Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Sri City, Chittoor vs National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Both colleges appear in JEE Main counselling through JoSAA and CSAB. For IIIT Sri City, the General closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering in round 6 of 2025 was 26,387, and for Electronics and Communication Engineering it was 33,596. For NIT Rourkela, the General closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering in round 6 of 2025 was 3,431, and for Electronics and Communication Engineering it was 5,785.

In CSAB round 2 of 2026, IIIT Sri City's General closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering was 26,229. NIT Rourkela's General closing rank for Electrical Engineering in the same round was 13,994. Check the quota and round that match your category before you plan around these figures.

IIIT Sri City is not listed as UGC recognised and its approval status is unknown. NIT Rourkela is also not listed as UGC recognised and its approval status is unknown. Neither college has a NAAC grade, as both are listed as not accredited.

NIT Rourkela is placed at rank 13 in the NIRF engineering category for 2025. IIIT Sri City does not have a NIRF position in the facts available to this page. Think Grads rates IIIT Sri City at 4.3 out of 5 and NIT Rourkela at 4.7 out of 5.

IIIT Sri City is a college in Sri City, Chittoor, and offers 11 programmes in the engineering stream. NIT Rourkela is a college with 43 programmes across five streams: architecture, arts, engineering, management and science. You can compare their course lists to see which mix of streams fits your plans.

IIIT Sri City suits students who are looking at engineering programmes in Computer Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, or Electronics and Communication Engineering, and whose JEE Main rank falls in the range of its General closing ranks in JoSAA round 6 of 2025. It also suits students who want its M.Tech programmes in Cyber Security, IoT and Autonomous Systems, or VLSI.

NIT Rourkela suits students who want a broad mix of architecture, arts, engineering, management and science programmes, and who have a JEE Main rank within its General closing ranks for their chosen programme. It also suits students who are looking at a Mathematics and Computing B.Tech.