IIT Roorkee offers academic programmes in Engineering, Technology, Applied Sciences, and Management. It runs eleven undergraduate (UG), five integrated dual degree, three integrated M.Tech, three integrated M.Sc., sixty one postgraduate (PG) and several doctoral programmes. Ankit Jain IIT Roorkee

1. IIT ROORKEE

2. History
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (commonly
known as IIT Roorkee or IITR), formerly the University of
Roorkee (1948-2001) and the Thomason College of Civil
Engineering (1853-1948), is a public university located in
Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Established in 1847 in British
India by the then lieutenant governor, Sir James Thomason,
it was given university status in 1949 and was converted into
an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in 2001, thus
becoming the seventh IIT to be declared.

3. Ranking
Internationally, IIT Roorkee was ranked 401–410 in general
category and 194 in Engineering and Technology in the QS
World University Rankings of 2011 and 65 in the QS Asian
University Rankings of 2012. In India, among engineering
colleges, it ranked 4 by India Today in 2014 and 6 by
Outlook India in 2011. In the Mint government colleges
survey of 2009 it ranked 5. Recently in the top universities
list produced by Times Higher Education, IIT Roorkee has
fallen in the category of top 351-400.

4. Departments & Centers
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, 1 academic center, 3 centers
of excellence, 5 academic service centers and 3
supporting units.

5. Library
Mahatma Gandhi Central Library finds a unique place in
the academic spectrum of the Institute. Started in 1848 with
a few hundred donated books, its collection has grown to
more than 3,50,000 documents in all media. Providing
information through e-resources is the main focus of the
Library. It has around 90,000 sq ft of fully air conditioned
space. It can accommodate more than 500 readers at any
point of time. The library building is Wi-Fi enabled and
contains a total 75 user terminals for dedicated readers. It
also contains an 80-seater open reading room.

6. Cognizance
Cognizance is the annual technical festival (tech-
fest) of the Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee (IIT-R). Established in 2003, it has
celebrated its 12th edition in 2014. It is one of the
largest technical festivals in Asia. The 12th edition
consisted of an over 180 events and hosted 2,500
guest students, in addition to about 8,000 students
from the hosting institution.

7. 2009: Think Energy, Go Green
2010: Technovating India
2011: For a better tomorrow
2012: Ideate. Initiate. Innovate
2013: Aim Inclusion
2014: Imagineering Change
2015: Photonizing I

8. Academic collaboration
Some of the major universities which have a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with IIT Roorkee are National University
of Singapore (NUS), Singapore; Royal Institute of
Technology(KTH), Stockholm; Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL); Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland (ETH); Technische
Universität München (TUM), Germany; Institut National des
Télécommunications, Every, France; University of Texas at
Dallas, USA; New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) at
Newark, USA; University of Waterloo, Canada; University of
Western Ontario, Canada.

9. Facilities & Infrastructure
Located on a lush 350-acre campus about 170 Kms. from Delhi, the
Institute has adequate infrastructural facilities. Roorkee’s proximity to
Delhi enables the Department to draw expert visiting faculty from the
metropolis. On visiting the campus, one is impressed by the elegance
of the main building in the Renaissance style of architecture, spacious
lawns and sports grounds. The campus environment is congenial for
academics and offers excellent opportunities for extra curricular
activities. The campus is aesthetically designed and consists of modern
auditoriums, a well-stocked library, a 24-hour computer center, dinning
halls and mess, canteens, banks, post- office and a railway reservation
center.

10. IT Infrastructure
• Over 50 networked nodes through TCP/IP based high speed LAN.
• 45 Mbps leased line, 5.2 VSAT line with internet connectivity in a
distributed environment.
• All nodes connected through 10/100 Ethernet LAN SCO UNIX open
server, which includes licenses for software (SCO Xvision 97, Sun JAVA,
JDK, Netscape Enterprise Server etc.)
• Application Development Software (Visual Basic 6.0, Power Builder
6.0, Visual C++ 5.0, Designer/Developer 2000 and Visual J++).
• All Hostels are Wi-Fi enabled for internet and intranet connectivity. In
addition Cyber Cafe equipped with 20 computers are functional in all
hostels.
• Library & Information Centre, E-Notice Board, online registration and
online placement portals.

11. Sporting Lookout
• Trekking
• Rafting
• Billiards
• Table Tennis
• Squash
• Basket Ball
• Lawn Tennis
• Gymnasium
• Himalayan Explorers Club
• Hobbies Club
• Boat Club
• Swimming Pool
• Sports Stadium

12. Thank You