Rourkela is the second largest metropolitan city in the state of Orissa with a population of more than 5 lakh people and it is the most cosmopolitan city in the state. Rourkela is well-connected through train service between Mumbai and Howrah. As far as education in this city is concerned, the Indian Institute of Technology at Rourkela is ranked among the top five IITs in India.

In the recent years, the institute is showing a much better progress as compared to other IITs in India. The city has many other private colleges as well and the list of government colleges offering education in the city of Rourkela is given below:

Engineering College:

• National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

• Government Autonomous College, Rourkela

• Government College, Rourkela

• S.G. Women’s College, Rourkela

Junior Colleges:

• Government Junior College, Rourkela

• S.G. Women’s Junior College, Rourkela

Some of the details regarding these colleges are given below:

Engineering College:

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela was previously called as Regional Engineering College and this was established by the Government of India. The list of courses offered by National Institute of Technology, Rourkela is given below:

• Bachelor of Technology in

o Electronics & Communication Engineering

o Ceramic Engineering

o Chemical Engineering

o Civil Engineering

o Computer Science & Engineering

o Electrical Engineering

o Mechanical Engineering

o Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

o Mining Engineering

o Chemistry

o Mathematics

o Physics

• Master of Technology in

o Telematics & Signal Processing

o Ceramic Engineering

o Chemical Engineering

o Geotechnical Engineering

o Computer Science & Engineering

o Electronics Systems & Communication

o Power Control & Devices

o Thermal Engineering

o Production Engineering

o Machine Design & Analysis

o Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

o Mining Engineering

• Master of Science in

o Chemistry

o Mathematics

o Physics

Admission to the UG courses offered by the institute is done on the basis of the marks secured by the students in the AIEEE examination.

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

Among the Government-run Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges, the Government Autonomous College offers UG courses in arts, science and commerce and PG courses in the faculty of arts alone. Almost all three colleges offer the same subjects in the arts, science and commerce degree courses and the list of courses is given below:

• Bachelor of Arts in

o Sociology

o Psychology

o Political science

o Philosophy

o Oriya

o Mathematics

o History

o Hindi

o English

o Economics

• Bachelor of Science in

o Zoology

o Statistics

o Physics

o Computer science

o Chemistry

o Botany

Admission to these government arts colleges are done based on the marks secured by the students in the higher secondary examination.

Junior Colleges:

Junior colleges also offer UG courses alone in the faculties of arts, science and commerce.

These government-run colleges operating in the city of Rourkela are well-connected through transportation facilities so as to enable students from different parts of the state of Orissa to get the education at the collegiate level and some of these colleges offer job placement assistance as well to the students.