Education in Rourkela

Rourkela is the educational, technical and medical research hub of Western Odisha. It houses many English medium schools which provide Central Board of Secondary Education and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education certificates to their students.

The students of these schools represent their schools in various national level and international competitions including IMO, IChO and NASA.^[1][2][3] Rourkela also houses one of the premier institutes of the country, NIT Rourkela.^[4]

There are overall 15 colleges for arts, science and commerce streams under the Sambalpur university.^[5] There are also private engineering colleges Padmanava (PCE), Rourkela Institute of Management Studies (RIMS), DAMITS, RIT. This colleges come under the jurisdiction of Biju Pattnaik University of Technology (BPUT) and the head office is located in Rourkela.^[6]

Schools

• Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Chhend (English Medium)
• Dr.A.N.K DAV Public School, Basanti Colony
• Deepika English Medium School,Rourkela, Sector - 5
• Delhi Public School, Rourkela, Sector-14, Rourkela
• Desouza's School, Sector-2
• Indo English School, Bisra Dahar Road, Rourkela
• Ispat English Medium School, Sector - 20
• Kendriya Vidyalaya Rourkela, Sector-6
• M.G.M English Medium School, Jhirpani.
• Mount Carmel Convent School, Hamirpur
• Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Birsa Dahar Road (English Medium)
• St Joseph's Convent School, Hamirpur
• St Paul's School, Rourkela
• Uditnagar Government High School^[7]
• Pragati Vidya Mandir, Jagda, Rourkela-42

It was previously the home of the Deutsche Schule Rourkela, a German school.^[8]

Engineering and management colleges

• National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
• Padmanava College of Engineering, Rourkela, Sector-4
• Rourkela Institute of Management Studies, Chennd
• Rourkela Institute of Technology, Kalunga
• S.K.D.A.V. Polytechnic For Women, Basanti Colony.
• Utkalmani Gopabandhu Institute of Engineering, Rourkela
• Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chhend

General colleges

• Municipal College
• Government College, Panposh
• Ispat Autonomous College, Rourkela ^[9]

Medical and pharmacy colleges

• Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chhend
• Hi-Tech Medical College a Bhubaneswar-based institution is under construction at Civil Township, Rourkela

Universities

• Biju Patnaik University of Technology^[10]
• National Institute of Technology, Rourkela^[11]

References

1. Rourkela Girl Topped in NASA Contest | Rourkela | Rajgangpur | Kansbahal | Bonai of India. Webcache.googleusercontent.com (2010-05-05). Retrieved on 2012-04-15.
2. India to host Chemistry Olympiad | 33rd International Chemistry Olympiad. Hindu.com. Retrieved on 2013-04-06.
3. Deepika English Medium School|deepika school rourkela. Deepikaemschool.org. Retrieved on 2012-04-15.
4. nitrkl.ac.in. nitrkl.ac.in. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
5. Colleges ( General Discipline) | Greater Rourkela | Rajgangpur | Kansbahal | Bonai of India. Rourkelacity.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-15.
6. bput.ac.in. bput.ac.in. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
8. "Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672" (Archive). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 34/51. "Deutsche Schule Rourkela/2 Orissa G.S.C."
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