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 Durgapur B.Tech Chemical Engineering: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

Course Highlights	Details
duration	4 Years (Full Time)
course level	UG (Degree)
mode of study	On Campus
total fees	₹ 6.48 Lakhs
median package	₹ 11.24 Lakhs
eligibility	10+2 with 75% + JEE Main
entrance test	JEE Main

College	B.Tech Chemical Engineering Total Fees
NIT Trichy	₹ 6.52 Lakhs
NIT Durgapur	₹ 6.48 Lakhs
NIT Surathkal	₹ 6.02 Lakhs
NIT Warangal	₹ 5.45 Lakhs

Fee Type	Total Amount (INR)
tuition fee	₹5 Lakhs
caution fee*	₹10,000
other fee	₹1.38 Lakhs
total academic fee	₹6.48 Lakhs
hostel fee	₹24,800
total fee	₹6.73 Lakhs

Events	Dates
JEE Main 2026 Registration	Oct 15, 2025 - Nov 25, 2025 Ongoing
JEE Main 2026 Exam Date	Jan 22, 2026 - Jan 30, 2026
JEE Main 2026 Result	Feb 19, 2026

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

Events	Dates
JEE Main 2026 Registration	Oct 15, 2025 - Nov 25, 2025 Ongoing
JEE Main 2026 Exam Date	Jan 22, 2026 - Jan 30, 2026
JEE Main 2026 Result	Feb 19, 2026

** Admission to NIT Durgapur for courses like Chemical Engineering is through the JEE Mains examination, followed by the JOSAA counseling process. The process involves up to 8 rounds of seat allotment, starting in June after JEE Mains results. The college has about 250 faculty members, with a faculty-to-student ratio of 1:50. Most professors hold advanced degrees and have significant industrial experience, although teaching methods are sometimes seen as outdated.

The fee structure is income-based: families earning below Rs. 1 lakh pay Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 10,000 per semester, those earning between Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakhs pay Rs. 28,000 to Rs. 33,000, while those earning above Rs. 5 lakhs pay Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 70,000. SC/ST students have their tuition fees waived. The college also offers scholarships and facilitates education loans. Placement records are strong, with 75-90% of students placed annually.

In 2023, the highest package was 81 LPA, and the average package was around 11-13.64 LPA, with 116 companies visiting the campus. Major recruiters include Microsoft, Amazon, and Tata Steel. While placement rates are high in IT and computer science, core branches see fewer placements. Internships starting from the 5th semester offer stipends ranging from INR 10,000 to 1.5 lakh per month. The college provides various scholarships for economically weaker sections and minority students, including through the National Scholarship Portal.

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Specialisation	Package	2024	2023	2022
Chemical Engineering	Highest Package	-	₹18.95 Lakhs	₹13.00 Lakhs
Median Package	₹11.24 Lakhs	₹9.08 Lakhs	₹8.00 Lakhs
Average Package	-	₹9.12 Lakhs	₹8.17 Lakhs

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Ashish Kumar

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B.Tech, Chemical Engineering

Reviewed on Oct 17, 2025(Enrolled 2025)

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62500 rupees tution fee 2300 hostel fee 46000 message fee 5000 hostel caution money Training and placement fee 4000 Convocation fee 800 Examination fee 1200 Laboratory fee 200 Library fee 1200 Institute development fee 10000

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Avinish

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Reviewed on May 23, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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listen first of all i am giving you the fees structure for general student first year income greater than 5 lakh and for first year only 1.tution fees = 62500 2.admission fees = 3500(one time) 3. institute caution moeny= 10K(refundable) 4.convocation fees = 1K 5. alumni activity fee = 1K 6. institute development fee = 2K 7.training and placement fee = 1500 8.laboratory fee = 2K 9. library charge = 1200 10. computing and internet charge = 3K 11. examination fee = 1200 12. electricity and water charge = 1700 13. student activity fund = 2500 14. insurance premium,health = 1500 now hostel related fees 1. hostel seat rent = 10k 2. hostel establishment charge = 1500 3. hostel caution money(refundable) = 5K 4. mess charge = as aplicable means not fixed so total fees will be 1,11,100 now if your income is less than 1 lakh or your category is sc,st,pwd then your tution fees means 62,500 will remit 2.if your family income is between 1 and 5 lakh then 2/3 of 62500 will remit. 3. if your family income is greater than 5 lakh then no remission i personally think that this fees is not so much as compared to other nits

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Reviewed on Jan 7, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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The Fees of this college is quite high and not affordable for many students

The fees is very high it is around 8.5 lakh though it it a government college still it is expensive. The tuition fees is fixed which is 62500 for each semester.There is fee waiver for sc/st category of 100% tuition fee waived and for those whose family income is Between 1-5 lakh there 75% tuition fee is waived

Raghav Maheshwari

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Reviewed on Jan 4, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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The fee structure can be broadly divided into two categories, one is the tution fees and the other is the charges for the hostel and the mess. The tution fees is further divided into three categories. For families having income more than Lakh, the tution fees is 62500. For 1lakh to 5lakh, 2/3rd of tution fees is waived off and for less than 1 lakh, there is no tution fees. The mess fees is 17000

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Yearwise I pay approx 1 lakh , The tution fees is approximately be 66000 along with other charges of 30000.For SC,ST Category and people having family income less than 1 lakh have full fee waiverand have to pay 30000 only.

Ritiksh Kumar Singh

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Reviewed on Nov 2, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

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In nit durgapur 1st semester fees will be 113100 including caution money and excluding mess fees and in 2nd semester fees will be 82800 including caution money and excluding mess fees. So, total 1 year fees will be approx. 2lakhs. In this tuition fees - 62500 per semester Caution fees - 5000 per semester (refundable) Admission fees- 3500 only in first semester Development fees - 10000 only in first semester Lab fees - 2000 per semester Library fees - 1200 per semester Electricity and water fees - 1700 per semester Maintenance fees -1700 per semester Health care fees - 1000 per semester There will be 100% scholarship in tuition fees for SC ST and PWD students For GENERAL EWS there will be scholarship according to annual income. Mess fees - 24600 per semester including 5000 caution money (refundable). Mess and hostel fees is for all students.

Suchismita Pal

Reviewed on May 17, 2024(Enrolled 2019)

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Placement is top notch.For CS,it,ece,ee, mechanical engineering courses opportunities are much more.

Fee structure includes regular course fee, security deposit,hostel charges,wifi, library charges,exam charges, sports and other extracurricular activity charges,mess charge,caution money deposit and few other charges. College does provide scholarships to students whose family income is less than 5 lakhs per annum and whose family income is less than 1 lakh,they get some extra scholarships.

Mudavath Santhosh naik

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Reviewed on Mar 4, 2024(Enrolled 2021)

Student life at NIT durgapur

i have to pay 0 tution fees.but other than ST have to pay 67000 per semster.. the complete cost is rs 400000.. the compulsory cherges are for hostel and mess at last you recieve your caution money back 100000/- i get Nsp scholarship every year 800000.for laptop bill also you get money,,

Rahul Dev

Reviewed on Mar 3, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

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Tuition fee is:62500rs per semester but if u comes under SC, st or those who have family annual Income less then 1lakh so they will have fee wavier of tuition fee. They have to fee only academic fee and Hostel and mess fee. Which is overall 40k per semester. After that some scholarship is also there for state wise. Which u can check on nsp(National scholarship portal) website.

GALIPELLY SRIRAM

Reviewed on Feb 27, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

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The annual fee structure of our is around 1,37,000. It is different for different courses like for M.Tech in NIT Durgapur it actually cost 94,000. For MBA in NIT Durgapur is 96,000. And people who pursue their PhD fee is around 65,000. But our college also provides scholarships according to merits of students and reversevation based scholarships are also provided.