State · East zone

Engineering Colleges in Odisha

This page lists every institute we currently track for the state, sourced from official registries — admission pathway (JoSAA, state counselling, or institute exam) and NIRF Engineering rank are shown per institute where we can cite them.

33
Institutes tracked
4
With NIRF rank
6
Institute types
Government →Private →NIRF top 100 →JoSAA →
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Odisha — key facts

Tracked institutes33
With NIRF Engineering rank4
Institute types present6
Largest type shareSTATE · 15
Geographic zoneEast

Figures computed from institutes currently tracked for this state in Knwdle’s directory. NIRF ranks cite nirfindia.org.

By institute type in Odisha

Live mix of institute types on this page — use the chips below the rankings to filter cards.

STATE
15
PRIVATE
13
GFTI
2
IIT
1
CENTRAL
1
DEEMED
1

Overview

State government institutes and universities form the largest group of institutes we track in Odisha, ahead of private institutes. Admission pathway varies by institute — JoSAA where a seat is counselled nationally, the state's own counselling for state universities, or an institute-level exam elsewhere — and each profile states its specific route rather than assuming one process covers the whole state.

NIT Rourkela carries the highest NIRF Engineering rank we track in Odisha, at #13, with Siksha O Anusandhan (#22) also on the ranked list. Ranks come from nirfindia.org — we don't compute or estimate a Knwdle-side score.

Key figure

Share with a numeric NIRF Engineering rank

12%

Computed from the institutes listed on this page right now — not a fixed marketing number. Refreshes as our directory adds or re-verifies institutes.

NIRF Engineering ranks in Odisha

Institutes on this page with a numeric NIRF Engineering rank, best first (up to 20). YoY movement requires multi-year NIRF rows in the database.

4 of 4 ranked
RankInstituteTypeScoreGO
#22SOABhubaneswarPRIVATE62.58—
#36Kalinga Institute of Industrial TechnologyBhubaneswarPRIVATE58.79—
#39IIT BhubaneswarIIT58.2275.1
#95C.V. Raman Global UniversityBhubaneswarPRIVATE46.62—

Institutes in Odisha

NIRF · 2025
#22
PrivateBhubaneswar, Odisha

SOA

Siksha O Anusandhan

NIRF 2025
#22
Type
Private
Score
62.58
NIRF Engineering

Siksha O Anusandhan is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions, programmes, and…

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NIRF · 2025
#39
IITOdisha

IIT Bhubaneswar

Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

NIRF 2025
#39
Type
IIT
Score
58.22
Institute of National ImportanceJoSAAJEE Advanced

Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar is a public technical university established by the government of India in 2008, located at Kansapada village,…

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NIRF · 2025
#95
PrivateBhubaneswar, Odisha

C.V. Raman Global University

C.V. Raman Global University, Odisha

NIRF 2025
#95
Type
Private
Score
46.62

C.V. Raman Global University, Odisha is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions,…

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PrivateOdisha

AIPH University

NIRF Engg
—
Type
Private
Location
Odisha

Asian Institute of Public Health University is a privately operated public health university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It was established in 2008…

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PrivateOdisha

ASBM University

NIRF Engg
—
Type
Private
Location
Odisha

ASBM University, formerly Asian School of Business Management, was established in 2006 as a private business school. In the year 2019, the institute was…

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PrivateCUTTACK, Odisha

DRIEMS University

NIRF Engg
—
Type
Private
Location
CUTTACK, Odisha

DRIEMS University, formerly Dhaneswar Rath Institute of Engineering and Management Studies (DRIEMS), is a state private university and group of technical and…

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PrivateGANJAM, Odisha

NIST University

NIRF Engg
—
Type
Private
Location
GANJAM, Odisha

NIST University is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions, programmes, and campus…

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PrivateOdisha

Sri Sri University

NIRF Engg
—
Type
Private
Location
Odisha

Sri Sri University is an Indian private university, based in Cuttack, Odisha, established on 26 December 2009. The university came into operation in the year…

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StateKHORDHA, Odisha

Utkal University

NIRF Engg
—
Type
State
Location
KHORDHA, Odisha

Utkal University (UU) is a public university in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and is the oldest university in the state and the 17th-oldest university in India. The…

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FAQ

Is every engineering college in Odisha listed here?
No — we only list institutes we can identify from official registries and verify with at least one citable source. If a real institute is missing, it means we haven't sourced it yet, not that it's deliberately excluded.
Where do the NIRF ranks on this page come from?
From nirfindia.org's Engineering category. We don't compute or estimate our own rank — where an institute doesn't have a published NIRF Engineering rank, this page shows no rank rather than a guess.
What type of institute is most common in Odisha?
State government institutes and universities are the largest group we currently track in Odisha — see the type-mix chart above for the live breakdown, which updates as our directory adds or re-verifies institutes.

How to use this page

  1. 1Use the type chips to narrow the real institute set for this state.
  2. 2Open a profile for NIRF scorecard, programmes, and cited admissions/fees when Gold content exists.
  3. 3Jump to Rankings for the national table, or Compare for a neutral side-by-side of 2–3 colleges.

Frequently asked questions

Answers use counts from this page's live institute list.

How many institutes appear for Odisha?
33 institutes currently match this page’s filter. 4 of them have a numeric NIRF Engineering rank in our database.
Is “best” based on editorial opinion?
No. Where we sort or headline by rank, the order follows published NIRF Engineering ranks (nirfindia.org). Unranked institutes are not given a fabricated Knwdle rank.
What is Graduation Outcomes (GO)?
GO is an NIRF sub-score (independent of self-reported packages). On this page, 1 institutes have a GO value; the average among those is 75.1.
Can I filter by institute type in Odisha?
Yes — use the chips above the list. Types present here: STATE (15), PRIVATE (13), GFTI (2), IIT (1), CENTRAL (1), DEEMED (1).

What we publish — and what we don't

Included when sourced

  • NIRF Engineering ranks & sub-scores (nirfindia.org)
  • JoSAA closing ranks already in our database
  • Programmes from AICTE EOA / institute official catalogues
  • Fees & admissions copy only from the institute's own site
  • Campus images from Wikimedia Commons or official media

Deliberately excluded

  • Star reviews and self-reported placement packages
  • Fees estimated or copied from aggregator directories
  • Facts that appear only on compiled third-party college directories

NIRF Graduation Outcomes (GO) is the honest substitute for placement-intent browsing — an independent metric, not a package figure.

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