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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
These insights are automatically extracted from student reviews
Why To Join NIT Rourkela - Reviews & Rating
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Likes
- The faculty. Food processing has lovely teachers and my peers are supportive as well
Dislikes
- The hostels, need improvement. The curriculum for the first years also needs to be reimagined .
Placement Experience:
Placements depend on individual performance and skills. You can't expect to just enter college and expect jobs to fly into your hand. You have to work for it. The facilities are there. Learning to make use of them is another matter entirely.
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- People are from all around India, so diversity is found.
- Ragging free environment is established.
- It's a really big campus and the environment is very calm.
Dislikes
- It's very hot in summer, freezing in winter and floody in rain.
- The mess food sucks here. Especially the VS Hall.
- Faculties are carefree. Come and slide their slides and leave. Not everyone though.
Placement Experience:
From the 7th semester, students are eligible for campus placements. There are over 100 companies that offer jobs. The highest package is 80LPA while the average is 12LPA. Over 90% get placements. I plan for a job after my studies.
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- Campus life is very good at NIT. You can explore a range of activities and know the actual area of your interests to work ahead.
- Infrastructure is quite amazing. You have proper build labs for research facilities and well occupied classrooms.
- Placements is also very good at NIT with renowned companies visiting every year and recruits well number of students.
Dislikes
- The mess food sometimes is not upto the mark.
- The size of the room we're given in 1st year was very small and pretty congested for 2 students
Placement Experience:
The placement cell of our campus is very good. Around 6th semester, you will be asked to sit for campus placements. There are quite a good number of companies visiting our campus such as Airtel, Accenture, Amazon and other well-renowned companies visit our campus for recruitment. The highest on-campus package varies each and every year from 45 LPA to more than 60 LPA and the average package remains around 10 to 15 LPA. More than 90% of students getting placed in companies are from circuital branches and core placements are also good on our campus.
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Placement Experience:
My college has really good placements with an avg of 14lpa. Students sit in placements from the beginning of the 4th year. Almost all good companies visit our college. This year's highest package was 81lpa by Atlassian.
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Likes
- The professors are really helpful. But, one has to put efforts and also approach them.
- Seniors guide properly and are also very helpful.
- There are a vast number of clubs here and can learn a lot just than academics.
Dislikes
- Frequent power cuts, especially a night before the examination.
- Food is not good in the hostels. Which is the same story everywhere I guess.
- The climate is very much extreme. Extreme winters(3-4 degree celsius) and extreme summers(45 degree celsius).
Student Snaps:
Placement Experience:
As per the placement report 2022, the highest package offered to B tech and M tech students during NIT Rourkela placements stood at INR 48.84 Lakhs per annum and INR 46.08 Lakhs per annum respectively.
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Likes
- Campus life along with big green campus.
- Excellent placement in all fields also internship.
- Amaging guide by faculty members and seniors .
Dislikes
- 85% attendance which makes academic hactic.
- Very few core companies visit students of core branches are places in no core fields.
Placement Experience:
Different companies starts visit our College from 7th sem for internship as well as campus placement.companies like Amazon ,Google , Microsoft, Deloitte, Accenture,Wipro,TCS, and many other companies visit with a good amount of offers.Almoat 95% of the students are placed through campus placement.After getting degree I will got for MBA from IIM's.
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Likes
- Night cricket matches, which are exiting and thrilling
- GD Birla hall of residence Night canteen
- Roaming in campus with friends at night and chilling.
Dislikes
- 1st year academics was a bit though because exams were coming just after few days .
- 85% attendance policy of the college which makes acadmic a bit tough
- Night canteen of VS hall is the worst night canteen in college.
Placement Experience:
Placement totally depends on the hard work of students.
Most of the companies visit our campus, so it's easy to get a job from campus.
The average package of college is around 9.13 lpa. Which is quite good.
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Likes
- Nit rourkela is a mind blowing place for learning along with whole development. During the weekends you can utilize most of time in playgrounds
Course Curriculum Overview:
I chose this course for b.tech.
faculty: student ratio is 10%.
All faculties are qualified teachers he did his Ph.D. course. And the teaching method is well.
The term exam is done at his proper time. And if I study properly the easy to pass.
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Likes
- Huge campus so, almost all facilities are available.
- The classrooms are quite good as its a smart ons.
- There is greenery everywhere so it is a good environment to live.
Dislikes
- The food quality in the campus is pathetic.
- Mostly the available accessories available in the campus has a high price comparing to the outside.
- The professors are not so interactive that we can clear all of our doubts at once. vl
Course Curriculum Overview:
From the beginning, I was interested in an engineering degree and furthermore, when I saw this Institute in my hometown, it became the definite option for me. There are in total around 10 subs including the practical and accordingly profs are allotted. For some particular subjects which include sub-division, more than one facility was allotted. They are highly qualified from most institutions and taught as I'm the very easy way. The examination was not so easy to pass it's a bit difficult to score.
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Likes
- Beautiful Campus , lecture halls , gardens
- sports and club culture is great u get exposure
- fest's are so many and all are lit ! You enjoy explore and explode
Dislikes
- Over emphasis on CGPA and academics which affect placement too
- 85% attendance compulsion criteria to pass a course
- Bad condition of hostels , 1 seaters are made 2 seaters
Student Snaps:
Placement Experience:
More than 900+ companies come students get eligible after 6th sem , biggies like Microsoft ,apple, Samsung , ey , delloite, google , snapdragon etc etc. , around 95% students get placed who get eligible for placement. My plan is if I get a good placement then OK or CAT ..MBA
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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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