National Institute of Technology, Rourkela – 2021

National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) was established as a Regional Engineering College in 1961 in Rourkela, Odisha, India in a spacious area of 650 acres in a serene sylvan atmosphere to produce quality engineers and scientists in graduate and post-graduate in various branches of engineering thereby giving the trained manpower to the industries in the nation where the Rourkela steel plant had been set up before. The Institute has been modernized by two foreign collaborative funding agencies under the Indo-UK REC project and World Bank cum Swiss Development Corporation IMPACT project. Later, it was elevated to a deemed university under the name of NIT Rourkela.

In this article, we are going to analyze the institution’s students’ stats, faculty, courses offered, graduation outcomes & placements, median salary & top recruiters, infrastructures, and fee structures. All details are authentic since we got from the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) where NIT Rourkela gave its reports.

Courses Offered at NIT Rourkela

NIT Rourkela offers a considerable number of 14 courses in undergraduate programmes, 8 courses in dual degree programmes, and a colossal number of 50 courses in postgraduate programmes in engineering.

Students Intake at NIT Rourkela

Students Intake
NIT admitted 927 students to UG courses, 25 students to dual degree, 1060 students to PG and 150 students to integrated PG in 2021; admitted 747 students to UG, 20 students to dual degree, 985 students to PG and 120 students to integrated PG in 2020; and admitted 710 students to UG, 20 students to dual degree and 120 students to integrated PG in 2019.
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Faculty

NIT Rourkela has eminent professors and research scholars who have been publishing many research papers in many international and national publishers for years. Currently, there are 388 professors at the faculty and 97.16% of them are PhD holders. The faculty-to-student ratio at this faculty is 1:14, that is, one professor is available for every 14 students.

NIT Rourkela Annual Expenditures

Capital Expenditure
NIT Rourkela spent Rs. 12.48 crores as capital expenditure in the year 2021, of which it spent 17.61% on the library for acquiring research journals, books and e-resources for reading, a considerable 43.9% spent on buying new equipment and software for conducting quality research, and 4.86% on engineering workshops and remaining 33.63% on capital assets creations like build the new building. It spent Rs. 10.9 crores as capital expenditures in 2020 and Rs. 35 crores in 2019.
Operational Expenditure
NIT Rourkela spent Rs. 185 crores as an operational expenditure in 2021, of which it spent 50.95% on salary for professors and supporting staff, 47.66% on maintaining academic infrastructures in the institution, and the remaining 1.39% on conducting Seminars, Conferences and Workshops. It spent Rs. 177 crores as an operational expenditure in 2020 and spent Rs. 165 crores in 2019. Spending as an operational expenditure is increasing in 2021 when compared with the last two years.

NIT Rourkela Research Details

Patents
As NIT Rourkela has a good faculty, better infrastructures and conducive atmosphere for quality research, it filed 11 patents in 2021 and got 2 patents. It filed 3 and 5 patents in 2020 and 2019, respectively, however, none was granted.
Sponsored Projects
NIT Rourkela has published many scholarly and innovative articles on engineering science & technology and got some parents for innovative technology, therefore, in 2021, 33 agencies have funded 167 projects at this institution and it earned Rs. 15.7 crores through these projects. In 2020, 28 agencies funded 176 projects, through which it earned Rs. 16 crores, and in 2019, it earned Rs. 23.7 crores from 204 projects sponsored by 33 agencies.
Consultancy Projects
NIT Rourkela has worked on 41 consultancy projects from 32 companies and earned Rs. 2.12 crores in 2021, it earned 5.98 crores through 73 projects from 58 companies in 2020, and it earned Rs. 3.08 crores through 62 projects from 51 companies in 2019.

NIT Rourkela Graduations & Placements

UG Graduations & Placements
There were 597 students admitted to this institution at UG, of whom 91.12% were awarded graduations and 92.67% of them got placements at top companies and 80 students were selected for higher education in 2021; 84.32% students were awarded graduations, of whom 97.62% got placements and 48 students were selected for higher education in 2020; and 79.7% students were awarded gradations, of whom 98.2% got placements and 39 students were selected for higher education in 2019.
PG Graduations & Placements
At this institution at PG, 93.11% students were awarded graduations, of whom 49.67% got placements at top companies and 138 students were selected for higher education in 2021; 72.09% students were awarded graduations, of whom 90.07% got placements and 72 students were selected for higher education in 2020; and 82.02% students were awarded gradations, of whom 54% got placements and 65 students were selected for higher education in 2019.
Dual Degree Graduations & Placements
At this institution at dual degree programmes, all the students were awarded graduations, of whom 8.33% got placements at top companies and 5 students were selected for higher education in 2021; 88.89% students were awarded graduations, of whom 45.83% got placements and none was selected for higher education in 2020; and 82.14% students were awarded graduations, of whom 39.13% got placements, however, none was selected for higher studies in 2019 also.
Integrated PG Graduations & Placements
At this institution at integrated PG programmes, 95% students were awarded graduations and 63.87% of them got placements at top companies and 35 students were selected for higher education in 2021; 69.48% students were awarded graduations, of whom 99.26% got placements and 38 students were selected for higher education in 2020; and 83.93% students were awarded gradations, of whom 97.79% got placements and 52 students were selected for higher education in 2019.
PhD Research Programmes
At NIT Rourkela, 1294 students were admitted to PhD programmes in engineering science & technology and 114 students were awarded degrees in 2021, 126 students in 2020 and 110 students in 2019.
Median Salary & Top Recruiters
Median salary of UG graduates from NIT Rourkela: Rs. 7.11 lakhs per annum at all top companies in 2021, Rs. 6.5 lakhs in 2020 and Rs. 5.98 lakhs in 2019.

Median salary of dual degree graduates: Rs. 6 lakhs in 2021, Rs. 6 lakhs in 2020 and Rs. 5.5 lakhs in 2019.

Median salary of PG graduates: Rs. 6 LPA in 2021 and Rs. 5 LPA in both 2020 and 2019.

Median Salary of integrated PG graduates: Rs. 7.5 lakhs in 2021, Rs. 6 lakhs in 2020 and Rs. 5.6 lakhs in 2019.

There are hundreds of top companies such as Amazon, Barclays, Bajaj, Wells Fargo, Ford, Goldman Sachs, Hero, Intel, Jindal, Maths Works, Mediatex, Microsoft, Pepsico, Texas Instruments, L&T, etc., looking for graduates at NIT Rourkela for their companies.

Students Diversity at NIT Rourkela

NIT Rourkela has a blend of students who came from all sections and all parts of India and the world. There are 5463 students who are pursuing their studies, of whom 81.16% are boys and 18.84% are girls. There are 2152 students from within the state, 3001 from outside of the state and 310 from foreign countries.

Facilities on NIT Rourkela Campus

NIT Rourkela has a lot of facilities for students. It has a Library, Halls of Residence, Sports & Fitness Centre, Swimming Pool, Canteen, Shopping Centre (from stationary to grocery), Travel Agency, Health Centre, Post Office, Banks, ATMs, Guest House, Places of Worships, Security, Lifts/ramps, etc.

Annual Festivals at NIT Rourkela

The Cosmopolitan Festival is the cultural festival being celebrated in the month of January for three days. The Film Society and the Music Society are conducting events like choreography to showcase indegineous culture of Odisha. Nitrutsav is another cultural festival which is conducted for encouraging the poetic talents of the students of NIT Rourkela.

Accessibility

NIT Rourkela is on the Howrah-Mumbai and Ranchi-Bhubaneswar railway lines, so commuting by railways is easy, and Rourkela Railway Station is 7 kms away from this institution, from where taxis are available to this institute. For air travelling, Birsa Munda Airport Ranchi that is 157 kms and Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar that is 325 kms away from this institution are available. So, students from anywhere can commute to this institute easily.

How to Get Admission at NIT Rourkela

Studying science and technology is the dream of most of the students, but to make that dream real, we need a good institution. When we think about a good institution, IITs and NITs come first. So, here are the procedures to get admission to NIT Rourkela:

For UG courses at NIT Rourkela: Students who passed or appeared for +2 exam can take Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and should pass the minimum cut-off mark/rank set by JEE NIT Rourkele in JEE advanced exam.

For PG courses: Students who passed bachelor degree or appeared for final exam can take Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and should pass GATE to get admission to this institution.

Fee Structure at NIT Rourkela

Students need to pay Rs. 8.2 lakhs as fees for UG courses at this institute, however, the saving grace is they can get a good salary of Rs. 7.11 LPA from top companies, so they can get back this amount within one-half-year year.

NIT Rourkela Scores by NIRF

Teaching, Learning and Resources: NIT Rourkela has good faculty and better infrastructures for doing research. Therefore, it scored 62.21%, which accounts to 30% of overall NIRF scores.
Research and Professional Practice: NIT Rourkela has many distinguished professors and research scholars and filed some patent applications for innovative research, therefore, it scored 56.58%, which accounts to 30% of overall NIRF scores.
Graduate Outcome: As NIT Rourkela has a conducive atmosphere for study, many students graduated at the minimum stipulated time, so for this good performance it scored 72.53%, which accounts to 20% of overall NIRF scores.

Outreach and Inclusivity: NIT Rourkela has students from every section and every part of India as well as the world, so it scored 50.72%, which accounts to 10% of overall NIRF scores.

Perception: NIT Rourkela has good faculty, better infrastructures and a conducive atmosphere, and its graduation outcomes and placements at top companies are also good, however, it is in the remote area, so it scored 28.08% in NIRF grading, which accounts to 10% of overall NIRF scores.

NIT Rourkela got 58.02% as an overall NIRF score and ranked at number 20.

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