Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee or IIT Roorkee) is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is the oldest engineering institution in India, and was founded as the College of Civil Engineering in British India in 1847.
It was renamed University of Roorkee in 1949, and again renamed IIT Roorkee in 2001. The institution has 23 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences and Management programs with an emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.
In 2022 it celebrated the 175th anniversary when the central government issued a Rs 175 coin as a gesture of commemoration.
The main campus in Roorkee has an area of 365 acres.
IIT Roorkee has a separate campus of 25 acres in Saharanpur which offers courses in Polymer Science, Process Engineering, Paper Technology & Packaging Technology. In addition to this, a new ten-acre campus has been established in Greater Noida.
IIT Roorkee is one of the biggest technical institutions in the country having the largest number of academic units. It has 23 academic departments covering engineering, applied sciences, humanities & social sciences, and management programmes, 1 school, 3 centers of excellence, 9 academic service centers and 6 supporting units.
Departments:
Architecture and Planning
Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing
Biosciences and Bioengineering
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Design
Earthquake Engineering
Earth Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydrology
Hydro and Renewable Energy
Management Studies
Mathematics
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Paper Technology
Polymer and Process Engineering
Physics
Water Resources Development and Management
Academic Centers:
Centre for Nanotechnology
Centre for Photonics and Quantum Communication Technology
Centre for Space Science and Technology
Center for Sustainable Energy
Centre for Sustainable Rural Development
Centre for Transportation Systems
Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation & Management
Indian Knowledge Systems for Holistic Advancement
International Centre of Excellence for Dams
School:
Data Science & AI
Programs: https://iitr.ac.in/Academics/Academic%20Programmes.html
Contact:
IIT Roorkee,
Roorkee,
Uttarakhand-247667,
India.
Ph: +91-1332-285311
registrar@iitr.ac.in