NIT Rourkela - National Institute of Technology Answered Questions

To be eligible to get admission to MBA course at NIT Rourkela, students are required to fulfil minimum eligibility criteria for the course. Candidates with a bachelor’s degree of three-year duration from a recognised institute/ university with a minimum of 50% aggregate or equivalent CGPA (45% for SC/ ST/ PwD candidates) are eligible to apply for the course. The students appearing for the final year of their bachelor's degree/ equivalent qualification or awaiting results are also eligible to apply.

It provides great career opportunities to students. In the 2022 placements, as per media reports, 1,274 offers were made. The highest and average package offered stood at INR 46.08 LPA and INR 19.04 LPA, respectively. Moreover, NIRF also ranked NIT Rourkela 15 under the Engineering category in the 2022 rankings. Thus, it is a good college for M.Tech aspirants.

The list below showcases NIT Rourkela placements 2023 statistics as compared to other NITs:NIT NameHighest Package (2023)Average Package (2023)NIT RourkelaINR 83.60 LPAINR 13.89 LPANIT CalicutINR 50 LPAINR 13.77 LPANIT WarangalINR 88 LPAINR 17.29 LPAVNIT NagpurNAINR 10.17 LPA

According to unofficial sources, a large share of NIT Rourkela alumni is placed in the Engineering sector, with a 27% share. The other top sectors that involve the majority of alumni are Education and Operations with 12% and 11% shares, respectively. See the below pie chart illustrating the sector-wise distribution of alumni:NOTE: The ‘Others’ category illustrates the combined data of diverse domains such as Consulting, Program and Project Management, Sales, Arts and Design, Media and Communication, Product Management, Finance, Marketing, HR sectors

NIT (National Institute of Technology), Rourkela, formerly known as Regional Engineering college, Rourkela is a completely government funded institute of higher education for engineering, Science and technology. The Central Government has recognised the institute as one of the premier institutions, elevating it to a deemed university and developing it as a centre of excellence. NIT has bagged some of the good NIRF rankings such as: 16th in NIRF Engineering, 8th in NIRF Architecture, 29th in NIRF Research and 37th in NIRF overall 2023. Besides this, the college has also managed to score rankings in many of the national and international ranking lists.

 The salary package offered to sector-wise students during NIT Rourkela placements is given below:BRANCHESAVERAGE PACKAGEComputer Science EngineeringINR 21.87 LPAElectrical EngineeringINR 14.55 LPAElectronic and Instrumentation EngineeringINR 18.12 LPAElectronics and Communication EngineeringINR 17.97 LPA

The students of NIT Rourkela can apply for scholarships offered by the National or State Government. PhD scholarship/ fellowship is also offered to students by the institute. Below mentioned are the details of some of the NIT Rourkela Scholarships:Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS): SC/ ST students are eligible for Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) of the respective State Governments if they satisfy the norms set by the State Government.Top Class Scholarship: Among the admitted students in the first year top 12 SC students and top 5 ST students are eligible for the scholarship by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GOI provided their parental annual income is below INR 4.5 lakh.GATE Scholarship: Students who have taken admission through GATE are eligible for a scholarship of INR 8,000 per month.PhD scholarship: A PhD student with MTech/ MPharm degree and within the age limit is eligible for an Institute research fellowship for four years. The students will get INR 31,000 per month for the first two years and INR 35,000 per month for the next two years on satisfactory performance.

 Yes, the institute offers five-year BTech-MTech (Dual Degree) courses in four specialisations. The specialisations include Chemical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Mining Engineering. Admission to all the integrated courses is based on merit in the JEE Main exam.

Candidates must first check the minimum eligibility and selection criteria for the course they want to pursue. If a student meets the minimum eligibility, then he/she can go ahead by completing the application process. NIT Rourkela further grants admissions based on merit in the last qualifying or entrance examinations and performance in the respective counselling round. For popular courses such as BTech, MTech, and MSc, admission is based on merit in national-level exams JEE Main,  GATE, and IIT JAM.