NIT Rourkela News & Updates 2026 - 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. 

GATE CS exam paper is set to take place in the month of February 2026. To get ready for GATE CSE 2026, one should have a solid command of Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), as the two subjects are the main thrust of the GATE CS syllabus. Passing DSA is a vital step towards achieving higher marks in GATE 2026 exam and advancing in higher education and building a successful in the field of Computer Science and Information Technology. 

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One of the most important topics in the GATE ECE syllabus 2026 is the Digital Logic Design, which may have substantial 10-11 marks and on which other more advanced electronics subjects are based. This area is a great place to score higher and enhance your knowledge in general, as well as in core exams and upcoming technical interviews.

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Electrical Machines is among the central subjects of the GATE Electrical Engineering syllabus and carries significant weightage of nearly 10-12 marks. Therefore, it is important for aspirants who want to score highly in the exam and have a good post-graduate prospect. Being well prepared on this topic is a sure way to succeed in not only GATE but also technical interviews and the job market.

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KCET Nuclei Weightage 2026 is expected to be 6% of the Physics Section. Candidates can expect 5 to 6 questions on this topic in the KCET 2026 exam. The At Nuclei chapter includes the Composition and Size of Nucleus, Atomic Masses, Isotopes, Isobars, Isotones, Nuclear Forces, Mass-Energy Relation Mass Defect,  Binding Energy per Nucleon and its Variation with Mass Number, Radioactivity(only types of Radioactive decay), Nuclear Fission and Fusion etc. Students preparing for the KCET 2026 exam should master all the topics to obtain 6% of the weightage of this chapter. 

To obtain good marks in the KCET 2026 exam, students should thoroughly prepare all the topics included in the KCET syllabus 2026. Solving the KCET Previous Year Question Papers will aid aspirants in obtaining good scores in the KCET 2026 exam. We have provided the complete information on KCET 2026 Nuclei Weightage along with the previous year's questions here. 

List of JEE Main Exam Centres in Uttar Pradesh 2026 includes Kanpur, Mathura, Lucknow, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Noida/Greater Noida, Jhansi, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Sitapur, etc. The exact centre address for the JEE Main Session 1 exam will be provided through the JEE Main Session 1 admit card, which will be released on the official website: jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates will be able to access their JEE Main admit card 2026 by logging into their registered accounts using their application number and password. Know the list of JEE Main Exam Centres in Uttar Pradesh 2026 and check the centre list with location.