National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NIT-RKL)

Choose NISER Bhubaneswar if you're research oriented, aiming for top PhD programs or R&D positions, and prefer a stipend-supported campus with strong scientific mentorship.

Choose NIT Rourkela if you want a blend of academic education and industry-ready placements, with flexibility to pursue engineering roles or analytic jobs.

The basic eligibility requirement to get admission into M.Tech courses at NIT Rourkela and NIT Andhra Pradesh is almost similar. Moreover, NIT Rourkela & NIT Andhra Pradesh M.Tech course admission is based on a valid Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE) score obtained by eligible candidates. Thus, it is hard to compare which institution is easier to get admission to. However, there are several other factors on which candidates can compare the competitiveness to get admission into the M.Tech course at both institutes:

NIT Rourkela accepts CCMN for admission to MSc specialisations. Round 1 of the cutoff has been released. The cutoff for the General AI category candidates was between 139 and 755. Among the OBC AI category candidates, the cutoff ranks were between 238 and 1154. Among the SC AI category candidates, the 609 and 2899.

You can get CSE in GFTI as per the JoSSA counselling cutoff last year. You cannot get any branch, like CSE, ECE in NIT at this rank.

The PhD course at NIT Rourkela gets good placement packages. Check out the table for reference:

NIT Rourkela PhD median package stood at INR 11.4 LPA in 2024. It was INR 10.2 LPA in 2023. The institute provide good placements support.

NIT Rourkela PhD average package stood at INR 12.75 LPA in 2024. It was INR 11.45 LPA in the 2023 placements.