NIT Rourkela News & Updates 2025 - Notifications, Notice, Result

221 M.Tech Seats Vacant at NIT Rourkela: Indian Institute of Technology, Rourkela has released 221 M.Tech vacant seats 2025. Interested and eligible candidates can apply with or without GATE score to any course/program of their preference. For convenience, the vacancies have been mentioned here. According to the vacancies announced, the highest number of vacancies is for Mechanical Engineering, i.e., 56, combining all programmes, i.e., Thermal Engineering, Mechanical Systems and Design Control, Manufacturing and Automation Engineering, and Industrial Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering. Check out the vacancies for all other courses below, which have been provided for all categories.

CSAB NIT Rourkela Cutoff Rank 2025: CSAB opening and closing ranks for NIT Rourkela has been released. NIT Rourkela will provide a seat for engineering for the ranks between 7000 and 480000 in the CSAB counselling for various engineering courses like CSE, Electrical, Civil, etc.  

JEE Main NIT Rourkela Expected Cutoff Percentile 2025: To seek admission into NIT Rourkela, candidates need to meet JEE Main cutoff percentile 2025 for their desired course. Till the cutoff is released for the courses which will be different from each other, candidates can refer to the table below to have an idea of what the cutoff can be. While the number might differ, the cutoff for Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is expected to be the highest for both HS and OS quotas. The highest cutoff is likely to be for Chemistry among the OS quota, and Mathematics among the HS quota. 

NIT Rourkela Highest Package 2024-25: NIT Rourkela placement 2024-25 has been held and as per the reports, 1316 job offers were given to the students. The NIT Rourkela highest package 2024-25 was Rs. 1.20 Crores and over 53+ students received salary packages higher than Rs. 30 LPA. The NIT Rourkela highest salary package in 2024 has been increased compared to Rs. 83.60 LPA offered in the previous year's placements 2023. Along with the highest salary offer, two other students received handsome salary packages ranging from Rs. 80 LPA to a little under Rs. 1.20 Crore per year. The average Cost to Company (CTC) across all programmes was Rs. 12.89 LPA. The Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering department had the highest average CTC, at Rs. 19.08 LPA, followed by the Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering departments, with average CTCs of Rs. 18.31 LPA and Rs. 18 LPA, respectively.

The NIT Rourkela placement 2024 campaign involved 342 organizations, with approximately 40% of them being first-time recruiters. The core industry emerged as the top recruiter, accounting for more than half of the offers. The NIT Rourkela top recruiters that hire students are Samsung, L&T, Oracle, Reliance, IBM, SAP, Maruti Suzuki,  Microsoft, etc. Read this to know more details about NIT Rourkela highest package 2024-25. 

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NIT Rourkela MA Development Studies Admission 2025 will be starting in the month of June 2025. NIT Rourkela will release the official notification for admission in MA in Developmental Studies in May 2025. The selection list will be released on the official website. 

JEE Advanced 2026 Exam Date: The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, has announcedthe  JEE Advanced 2026 Exam Date today, December 5. As per the official schedule, the examination will be held on May 17 and will comprise two papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2, scheduled to take place from 9 AM to 12 PM and 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM, respectively. The registration process for the examination is expected to begin on April 21, a day after the announcement of the JEE Mains 2026 result. It is imperative for prospective candidates to verify their eligibility criteria prior to initiating the application process.

The top 10 chapters in JEE Main 2026 Session 1 Chemistry to score 70+ marks include coordination chemistry, hydrocarbons, chemical kinetics, and others. These topics are categorised under the three sections of Chemistry, namely, Organic, Inorganic, and Physical. Students are required to study the important chapters from each section of Chemistry to secure a score of 70+ marks in the JEE Main 2026 Session 1 exam. The weightage of these topics is usually determined by the number of questions asked in the entrance test and the value of each chapter. In order to score 70+ marks in the test, students will have to answer about 18 to 20 out of 30 questions correctly. A detailed breakdown of each topic in all three sections of Chemistry is provided in this article for your reference.

JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam is anticipated to be difficult, keeping in mind the mounting exam competition. Moreover, going by the past trends and the competition for 2026, the expected JEE Main session 1 safe score ranges from 95-125. As mentioned, this year the paper is expected to be on a tougher side, as the exam registration has crossed all the records from all the past years. Thereafter, in order to secure a safe score, the candidates are required to prepare extra hard and have a reachable target score.
Talking about the candidates who are looking forward to securing 99 percentile, they must know that, amidst the emerging competition and the past trends, in order to score 99 percentile, they have to score 160-210 marks in the JEE Main. This page talks all about the expected JEE Main 2026 session 1 safe score as well as the marks required for 99 percentile.

Last Minute Preparation Tips for LPUNEST B.Tech Exam 2026: LPUNEST is a university-level exam conducted to provide admission to several degrees at Lovely Professional University, including Engineering, Law, and MBA. The institution awards scholarships of up to Rs 5 lakhs based on the performance of the students in the test. As this entrance exam offers admission to top LPU colleges and scholarships of a high amount of 5 lakhs, many students participate in the exam. 
As we are just a few times away from the exam, students must be halfway through their preparation and wondering how to prepare for LPUNEST, what last-minute preparation strategy to follow, and what books to refer to. If you have all these questions in your mind, you are at the right place. In this article, we have provided extensive last-minute preparation tips for LPUNEST B.Tech exam 2026 that you can follow to score the LPUNEST cutoff 2026. Read the full post to get complete last-minute preparation tips for the LPUNEST B.Tech exam 2026: 

LPUNEST BTech 2026: The Lovely Professional University grants admission to eligible students into the BTech courses offered at the institute based on the LPUNEST exam. The details about the LPUNEST B.Tech admission 2026 are available on the official website nest.lpu.in. LPUNEST 2026 is being conducted from January 10, 2026, to February 5, 2026, for remotely proctored exams and from January 20, 2026, to February 5, 2026, for LPU NEST 2026 test centre-based exams. The LPUNEST exam is conducted to provide admission into a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate disciplines. In this article, we have covered detailed information about the LPUNEST B.Tech Admission 2026, including dates, eligibility criteria, admission process, etc. Candidates can check the admission process dates in this article.

Also read: LPUNEST 2026 Application Form