NIT Rourkela NIRF ranking 2025
Explore National Institute of Technology Rourkela NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Architecture #7 in NIRF 2025.
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Rourkela, Odisha · NIRF ID IR-A-U-0357
At a glance
National Institute of Technology Rourkela is a government institution in Rourkela, Odisha. Its best current NIRF result is #7 in Architecture (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 81.2% and a ₹15.25L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 5,332 students.
2023-24
821 / 1,011
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Architecture journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
ArchitectureNIRF 2025 Rank#7 Score65.72
NIRF Architecture journey
Rank #8 → #7 since 2023; score 63.76 → 65.72.
The rank line is NIT Rourkela's all-India position in NIRF Architecture: #8 in 2023 to #7 in 2025. Lower is better.
Architecture 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #7
- Score (out of 100)
- 65.72
- Last year rank
- #9
- Movement vs previous
- 2
- Best rank
- #7
- Ranking trend
- Improving
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#13 Score66.62
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#30 Score52.69
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#34 Score58.55
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 91.1% → 81.2%; latest median salary ₹15.25L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 821 placed — 81.2% of the batch
- 128 chose higher studies
- 62 reported another outcome
Half of the 821 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹15.25L
- Placement rate
- 81.2%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate fell from 91.1% to 81.2%. The reported median salary moved from ₹5.98L in 2017-18 to ₹15.25L in 2023-24.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹77.14 Cr → ₹139.5 Cr.
Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24
Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹77.14 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹139.5 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹27.44 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹8.12 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Perception (PR) improved most: 37.9 → 53.5. Perception (PR) is the lowest latest pillar.
What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. NIT Rourkela improved most in Perception (PR) (37.9 → 53.5). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 74.8, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 53.5.
Questions about NIT Rourkela
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
NIT Rourkela ranking questions
What is NIT Rourkela NIRF ranking 2025?
National Institute of Technology Rourkela's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Architecture rank #7 with a score of 65.72.
Which NIRF categories include NIT Rourkela in 2025?
NIT Rourkela appears in the NIRF 2025 Architecture, Engineering, Research and Overall ranking categories on this profile.
Is National Institute of Technology Rourkela private or government?
National Institute of Technology Rourkela is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is National Institute of Technology Rourkela located?
National Institute of Technology Rourkela is listed in Rourkela, Odisha.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of NIT Rourkela graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹15.25L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 821 of 1,011 graduates placed (81.2%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹11.5L.
What is NIT Rourkela's best NIRF category?
Architecture is its best current result at #7 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 65.72.
How many students does NIT Rourkela have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 5,332 students, including 2,838 from outside the state and 300 international students.
Is NIT Rourkela improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 68.2 in 2023 to 66.3 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 940 PhD scholars.
How much does NIT Rourkela spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹139.5 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹8.12 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹27.44 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.