National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Regional Engineering College (REC) Rourkela was established on 15 August 1961 and was
renamed NIT Rourkela (NITRKL) in 2002.

The campus is spread over 1024
acres. The main building of the Institute is located centrally in
the institute area and is surrounded by the departmental buildings. It houses
all the classrooms, the library and the Administrative and Academic sections.
All the departments, the lecture gallery, the workshops, the institute canteen
and the audio-visual hall surround the main building. There are multiple courts
near the hostels for playing lawn tennis, basketball and volleyball. There is
also a swimming pool and a cricket stadium. The
institute has a State Bank of India branch and a post office. There is a
400 seater Audio Visual Auditorium and a 1000 seater open air theatre.

Residential accommodation is provided to all faculty, staff
and students. There are ten hostels for the students within the campus: Six for
male students, three for female students and one for married students pursuing
doctorate degrees and beyond or full-time research.

Studying at NIT Rourkela              

The institute has Seventeen departments which offers the
following courses:

B.Tech.

B.Arch.

B.Tech./M.Tech. Dual Degree

5 Year Integrated M.Sc.

M.Tech.

M.Sc. (2 Year)

MA (2 Year)

MBA

Ph.D.

M.Tech (by Research)

Post-doctoral Fellowships

Life beyond the classroom

INNOVISION is the Technical festival and SPORTS
FIESTA is an outlet for students inclined towards various Sports and
Games. NITRUTSAV is the
Cultural festival and ISM(International Students Meet) in
which foreign students participate in the events organized by the institute.

Along with this, there
are many festivals that are organized by clubs such as Vrittanta which is the entrepreneurship meet organized by NIT
Rourkela.

Placement History                                                                           

The 2014-15 placement season saw about 465 graduates
placed and 20 dual degree holders placed. The number of placements has been
consistent over the years.