The Salipur Autonomous College, Cuttack, is among the well-known autonomous institutions in the state of Odisha. The college offers an excellent array of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across various disciplines such as Science and Arts and Commerce. Salipur Autonomous College's admission process stands as an absolutely fair one, with a transparent and merit-based admission.

In general, the college admits students for the academic year at the very beginning of its admission process in August-September. Salipur Autonomous College most of its programmes follows that of merit-based admission. The academic performance of a student in the qualifying examination forms the criteria for selection to the college.