NIRF 2025

NIT Rourkela NIRF ranking 2025

Explore National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela-Rourkela NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends.

National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela-Rourkela

Rourkela, Odisha

Government 0 categories in 2025 5,332 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela-Rourkela is a government institution in Rourkela, Odisha. 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.

₹15.25LUG median salary
2023-24
81.2% UG placed
821 / 1,011
#—Overall rank
NIRF 2025
940PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard

Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 91.1% → 81.2%; latest median salary ₹15.25L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 1,011 graduates
81.2%
  • 821 placed — 81.2% of the batch
  • 128 chose higher studies
  • 62 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹15.25L

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

Median salary (₹L)Placement rate %

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.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 367 / 525 69.9% ₹9L
2022-23 360 / 513 70.2% ₹10L
2023-24 342 / 467 73.2% ₹11.5L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students5,332All reported programmes
From outside the state53.2%2,838 students
International300Students from outside India
Women19.5%1,040 students
Full fee reimbursement3,072Funded by the institution
Largest programme group4,126UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars940654 full-time · 286 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-24168123 in 2021-22 → 168 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects150Peak reported year 2023-24

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹77.14 Cr → ₹139.5 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹139.5 Cr₹77.14 Cr in 2017-18 → +81%
Academic maintenance₹151.79 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹8.12 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹27.44 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24

Library (₹Cr)Lab equipment (₹Cr)Faculty & staff salaries (₹Cr)

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

Pillar history is not yet available.

What the lines mean: Each NIRF pillar is scored out of 100. Higher pillar scores are better.

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

Is National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela-Rourkela private or government?

National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela-Rourkela is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela-Rourkela located?

National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela-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.

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.

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.