What is a better option, NIT Durgapur for chemical or NIT Rourkela for biotechnology?

The choice of an institute depends on 2 major factors, the credibility of the institute and the branch you are getting. In terms of the worth of the institute NIT Rourkela clearly overpowers NIT Durgapur. NIT Rourkela ranks second in East India after IIT Kharagpur. NIT Rourkela Biotechnology is designed for students whose primary focus is pursuing qualitative research and g for a Masters's or Ph.D. That being said, it has limited job opportunities and the placement percentage is as low as 60%. Moreover, only a handful of core companies make offers and the average CTC offered is in the range of 5 -6 Lakhs. NIT Durgapur Chemical Engineering is a suitable choice if you prioritize placements to research work. Even the core placements are decent here with companies like IOCL, etc visiting the campus during placements. Ultimately, both institutes and branches offer diverse opportunities so you need to consider your inclinations first. If you are a research enthusiast, NIT Rourkela Biotechnology is great but if your first preference is earning money, then go for NIT Durgapur Chemical Engineering.

NIT Rourkela B.Tech Biotechnology: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

Fees (2025 - 2026)	Year 1 (in INR)	Year 2 (in INR)	Year 3 (in INR)	Year 4 (in INR)
Semester	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tuition Fees	INR 62500	INR 62500	INR 62500	INR 62500	INR 62500	INR 62500	INR 62500	INR 62500
Admission Fees	INR 2500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caution Fee *	INR 10000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Convocation Fees	-	-	-	-	-	-	INR 2500	-
Miscellaneous Fees	INR 21500	INR 9000	INR 9000	INR 9000	INR 9000	INR 9000	INR 9500	INR 9000
Semester Wise Fees	INR 96500	INR 71500	INR 71500	INR 71500	INR 71500	INR 71500	INR 74500	INR 71500
Yearly Fees	INR 168000	INR 143000	INR 143000	INR 146000

Fees	Year 1 (in INR)	Year 2 (in INR)	Year 3 (in INR)	Year 4 (in INR)
Tuition Fees	INR 125000	INR 125000	INR 125000	INR 125000
Other Fee	INR 123000	INR 98000	INR 98000	INR 101000
Yearly Fees	INR 248000	INR 223000	INR 223000	INR 226000

Categories (2025)	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
General	23562	24662	24662	24662	24662
SC	3384	4642	4642	4642	4642
ST	1131	1131	1131	1131	1131
OBCNCL	10504	10656	10656	10656	10656
EWS	4242	4248	4248	4248	4248
GeneralPwD	679	1199	3027	3027	3027

Categories	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
General	27533	29422	29422	29422	29495
SC	4251	4251	4251	4251	4251
ST	1973	2276	2276	2276	2276
OBCNCL	10663	11791	11791	11791	12323
EWS	4683	4683	4683	4683	5658
GeneralPwD	422	422	422	422	422
OBC	-	20231	-	-	-

Particulars	2023 (in INR)	2022 (in INR)
Highest Package	2300000.00	2615000.00
Average Package	1055000.00	894000.00
Median Package	1029000.00	775000.00

Ranking Agency	Latest	Previous
	#43 out of 160 (2025) #3rd Odisha	#41 out of 170 (2023)
	#8 out of 175 (2025) #2nd Odisha	#5 out of 175 (2024) #2nd Odisha
	#28 out of 500 (2025) #1st Odisha
	#19 out of 300 (2024) #1st Odisha	#16 out of 200 (2023) #1st Odisha
	#21 out of 30 (2021)	#20 out of 30 (2020) #2nd Odisha
	#12 out of 30 (2021)	#11 out of 30 (2020)
	#14 out of 191 (2020) #1st Odisha	#13 out of 130 (2019) #1st Odisha
	#601-800 out of 800 (2020)	#501-600 out of 800 (2019)

Years (2025 - 2026)	year 1	year 2	year 3	year 4
Semester	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tuition fees	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500
Admission fees	₹2500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caution fee*	₹10000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
convocation fees	-	-	-	-	-	-	₹2500	-
miscellaneous fees	₹21500	₹9000	₹9000	₹9000	₹9000	₹9000	₹9500	₹9000
Semester Wise Fees	₹96500	₹71500	₹71500	₹71500	₹71500	₹71500	₹74500	₹71500
Yearly Fees	₹1.68 Lakhs	₹1.43 Lakhs	₹1.43 Lakhs	₹1.46 Lakhs

The college admission process involves the JEE entrance exam, with choice filling facilitated by JoSAA since 2015. Students can pay fees online or in cash, and document verification occurs on-site. The faculty-to-student ratio is about 1:20, and the faculty is approachable. The course includes five exams, with mid-semester and end-semester exams having the highest weightage. Attendance is strictly monitored, requiring 80% to sit for exams. The semester fee is between INR 70,000 to 80,000, which previously was INR 65,000, with no fee relaxation for reserved categories.

However, the structure now varies by category and family income. Placement is robust, with 95-97% of students securing jobs. The highest on-campus package is 83 LPA, with off-campus offers reaching 1.82 Cr. The average package is 9-10 LPA, and the median CTC is 13.89 LPA. Over 100 companies like TCS, Intel, and Amazon visit annually, making over 800 job offers. Internships start after the 4th semester, offering stipends from Rs.

20,000 to Rs. 1,00,000 per month. Financial aid is based on income, with full waivers for families earning under 1 lakh, and 66.67% waivers for incomes between 1 and 5 lakhs. Loans are available through the on-campus SBI bank. SC/ST/PH students with income under 1 lakh pay about 8.5 lakhs for four years. International students receive full tuition waivers with minimal hostel fees. The college does not offer its own scholarships, but students can access government and private scholarships.

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Events	Dates
Respond to Queries for Special Round 3 Admission [B.Tech]	Aug 22, 2025
Resolution of IAF-II Payment Issues for Special Round 3 Admission [B.Tech]	Aug 22, 2025
Online Reporting, Willingness, Document Upload for Special Round 3 Admission [B.Tech]	Aug 19, 2025 - Aug 21, 2025

Year	1	2	3	4
Tuition fees	₹125000	₹125000	₹125000	₹125000
other fee	₹123000	₹98000	₹98000	₹101000
Yearly Fees	₹2.48 Lakhs	₹2.23 Lakhs	₹2.23 Lakhs	₹2.26 Lakhs

Year	1	2	3	4
Tuition fees	₹125000	₹125000	₹125000	₹125000
other fee	₹123000	₹98000	₹98000	₹101000
Yearly Fees	₹2.48 Lakhs	₹2.23 Lakhs	₹2.23 Lakhs	₹2.26 Lakhs

Specialisation	Package	2023	2022	2021
Biotechnology	Highest Package	₹23.00 Lakhs	₹26.15 Lakhs	₹9.31 Lakhs
Median Package	₹10.29 Lakhs	₹7.75 Lakhs	₹6.00 Lakhs
Average Package	₹10.55 Lakhs	₹8.94 Lakhs	₹5.74 Lakhs

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Soham Parsai

B.Tech, Biotechnology

Reviewed on May 15, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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Year-wise fee break up(general cateory): First year: 208500 rupees which includes tution fees of about 1,70000 development and registration fee of 15000 lab and library fee of 12000 caution money of 10000 and other compulsory charges of 1500 Second to Fourth year: 202500 rupees per year. tution fees of about 165000 dev and registration fees of 15000 lab and library fees of 15000 other charges of 10500 hence the fees for 4 year Btech sums up to about 8,16,000 rupees The fees has been stable for the last 2 3 batches only a minor increase is there in the fees. For SC/ST students the fees is about 1.65 lakh per year that is only tution fees is applied and all other fees are waivered For OBC (non creamy layer) only 10 % of tution fees is waivered Scholarships and financial aid: central sectormerit- cum-means up to rupees 20000 per year for top 10% of batch based on jee rank +family income<8 lakhs

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Praivn Kumar

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Reviewed on Oct 14, 2024(Enrolled 2011)

My Experience as a student at NIT Rourkela

Semester wise fees payment bi annually 1.5 lac per annum including hostel and tutition fees caution money was 10,000 INR State government scholarships are there if you are from reserved category but you have to score cetain threeshold only then you would get scholarship

Sannapu Viswateja

Reviewed on Sep 12, 2024(Enrolled 2024)

NIT Rourkela - A personal perspective

I will be paying 1 lakh per year. In the first semester while counselling process 40000 is needed to be deposited as seat acceptance fee. For students of SC / ST Categories academic fees is completely waived off and they pay only hostel & mess fees. institute also provides fee waiver on basis of parental income. For students having parental income between 1 and 5 lakhs then 66.67% tuition fees is waived off . For students having parental income less than 1 lakh the complete tuition fees is waived off.

Silla Sivasai

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Reviewed on Apr 6, 2024(Enrolled 2021)

A Brief review of NIT Rourkela

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More affordable course fees than some private institutes

Fee differs from person to person. People having reservation benefits can get scholarship directly from the institute itself. Morever, people coming from general or OBC category and having family income less than 1 lakh and 5 lakh will get fee benefits accordingly. Complete cost is about 5 lakhs for 4 years for me. There many scholarships for students such as FFE which they can apply for.

Shivam kumar

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Reviewed on Mar 12, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Enchanted Academia NIT ROURKELA unveile

their are several scholarship program you can apply. also easy to apply for loan we got banks inside ours campus. their is no such tution fee hikes but certanly our mess fees get hikes around 8-10% total fees for 4 yrs including mess and hostel is approx 8.5 lakhs for SC/ST/PH/ having family income less than 1 lakh (only "tution fee" completely exempted) but you need to pay mess and hostel charges . for family income between 1-5 lakhs you need to pay (1/3) of tution fee. so far no stipends are awarded campus don't provide any scholarship but you can fill other scholarship programm

Anjali Abhilipsa

Reviewed on Mar 5, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

NIT Rourkela

tuition fee irrespective of gender for general students is above one lakh per semester, for obc students it is sixty thousand per semester and for sc st students it is forty thousand per semester. i am a general student, i give 2 lakhs per year, so the total cost i will be bearing in btech course will be more than 8 lakhs, but there are many of students whose in just 3 lakhs the entire 4 years will be gone. The neighbouring students of bhutan, nepal and bangladesh get scholarships, they dont pay tuition fees at all just the hostel charges and mess fees of very less amount like ten thousan or fifteen thousand.

Paromita

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Reviewed on Dec 23, 2023(Enrolled 2021)

Life as a NIT student

I have to pay no fees to study in here. I am under ICCR scholarship which provides me with free tuition fee, mess fee and hostel fee with 18k stipend per month. Its very opportunistic. And i am engaged in projects for now

Rahulso chikro

Reviewed on Jul 10, 2023(Enrolled 2022)

Good will

First, we have to register for sem after that we get time for fee submission. At starting fee include the mess fee, hostel fee, medical fee, etc. We get financial help for fees through scholarships like nsp etc.

Ashish Yadav

Reviewed on Jul 8, 2023(Enrolled 2021)

NIT Rourkela's Campus Of delight

Tution Fee: 125000 per year Mess fee: 35000 per year Medical fee: 4000 per year SAC fee: 4000 per year There are other fees also. Total fees is around 200000-225000 per year Fee waiver on income based Upto 1lac income: 100% waiver on tution fee Upto 5 lac income: 2/3rd waiver on tution fee Above 5 lac income: No waiver There are many scholarship opportunities and college will inform about them time to time.

Rakesh Kumar barik

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Reviewed on Jul 7, 2023(Enrolled 2022)

Life in nit

There is not much scholarship from the institute but the central government and state government can provide many scholarships irrespective of your college. Fees are too high 2lakhs per annum. It is unbearable to pay such kind of fees.