When Did Roorkee Become IIT

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When the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee become Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)?

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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is a public engineering university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.

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.

IIT Roorkee has 21 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences and Management programs with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.

Internationally, IIT Roorkee was ranked 431-440 in the QS World University Rankings of 2018. The same rankings ranked it 93 in Asia and 51 among BRICS nations.

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

Departments-

Engineering and Applied Sciences

Architecture and Planning
Applied Science and Engineering
Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Earth Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydrology
Management Studies
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Packaging Technology
Paper Technology
Polymer and Process Engineering
Physics
Water Resources Development and Management

Sciences

Chemistry
Mathematics

Business

Management Studies

Humanities

Humanities and Social Sciences

Computer Centre

Centres-

Academic Centres
Alternate Hydro Energy Centre
Centre of Excellence
Centre of Nanotechnology
Centre for Transportation Systems (CTRANS)
Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation & Management (CoEDMM)
Academic Service centers
Mahatma Gandhi Central Library
Center for Integrated Sciences
Center for Research & Innovation
Centre of Nanotechnology
Centre for Transportation Systems
Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation & Management
Continuing Education Centre
Information Super Highway Centre
Institute Computer Centre
Institute Instrumentation Centre
Intellectual Property Rights Cell
Quality Improvement Programme
TIFAC Core
Supporting Service Centres
Educational Technology Cell
Institute Hospital

Contact-

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee - Haridwar Highway, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667
01332 285 311