Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-Roorkee)
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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-Roorkee)
The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), located in Roorkee in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, is India's oldest engineering institution, founded in 1847 as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering to train engineers for the Ganges Canal project.
Now spanning a 365-acre campus along NH-58 near Roorkee Railway Station, it offers undergraduate BTech and integrated programs in 10 engineering and architecture fields, postgraduate MTech, MSc, MBA, and PhD degrees across 23 departments in engineering, sciences, humanities, and management, with admissions via JEE Advanced and GATE.
Recognized as an Institute of National Importance, it excels in research, innovation like AI datasets, and placements with top recruiters, consistently ranking high—such as 6th in NIRF Engineering 2022—under Director Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant. Its heritage architecture, including the iconic domed Thomson Laboratory, blends with modern labs, hostels, libraries, sports facilities, and green spaces on the vibrant campus.
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