ABOUT IIT ROORKEE
IIT Roorkee ranks among the oldest engineering education in the world. It was established in the year 1847 as Roorkee College of Civil Engineering mainly to train native engineers for the ongoing Ganges Canal. This was renamed as Thomason College of Civil Engineering in memory of its founder James Thomason in 1854. Thomason College was again converted to Thomason College of Engineering in 1945 when two separate departments for Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering were created. During its hundred years of existence, Thomson College produced many great engineers and technocrats and created new heights of excellence. A wider role for the Thomason College was envisaged after the Independence in 1947. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, converted this Mecca of Engineers into ‘University of Roorkee’ (UOR) on 25th November 1949. The Institute had completed 150th year of its existence in October 1996.During 2001, Uttarakhandwas made a separate state from Uttar Pradesh. On September 21, 2001, through an Ordinance (later on Act) issued by the Government of India declared it as the nation's seventh Indian Institute of Technology making it "Institution of National Importance".
The Institute offers Bachelor's Degree courses in 10 disciplines of Engineering and Architecture and Postgraduate's Degree in 55 disciplines of Engineering, Applied Science, Architecture and planning. The Institute has a facility for doctoral work in all Departments and Research Centers.
