Education
Rourkela is the educational, technical and Medical research hub of Western Orissa. It houses many English medium schools which provide CBSE and ICSE certificates to their students.
The students of these schools represent their schools in various national level and international competitions including IMO and NASA. Rourkela also houses one of the premier institutes of the country, NIT Rourkela.
Rourkela has got a new Medical College, under development which boasts itself to be the primer in the region for the purpose. There are overall 15 colleges for arts, science and commerce streams under the Sambalpur university. There are also private engineering colleges Padmanava (PCE), Rourkela Institute of Management Studies (RIMS), DAMITS, RIT and Purushottam PIET. This colleges come under the jurisdiction of Biju Pattnaik University Of Technology, BPUT head office is located in Rourkela.
Universities:
- Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela
- National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
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