Indian Institute of Technology

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is the nations seventh IIT located in Roorkee Uttarakahand. IIT Roorkee was established in 1847 by the then lieutenant governor James Thomason as THOMASON COLLEGE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING (1847-1948) and it was given university status in 1949 and remained UNIVERSITY OF ROORKEE till 2001. It was converted into IIT in 2001 by an act of Government of India and an ordinance is now converted into act by parliament to make IIT Roorkee an 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 admits students to B.Tech. B.Arch. and integrated M.Tech/M.Sc courses through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to PG programs in engineering and architecture on the basis of GATE score a written test and interview to PG programs in fundamental sciences on the basis of Joint Admission Test (JAM) and to MBA program through Common Admission Test (CAT)