Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Roorkee
Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee is among the foremost Institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in engineering, basic and applied research. Since its establishment, the Institute has played a vital role in providing the technical manpower and know-how to the country in pursuit of research. The Institute ranks amongst the best technological institutions in the world and has contributed to all sectors of technological development. It has also been considered a trend-setter in the area of education and research in the field of science, technology, and engineering.
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, the successor of the University of Roorkee, is the oldest technical institution in the country. Established as the Roorkee College in 1847 and rechristened as the Thomson College of Civil Engineering in 1854, it made tremendous contributions in the development of infrastructural base of the country, to mention few as roads and highways, canals and irrigation networks, railways and engineering industries. Recognising its outstanding contributions and its potential for growth, the college was elevated to be the first Technical University of India on November 25, 1948. Nurtured as the premier institution by the State of Uttar Pradesh, the University was declared an Institute of National Importance and converted into the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee by an Act of Parliament with effect from September 21, 2001. Today it cherishes the history as an institute171 years old, served as University of Roorkee for 67 years and as IIT Roorkee for 18 years.
The Institute admits students to B.Tech. and B.Arch. courses through the Joint Entrance Examination Advanced (JEE-Advanced) and Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) respectively conducted at various centres spread all over the country and at an oversees center Dubai.
The Institute offers Bachelor's Degree courses in 12 disciplines of Engineering and Architecture and 5 integrated Masters programme in different disciplines of engineering and science apart from 49 Postgraduate courses in various disciplines of Engineering, Applied Science, Architecture and Planning. The Institute offers doctoral degree in all Departments and Research Centres.
IIT Roorkee is one of the biggest technical institutions in the country having the largest number of academic units. It has 21 academic departments covering engineering, applied sciences, humanities & social sciences, and management programmes, 3 academic centre, 4 centres of excellence, 4 academic service centres and 5 supporting units.