Biotechnology and Medical Engineering (BM)

Established in 2007, Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering envisages of becoming a globally recognized department of higher learning by producing quality engineers and technologists in the field of Biomedical Engineering. The department has a robust infrastructure and sophisticated laboratories to carry out research. It boasts of high end instruments like two FACS machines (one for cell sorting), UTMs, a DSC, a Spectrofluorometer, a FTIR, Bioreactors and even a confocal microscope in the pipeline.

• B.Tech
• M.Tech

Civil Engineering (CE)

The Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Rourkela is the oldest branch which was established in 1961.The Department is known for its reputed faculty having expertise in diverse fields. It has built up a wide research potential. Various laboratories on structural, geo technical, aggregate and bitumen testing, hydraulics and environment engineering managed by respected professors and trained technicians, are well equipped with modern sophisticated instruments to take up the new challenges in research. The faculty also renders technical service on engineering problems to various agencies/industries in the form of consultancy projects.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Chemical Engineering (CH)

The department was established in the year 1963 with undergraduate program and initiated postgraduate (PG) program in Coal Chemicals and Fertilizers in the year 1981. The Chemical Engineering programme at NIT, Rourkela, with its interdisciplinary flavours along with its diversified structure is dedicated to the aspiring students and mentoring them for the broad spectrum of Chemical Engineering careers. Above and beyond the classes, all the students carry out independent research through project and thesis work. The Department has an excellent ensemble of dynamic goal oriented, highly qualified and experienced faculty members.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Ceramic Engineering (CR)

Established in 1994, the Department of Ceramic Engineering at NIT Rourkela is India’s only integrated program in Ceramic Engineering among all the 20 NITs having a proper blend of competitive teaching and innovative research.The department boasts of state of the art laboratories having modern equipments for chemical analysis, fuel testing, high temperature analysis, glass and bio-ceramics with a workshop, well stocked with high temperature furnaces and facilities dedicated to work on whiteware, refractories and cement. Presence of equipments such as dilatometer, DSC/TG, Universal Testing Machine (UTM), UV Visible Spectrometer and BET machine enable advanced material characterization/testing and make the department a centre of excellence for both traditional and modern ceramics.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Computer Science Engineering (CS)

One of the most coveted branches in NITR, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has already completed 28 years since it got introduced in 1987. The department is guided by highly qualified and energetic faculty members with diverse research interests. On the educational front, the curriculum is designed with a motive to prepare students to be industrial and academic leaders who can apply computer science principles across a wide variety of fields. Sophisticated laboratories on database engineering, parallel algorithms, artificial intelligence, soft computing, software engineering, computer networks & image, Distributed Object System processing provide a sound base for research activities. In order to match with the fast pacing technologies, various interactive workshops and seminars are organized by the department all throughout the year.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Department of Chemistry (CY)

The Department of Chemistry offers a 5-year integrated M.Sc., 2-year M.Sc. in chemistry courses, and doctoral research programs leading to Ph.D. degree. The Department has well equipped laboratories in the fields of Inorganic, Organic, and Physical chemistry with special emphasis on heterogeneous/ homogeneous catalysis, Environmental Pollution Control, adsorption studies, organic synthesis, electrochemistry, Nanomaterials, surface chemistry, photochemistry, solid state and structural chemistry and optoelectronics. Presently, sixteen sponsored research projects are being carried out by the faculty members of the department which are funded by various funding agencies such as DST, CSIR, DRDO, FIST (DST), DBT, BRNS, etc. The department has state-of-the-art laboratories as well as analytical equipment such as NMR, ESI-MS, Cyclic voltametry, Surface area analyzer, UV-Vis, FTIR, and CHNS analyzer which are used for research purpose.

• Integrated M.Sc.

Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)

The Department draws upon some of the brightest minds of the nation as the faculty who work towards building a scientific temper among its equally brilliant students. Well-equipped state of the art laboratories cater to all kinds of training and research needs of the students, and the courses are specifically devised to suit upcoming developments in technology to provide the required orientation and experience. The department has focused on latest technological facility for nano-integrated circuits and embedded system design for diverse applications of communication, microelectronics, computer vision, intelligent instrumentation and advanced signal processing, training students for global careers in challenging environments.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Electrical Engineering (EE)

The Department of Electrical Engineering, since its inception in the year 1961, has been nurturing the talent of the engineering students to make them competitive globally. The curriculum of the department demands rigorous hardwork and creativity. The Department aims at quality education by facilitating a sound foundation in theoretic fundamentals through a combination of good teaching envionment and excellent laboratory & computational facilities. It also provides valuable exposure to industrial and research practices through regular industrial visits and inclusion of students in various research projects. The various labs include the Art and Aesthetic Lab, the CAD Lab, the Product Design and Development Lab and the Creative Automation Lab and is equipped with FARO Arm, 3D Printer, SCARA robot and many other advanced machines.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (EI)

Established in 1992, this specialized branch streaming right out from electrical and electronics engineering deals with measurement, control and automation of processes. NIT Rourkela is one of the few colleges that offer this multi-disciplinary course and has been among the top notch ever since. The branch ensembles an excellent team of highly qualified and experienced faculty members who thrives upon motivating and shaping the students undertaking this course in the most dedicated manner. The course structure of the branch makes its instrumentation engineers fit for both the hardware and the software industry. The carefully planned laboratories and regular industrial visits make our engineers capable of manning and managing almost all process and manufacturing industry such as steel, oil, petrochemical, power and defense production having a separate instrumentation department.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (ER)

The courses offered by the Department are interdisciplinary and applied in nature. NIT Rourkela is the first and only NIT in India to offer a Master's Programme in Development Studies. This programme has been operational from the academic session 2010-11. The Department also offers open elective courses to the engineering students of the institute.

• M.Tech
• M.Sc.
• Integrated M.Sc.

Food Processing Engineering (FP)

The department of food process engineering was established in July 2013. This new department certainly matches with the highest possible academic and research standard of NIT Rourkela. The major focus has been to create a fine blend of theoretical and practical knowledge keeping in mind the industry requirements and creating skilled human resources. The department is equipped with all the latest technological equipment and machinery. The various lab includes Food Chemistry lab, Dairy Processing lab, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration lab, Product Design and Development lab, Fluid Dynamics lab, Food Microbiology lab, Food Grains Processing lab, Unit Operations lab, Heat and Mass transfer lab and is equipped with machines like Spray dryer, Microwave dryer, Infrared dryer, Texture analyser, Hot air dryer, Colorimeter, Orbital shaker, Hammer mill, Turmeric oil expeller, Rotary evaporator, Rice husker, Soxhlet extractor, Rice polisher, etc. Our able faculties expertise in majors such as Transport process and kinetics, Food packaging and storage, Food Nanotechnology, Food properties and post-harvest operations, Food quality and safety, Product Development and Ingredients Innovation, Computer aided design.

• B.Tech

Humanities and Social Sciences (HS)

Established in 1961, Humanities and Social Sciences is a multidisciplinary teaching and research Department dedicated to advancing knowledge with regard to society, culture, language, literature, human psychology and economic development. With the conviction that the perspectives in humanities and social sciences provide purpose and direction to both education and life, the thrust of the department is on the four basic disciplines of English, Psychology, Sociology and Economics.

• MA

Industrial Design (ID)

The Department of Industrial Design, NIT Rourkela was established in 2010 and has shown an exponential growth in last 6 years. Our able faculty members expertise in majors such as product modelling, design and analysis, innovative product design, interaction design, industrial automation, ergonomics, rapid product development and reverse engineering. The Department has the facilities for design, including a CAD (Computer Aided Design)lab, featuring 3D design software like Solid Works 2015, CATIA V6R2014 and MasterCam,an analysis lab with ANSYS 15.0 and other software, an Art and Aesthetics lab whichhouses traditional photo editors,CINTIQ 24 WACOM touch tablet and content creators likeCorel Draw, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe. In addition to it the Department has a Product design and Creative automation lab which includes various high end technological machines and devices like FaroArm Fusion 7-axis, RP System Dimension 3D printer SST 1200es, Aristo 6XT – 6 axis articulated robot and SCARA.

• B.Tech

Life Sciences (LS)

The Department of Life Science was established in year 2009 with a new dimension of human science development and its implications on Scientific, Technical and Economic infrastructure of the country. It has got robust infrastructure consisting of sophisticated laboratories of 'Biochemistry and epigenetic, microbiology, cell and cancer biology, protein biotechnology, RNAi and bioinformatics, food microbiology and immunology with well-equipped instruments to carry out research work. Department is first among all the NITs to run projects on understanding bio-film formation quorum sensing during bioremediation. It recently got a DBT sponsored project. Other research areas being covered are cancer biology, epigenetic, Lipid as a signalling molecule, biochemistry tissue engineering, drug/vaccine delivery, biotechnology, aquatic biotechnology, ecology, biodiversity, biomedical engineering. The department has published papers in reputed journals.

• Integrated M.Sc.

Department of Mathematics (MA)

The department of Mathematics came into existence in 1965 and has been offering 5-year integrated and 2-year Post Graduate M. Sc. courses and doctoral research program which contain both core and applied aspects of mathematics. The department also has its own library and students can avail different books. The highly qualified faculties and talented students publish a good number of research papers over a wide area of applied mathematics. Research includes various inter-related areas like algebraic topology, boundary value problem, operations research number and computational mathematics.

• Integrated M.Sc.

Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Since its inception in 1961, the department has been nurturing its talent through its courses complying with the recent technological developments and specialized labs. It has some of the nation’s uniquely qualified faculties who mentor the students in their endeavor to stand up to themselves and flourish as the torch-bearers of tomorrow’s industrial evolution.The department is equipped with laboratory facilities like CAD/CAM, mechanical vibrations, CFD, precision engineering, Industrial Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Hydraulic machines, Heat transfer, Automobile Combustion engines, metal machining, non-conventional machining and metal forming. The Department has close scientific & technical relationships with industrial majors like SAIL, OCL, L&T, TATA Steel, TATA Refractories Limited, BOCL, NALCO, etc.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MM)

Established in 1963, The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering stands firm in its commitment to producing the finest metallurgical engineers in the country. Equipped with sophisticated instruments in the Process Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy and Advanced Materials Laboratories, it also boasts of other high quality machineries have been added to carry out research. The Department has been carrying out research and innovative technological development in core areas of material science. The Department is actively pursuing research by inviting a number of industries; the likes of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), Tata Steel, Dalmia Research Institute and Orissa Cement Limited. Faculty members and students often publish high impact factor articles in various journals of international repute.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Mining Engineering (MN)

The Department of Mining Engineering boasts the modern and sophisticated equipments for physical experimentation viz. DTA, AAS, Computer Controlled Compression Testing Machine, Digital Bomb Calorimeter, UV-visible Spectrophotometer, GPS, total Station etc. It also has the latest computing facilities with state-of-the-art software like Surpac, Flac 2D & 3D, Udec, Galena, Labview, Ventsim, Petrasim, Whittle, ArcGIS etc. It houses state of the art laboratories on Rock Mechanics and Ground Control, Geo-Mechanics, Mining Geology, Mine Surveying, Mine Environment and Safety, Mineral Processing and Solid Fuel. With diversified research interests, the department undertakes a number of MHRD, NIRM, CSIR and DST sponsored projects every year. The department also provides consultancy services to Singareni Coalfield Collieries Limited, SAIL RMD, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd., NALCO, ShapoorjiPallonji and Co. Ltd, Manganese Ore of India Ltd., Hindustan Zinc Ltd. and Coal India Limited.

• B.Tech
• Dual Degree
• M.Tech

Planning and Architecture (PA)

The Department of Planning and Architecture (PA) was established in 2013 with the objective of amalgamating the aesthetics and technology together into a piece of art, in a creative way, not only to fulfil the societal need of shelter and to solve the infrastructure problem but also to take care of the emerging concern of energy and environmental issues. The department is providing multidisciplinary research and teaching programmes in the field of architecture and planning. The faculty members have diverse research interests and they conduct basic and applied research in the area of Sustainable Architecture, Energy Efficient Architecture, Green Architecture, Acoustics, Illumination, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Planning, Transportation Planning, Infrastructure Planning, Environmental Planning and Housing.

• B.Arch

Department of Physics and Astronomy (PH)

The department provides excellent opportunities for education & research in a wide spectrum of areas in Physics through its well-received under-graduate engineering, Master's (integrated 5-year & 2-year) & Doctorate program. The department has well equipped laboratories such as X-Ray Lab, Soft Condensed Matter Lab, Thin Film Lab, Electro Ceramic Lab, Cryomagnetic Lab, Spectroscopy lab, Composite Lab and Computational Physics Lab. The department has also collaborated with DRDO, UGCDAE, DST-FIST, CSR, DPT, NGC, UGC- DAE –CSR (Kolkata), UGC-DAE (IUAC- New Delhi), MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FOREST, and NEW DELHISTIO with Penn State, USA for research. Last year the department organized a national seminar on condensed matter physics with great success.

• Integrated M.Sc.

School of Management (SM)

The newly established School of Management is the latest jewel added to NITR's crown of departments. Its objective is to develop managerial innovation and leadership talent of the students and to build a system driven approach on management techniques and prepare students for business challenges. The school offers a two year post-graduate program in Business Administration (MBA) and subsequent research activities. The department focuses on value based teaching, learning environment, action-oriented research and consulting industries by developing a strong academic industry interface. In addition to professional expertise, the department gives more emphasis on training students for collaboration and teamwork through the development of human relations skills.

• Marketing
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Operations
• Systems and IT

• MBA