IIT Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (abbreviated IIT Roorkee) is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is the oldest engineering institution in India, and was founded as the College of Civil Engineering in North-Western Provinces in 1847 by the Lieutenant-Governor, James Thomason, in order to train officers and surveyors employed in the construction of the Ganges Canal. In 1854 , after the completion of the canal and Thomason's death, it was renamed the Thomason College of Civil Engineering by Proby Cautley, the designer and projector of the canal. It was renamed University of Roorkee in 1949, and again renamed IIT Roorkee in 2001. The institution has 22 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences and Management programs with an emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Former names
  • College of Civil Engineering at Roorkee
    (1847–1854)
  • Thomason College of Civil Engineering
    (1854–1947)
  • University of Roorkee
    (1947–2001)
Mottoश्रमं विना न किमपि साध्यम् (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Nothing can be achieved without hard work
TypePublic technical university
Established1847 (1847)
DirectorKamal Kishore Pant
Academic staff
622
Students9,186
Undergraduates4,223
Postgraduates2,169
2,794
Location
Roorkee
,
Uttarakhand
,
India

29°51′52″N 77°53′47″E
CampusUrban
365 acres (1.48 km2)
LanguageEnglish, Hindi
Websitewww.iitr.ac.in
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