NIT Rourkela is located in the Howrah-Mumbai and Ranchi-Bhubaneswar main railway routes, and also well connected to all parts of the country by road and rail. The institute is at a distance of about 7 km from the railway station. The campus of the institute consisting of the institute buildings, halls of residence and staff colony is situated at the eastern end of Rourkela, beyond Sector-1 over an area of 462 hectares of land provided by the Government of Orissa. The closest domestic airport to Rourkela is Ranchi at a distance of 172 kilometers. Rourkela also has a private airport maintained by SAIL. NIT Rourkela is one of the 30 National Institutes of Technology in India and has been recognized as an Institute of National Importance with the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007.

• A pass in 10+2 or its equivalent.
• For all programs: Minimum 50% aggregate in Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry.

• Admissions are made through JEE Mains rank followed by counselling.

• Students placed in top companies.
• Ranked among 'top 10 Government T-schools' in Dataquest-CMR Survey 2015.
• Recognized as Institute of National Importance by Government of India.
• Deemed University by UGC.
• NBA accredited for Engineering programs.
• Faculty participated in research projects sponsored by bodies like ISRO, UGC, DST, DRDO etc.
• Collaboration with leading MNCs like Microsoft, Accenture, TCS, IBM, etc.
• Promotes innovation and entrepreneurship among students.

• Pre placement talks.
• Written test.
• Group discussion.
• Personality development programme.
• On campus interview

• Accenture
• Airtel
• Amdocs
• Aricent
• Ashok Leyland
• Bajaj
• Coal India

• Ranked 9th in DQ-CMR , Top T-Schools, 2015.
• Ranked 7th among Top Engineering Colleges of Super Excellence by CSR-GHRDC Survey - 2015.
• Ranked 12th in India (1st among all NITS) and 1621 Globally among overall Institutes of World in Webometrics ranking of world Universities.
• Ranked no.1 Among All NITS-EDU-RAND Survey For 2014-15.
• Ranked 2nd among all NITs and 13th overall amongst a number of reputed technical institutes from all over India including the IITs.
• Outstanding Engineering Institute(East)” – ABP News in 2014
• DNA-ZEE news ranked SRM universities among the top universities in India.

• The central library with about 59,000 books and 15,000 back volumes of periodicals.
• Halls of Residence for the accommodation of children.
• Sports and Fitness facilities with cricket ground and hockey stadium.
• Swimming pool.
• Canteens.
• Health centre.
• Post office.
• Banks with ATM centres.
• Shopping centre.
• Guest houses.