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NIT Rourkela Reviews on Placements, Faculty and Facilities
Rourkela, OdishaAutonomous UniversityEstd 1961NAAC Grade
What Students Say
Likes
- It offers a great placement after the course completion, companies like microsoft, amazon google, flipkart and other companies like goldman sachs come to recruit new freshers in their companies and even offer internships as well.
- The fests conducted in our college are worth enjoying and marvelous talent is encouraged.
- No fees hike policy.cost to study is a bit high for a government organisation but it's worth it.scholarship opportunities financial assistance and job opportunities are very satisfactory over here.
Dislikes
- The scholarship availability should not be below 5 lakh.. it should be a larger number beacuse 5 lakh income is lower income than a lower middle class family.
- The faculty advisor is a very rude and strict person who doesn't understand the student's problems.
- Placements for lower branches are not that good and being a remote area more companies are not coming to college
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Why To Join NIT Rourkela - Reviews & Rating
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Likes
- I like the college friends, my friend and the overall competition.
Placement Experience:
For campus placement students are eligible from the 4th year(7th semester) and for internships, they are available from the 3rd year(5th semester). Many reputed companies visit the campus such as Microsoft, Mercedes, TATA, TVS, Vendata, etc for branch-specific students.
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Likes
- Lush green and humongous campus . Classrooms equipped with good acs
- Clubs - cyborg the robotics and automation club
- Fests - innovision , Cosmo, nitrutsav , roots
Dislikes
- The 85% attendance policy is quite cruel on students
- The attendance grade back policy is something I am afraid of
- The students are forced to return to their hostels by 12 am and all canteens close by 1 am/ very less or no night life
Placement Experience:
Students become eligible for internships in their 5th semester and for job placements in their 7th semester
Famous companies that visit nitr - oracle , Texas instruments, Microsoft , Qualcomm , tata steel , bajaj auto , itc ...
My plans after getting a degree are not quite clear with respect to what I'll be doing in future :/
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Likes
- Campus is very huge and student can explore as much as they want.
- Classrooms filled Projectors and Air Conditioners. Some rooms also have digital whiteboards for better and futuristic interactions.
- Professors are very good (at least in Mechanical Branch).
Dislikes
- Hostel maintanance can definitely be improved which is happening slowly.
Placement Experience:
The internship opportunities are available from the start of 3rd year when the companies visit the campus for internships. They come for placements in the 4th year starting. some companies take offline interviews and some take online.
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- Academic Excellence: The zeal to accomplish more and more
- Infrastructure: The institute boasts state-of-the-art infrastructure
- Placements: The institute has a strong track record of Placements
Dislikes
- Attendance: Strict attendance policy to get minimum of 85% attendance .
- Remote Location: The campus is situated in a relatively remote location, which may pose challenges in terms of access to urban amenities
- Limited Social Scene: Being in a somewhat secluded area, the social scene outside academic activities might be limited .
Placement Experience:
Students are eligible for Internships provided by campus in 3rd year and for Full Time Placements in 4th year.
Total 330 companies visited in the year with 1534 offers. With an average salary of 12.95 LPA. And highest salary of 60 LPA
On average more than 98 percentage of students get placed.
My plan is to gain some experience in the industry level for some years befor moving on to somewhere else
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Likes
- Here we have so many clubs that you can explore almost any and everything in your collage life. Also, we have tech fest and culteral fest which futher encourages students to participate in these.
- The Seniors here are really helpful for preparing for collage internships or palcements. Aslo the collage will assign you a Mentor who will be a guide for you from the very 1st year.
- Green and lust campus is really beautiful and you will feel the true and pure nature.The infarasture is also quite fabulous.
Dislikes
- Here in NIT rourkela you have 85% attendence policy. So, if fail to maintain that you will be getting a gradeback In worst case you will be debarred
- Few faculties have no interest in making the students learn. they are just boring.
- And the collage is far away from the main town which increses the travel cost
Placement Experience:
After complition of 6th semester, companies start visting our collage. Most of the top companies visit our collage like microsoft, amazon, barcleys etc. more 90% of students are placed from every branch. Here, the highest package is 83.60 Lacks CTC and median BTech Package is 13 lakh. After Btech most of the students opt for placements and few opt for higher studies(research) and some prepare for competitive exams like GATE, UPSE and CAT.
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- Join in nit Rourkela will be the best choice ever made .i thought to choose cse in nit Rourkela but due to low rank i didn't got so I was through to take cse in kiit but still I take civil in nit Rourkela because I heard good infrastructure about
Dislikes
- No one literally no one believe that nit r is such an awestrucking place, without themselves coming to this wonderland ,worth mentioning it's better than any many itts and almost all nits,still it is one of the unsung institute of India . sometimes
Placement Experience:
Nit Rourkela's placement season saw a record-high average of 12.95 lakhs CTC and the highest package being 53.9 lakhs per annum. a total of 1,534 offers were made by 330 companies and 24 students received offers of over 50 lakhs package.
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Likes
- I liked fest which will held in every year.
- Time management that is not enough for us.
- Overall campus Life is good neat and clean campus.
Dislikes
- Time management is not enough for us.
- Some Times proper food didn't get properly.
- Lots of heavy work load, assignment and others.
Student Snaps:
Placement Experience:
The college provides internships as well as placement. Most of the students get a good package of placement. And set their life. Other students try for off-campus and other government job. Overall packages are good.
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Likes
- People of different cultures and quite good mindset
- Green campus, hostel facatilies ,club for almost every thing
Dislikes
- Humidity here you see humidity than the other place
Course Curriculum Overview:
The course curriculum is kind of standard and the faculty is not very good. I chose the math course for better placement and also for improvement of my learning and this a good place to have. here is 2 exam that have to happen one is mid and the other end sem
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Course Curriculum Overview:
The M.Tech program at NIT Rourkela features a well-structured curriculum with a mix of core and elective courses. The faculty members are experienced and well-qualified. I selected this program for its Ph.D. or equivalent degrees and es academic reputation, industry connections, and research opportunities. NIT Rourkela maintains a favorable faculty-to-student ratio, ensuring individualized attention and guidance. The faculty holds mploys a practical, application-oriented teaching approach. Term exams are typically conducted on schedule, and pass difficulty varies by course, with ample support provided for success.
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Likes
- College cultural and environment are just awesome
- Fest , tech fest enhance our skill upliftment
- Campus life is good too hear to many fun is there
Dislikes
- crowd as so many people are there so that environment is crowdy
- Forest area are all there so there fear in wildlife commmunities
- Cycling stand are not properly there so many stuffs are disturbing there
Course Curriculum Overview:
Because I'm interested in this course and I want to explore the subject.
24:145 is the ratio of faculty and student ratio.
The teachers are well qualified and knowledgeable too.
they help in every step whenever we need them.
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NIT Rourkela: 1 Answered Question
What is your review of National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NIT-RKL)?
Akriti Banerjeelives in New Delhi
A friend at NIT Rourkela gave me a detailed review of her college the last time she visited me. Here are some highlights from her descriptive experience
- NIT Rourkela has a huge, serene, and well-secured campus.
- The institute has diverse clubs that promote extracurricular activities and their performance is better than most clubs of other engineering colleges.
- Decent Internet speed is offered and the Dc++ is well maintained.
- The hostels are well-maintained and decked with all the basic amenities one could ask for.
- Students are actively involved in sports such as gymming and swimming.
- The faculties are a mixed bag. Some are underqualified and lethargic while some motivate you to become a better person.
- The institute boasts of an extensive entrepreneurship culture.
- The institute needs to work on increasing its alumni base and the level of fests it organizes given the huge income the institute generates.
- The placement scenario varies from branch to branch. It's decent for branches like CS while pathetic for others.
- Rourkela does not have any places to explore and also lacks flight connectivity.
- The city of Rourkela is one of the cleanest places so hygiene is not an issue here.
These were some snippets from the detailed experience shared by my friend. Hope this helped you.
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