NIT Rourkela hostel rooms are decent with enough space to house 2 students. From the 3rd year, students are allotted single-occupancy rooms.

• A typical room in an NIT Rourkela hostel has all basic amenities like a table, chair, bed, fan, and light. 
• Additionally, there is a provision of free Internet facilities and also DCC.
• Students can spend their leisure time in the common room which has facilities like indoor games, TV, a library room, and a common mess.
• Food served in the mess is decent which is related weekly. Once a week, the menu comprises special dishes. There is a day canteen offering juice, milk, tea, coffee, sandwich, eggs, etc
• The midnight cravings are catered to by night canteens that provide tea, snacks, Maggi, and other stuff. 
• There are decent sports facilities like a badminton court and also a garden.

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Campus life at NIT Rourkela is one of the best you can experience in India. The infrastructure is amazing and the college spreads across a whopping 1200 acres.

• The hostel rules are very flexible with no restrictions on the timings. Students can even hang out late at night with their friends riding their bicycles and taking in the fresh air. 
• With enjoyment comes a huge load of responsibilities that make you self-dependent. The students have weekends off so Friday nights are highly cherished.
• The club culture here speaks highly of the institute's diversity. There are around 60 clubs each promoting a different theme.
• Garden fests and hall days ensure a vibrant campus life and you will end up creating some of the best memories here. 
• NIT Rourkela organizes some very amazing fests like the Annual tech-fest, INNOVISION, and NITRUTSAV, the cultural fest.

In addition to all the fun activities, you will have to maintain a good CGPA for better placements. 

A close friend of mine completed her MTech from NIT Rourkela and shared her overall experience of time spent at the institute

• NIT Rourkela has a massive and beautiful campus with a plethora of facilities like swimming pools, night canteens, day canteen, tea stalls, playgrounds, basketball arena, volleyball areas, and badminton courts in each hostel.
• NIT Rourkela has a hardworking placement cell that not only brings in some of the best recruiters but also trains the students well for the placement season. Students receive excellent offers in both core and non-core placements.
• NIT Rourkela has a healthy competitive environment that fuels the students’ passion to study harder. They are aware of being a part of the top 5 NITs and are ready to showcase their knowledge and skills to prove their worth.
• The accommodation facilities provided to NIT Rourkela students are great. Students are allotted both double and single occupancy rooms, with mess and other facilities.

NIT Rourkela students experience a smooth campus life and most of their needs are taken care of. 

A friend at NIT Rourkela gave me a detailed review of her college the last time she visited me. Here are some highlights from her descriptive experience 

• NIT Rourkela has a huge, serene, and well-secured campus.
• The institute has diverse clubs that promote extracurricular activities and their performance is better than most clubs of other engineering colleges.
• Decent Internet speed is offered and the Dc++ is well maintained.
• The hostels are well-maintained and decked with all the basic amenities one could ask for.
• Students are actively involved in sports such as gymming and swimming.
• The faculties are a mixed bag. Some are underqualified and lethargic while some motivate you to become a better person.
• The institute boasts of an extensive entrepreneurship culture.
• The institute needs to work on increasing its alumni base and the level of fests it organizes given the huge income the institute generates.
• The placement scenario varies from branch to branch. It's decent for branches like CS while pathetic for others.
• Rourkela does not have any places to explore and also lacks flight connectivity.
• The city of Rourkela is one of the cleanest places so hygiene is not an issue here. 

These were some snippets from the detailed experience shared by my friend. Hope this helped you.

NIT Rourkela is a premier engineering and technology institute in India that enjoys a strong reputation for its M.Tech program. The program is well-structured, with a focus on both theoretical and practical aspects of engineering and technology. Here are a few pros and cons of pursuing an MTech from NIT Rourkela

Pros

• Excellent hostel facilities wherein students are allotted double occupancy rooms in the first year and single occupancy rooms from the second year.
• A massive campus with a variety of sports facilities like cricket grounds, football grounds, Table tennis facilities, Basketball court, Lawn Tennis Court, Badminton Courts, Volleyball Courts, Swimming Pool, Gym, etc
  The labs are functional 24/7 for MTech students with high-speed internet facilities.
• Students are allotted individual PC to study and do their research work.
  The project work assigned to MTech students is largely research-oriented.
• M.Tech students have no restrictions regarding timings in hostels and departments.

Cons

• MTech students get no summer or winter vacations due to heavy workloads.
• The attendance policy is strict and Bio-metric attendance is taken twice a day.
• Sparing the weekends and academic holidays, BIT Mesra MTech students are allowed to take only 15 leaves in 1 year. 
• Students have to prepare for 4 presentations, grand viva, project viva, and thesis submissions in the second year.

Overall, NIT Rourkela is considered to be a great choice for an M.Tech education.

One of my female friends shared her hostel life experience at NIT Rourkela. Here is a glimpse of what her hostel life looked like

• She was allotted B block of KMS hostel, which has the biggest and most spacious rooms among all hostels of the institute.
• The institute has a variety of eateries including 1 night canteen and 1 day canteen
• The hostel has a number of rules and regulations, one such being the late entry rule wherein if you don’t enter the hostel by 11:00 PM, you have to enter your name in the late entry register. This cannot happen more than thrice a month else your parents will be informed.
• Breakfast options are limited such as bread, eggs, bananas, cornflakes, milk, and tea. These items are supplementary to an additional menu 
• The lunch menu is great for non-veg lovers while the dinner is very pathetic.
• Although washrooms are cleared daily, hygiene and cleanliness need to be improved.
• Festivals like NITR, Garden Fest, and Hall Fest make the hostel life more vibrant and happening.
• There is a common room with indoor sports facilities and other leisure facilities.

Overall hostel life at BIT Mesra is decent for girls with a few restrictions.