rourkela. The Chief Minister of Odisha aka Biju Patnaik did provide the land for it.

Is NIT Warangal better than NIT Rourkela?

NIT Rourkela B. Tech. in Civil Engineering course is very successful while the same course of NIT Warangal is rated good as well.

Does Google come to NIT Rourkela?

Yes Google comes to NIT Rourkela for placement process.

Can I take direct admission in NIT Rourkela?

All the students applying to NIT Rourkela need to appear for the rounds of CCMT counselling process. While all the candidates selected will be required to submit their documents for the process of verification and submit the course fee as per the NIT Rour

Who is eligible for NIT Rourkela?

For UG programs such as B. Tech and B. Arch, all the candidates need to have completed their Class 12th examination from a recognized board with minimum aggregate marks as per the rules of NIT Rourkela.

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