Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, majorly known as IIT Roorkee or IIT-R, is an Institute of engineering and technology. IIT Roorkee, earlier used to known as University of Roorkee (1948-2001) as well as Thomason College of Civil Engineering (1853-1948). It was established in 1947 by lieutenant governor, Sir James Thomason. It was declared as university in the year 1949 and then changed into an IIT in the year 2001.

IIT-R consist 18 academic departments which includes, Humanities, Engineering, Applied Science, Management programs and social Sciences along with world class scientific and technological education and research. The campus is spread out in the area of 365 acres, additionally the new 10 acres campus of IIT Roorkee has been established in greater Noida, Knowledge Park II and was inaugurated on April 4th, 2011 In ranking IIT-K holds position of 401-450 internationally in QS World University Ranking 2011, whereas it holded position of 65 in QS Asian University Ranking of 2012. It ranked number 6 by India Today 2012 and number 6 by Outlook in 2011.

The courses offered by IIT Roorkee are Technology, Engineering, Management and Applied Sciences. It also offers 3 integrated M.Tech, 5 integrated dual degree, 11 undergraduate, 3 integrated M.Sc, 61 postgraduate and many more doctoral programmes. The admission process of IIT Roorkee is through Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE). Student can take this exam after completing their 10+2 schooling .

IIT-Roorkee is one of the India’s biggest technical institutes with large 21 academic departments including 3 centers of excellence, 1 academic center, 5 academic service centers and 3 supporting units. The academic departments of IIT Roorkee are Architecture and Planning, Applied Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Earth Sciences, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Computer Science and Engineering, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Hydrology, Management Studies, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Paper Technology, Polymer and Process Engineering, Physics, Water Resources Development and Management, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Management Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, Centre of Nanotechnology, Centre for Transportation Systems (CTRANS) and Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation & Management (CoEDMM)

IIT-K Academic service centers are Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, Center for Integrated Sciences, and Center for Research & Innovation, Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation & Management, Centre of Nanotechnology, and Centre for Transportation Systems, Continuing Education Centre, Information Super Highway Centre, Institute Computer Centre, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Intellectual Property Rights Cell, Quality Improvement Program and TIFAC Core. The supporting centers are Educational Technology Cell and Institute Hospital.The research programs of IIT-R include Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, .

Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Roorkee was established in 30 Nov 1846. Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Roorkee is a iits located at , Roorkee in Roorkee district of Uttarakhand, India.