Detailed and HONEST review of NIT Rourkela

The curriculum for the 1st year is stereotypical. They teach basic concepts collected from every branches. Some subjects like EVS , Biology , polymer seem really boring. Whereas subjects like Mathematics , Basic Electronics and Basic Electrical engineering are very interesting. They teach C language in Basic programming. But in this AI era they should shift towards python . it is the opinion of most of the students.

The students apply for internships during the summer break in 2nd year based on their skills. But the college provides mandatory internship in 3rd year. Yes, they are quite helpful for the interviews and essential to know the corporate life.

This year over 300 companies visited our college and made over 1300 job offers. The highest placement was 1.2cr/year made by an IT company to an Electronics and Instrumentation Branch student. The average package of out institute is around 12LPA and in the CS branch it is around 18LPA. Almost 95% students got placed this year and this is a general trend every year.

*The total fees per semester is ?111500 except for the 1st semester. (Yearly ?223000 , for 1st year ?248000) *For the 1st sem the fees is ?136500 which includes the one time admission fees of ?25000. *For the SC & ST students and the students whose family income is less than 1Lakh/year , their tution fees of ?62500 per semester is weivered. *For the students whose family income is between 1Lakh and 5Lakh/year , the tution is weivered by 66%. Here is the breakdown of the Total fees/year:- Tution fees- 125000 Mess fees- 60000 Hostel Rent fees - 10000 Hall Establishment fees - 10000 Student Activity and medical fees- 8000 Maintenance fees- 10000 So Totally- 223000/year *Yes The college does provide scholarships to meritorious students on the basis of their performances in the exams.

The campus life is quite enjoyable and remarkable. So The Student Activity Center(SAC) conducts 4 notable fests in every academic year. The Cosmopolitan Fest- Cultural Fest held in end of October The Innovision - Technological fest held in beginning of November The Vriddhi - Sports Fest- held in the month of January The NITRutsav - The Annual fest of NIT-R - held in the month of March. *Our college is full of clubs and social groups. Some of the notable Clubs are APS(Algorithmic & Programming Society) , ML4E(Machine Learning for Everyone) , different song and dance clubs and many more.

The Mess food is not bad. It is adjustable. But we deserve better quality food as we are paying 60k/yearly. The rooms provided to the students in 1st year is double sharing rooms. NOT at all spacious. We have to adjust it forcefully.

After getting a decent rank in JEE Mains, the first college which striked my mind was NIT Rourkela. Although the branch I got was quite astonishing adn unexpected. I chose this college because of its rich history and heritage. Its placement stats are quite decent and attracts most of the students. As I am also a native Odia, it was nearest to my hometown, so it was also a secondary reason to choose this college.

So we have ABSOLUTE grading system here. Some faculties are really friendly and co operative whereas some are typical professors shown in the movies. It's not that hard to qualify in an exam but yes if someone neglects throughout the sem it is obvious that they will fail undoubtedly. The 100 mark breakdown is as follows- 30 in the mid sem 50 in the end sem 20 in Class test & TA marks(based on class performance)

So the 1st year students are assigned VS Hall Of residence hostel. Our campus is completely ragging free. Every hostels are accompanied with gyms tv room study room and respective mess. The library is the main attraction of our college. It has over 20k+ books within it. The famous hang out places in the campus are The Hexagon , The Dosa Plaza , Main Academic Building, DTS . Some places like The park , The PLUTONE & Forum Galleria malls are the hang out places outside the campus.