Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee  eller IIT Roorkee er et statlig, teknisk universitet i India med campus i Roorkee i delstaten Uttarakhand, India. Det ble opprettet i 1874 som Thomason college of Civil Engineering , og het fra 1949 University of Roorkee og var da Indias første tekniske universitet. IIT-statusen ble tildelt i 2001.

Dette lærestedet regnes som Indias femte beste teknologiske universitet i 2007.

Undervisningen fokuserer på teknologifag, er sammensluttet faglig sett med søsterinstitusjoner i byene Kharagpur, Kanpur, Chennai, Delhi, Bombay, og Guwahati.

Fakultetene er:
Department of Architecture 
Department of Biotechnology 
Department of Chemical Engineering 
Department of Civil Engineering 
Department of Computer Science and Engineering 
Department of Earthquake Engineering (offers post-graduate level courses only) 
Department of Electrical Engineering 
Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering 
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 
Department of Pulp and Paper Engineering 
Department of The departments dealing with pure sciences in the institute are:
Department of Chemistry 
Department of Mathematics 
Department of Physics 
Department of Earth Sciences 
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences 

Det er seks forskningssentra ved IITR:
Department of Management Studies[6] 
Center of Hydrology 
center of Water Resources Development and Management 
Alternate Hydro Energy Center 

Studiene gis opp til doktorgradsnivå. Studenttallet  er 4 200 og av disse er 2 000 høyere grads studenter.

Indian Institutes of Technology
Det er i alt tretten utdanningsinstitusjoner i India som har den offisielle og akkrediterte tittelen Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) og de navngis med bynavnet som suffiks. 

Disse er i dag:
 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (1950; IIT i 1951)
 Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai (1958)
 Indian Institute of Technology Chennai (1959)
 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (1959)
 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (1961; IIT i 1963)
 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (1994), 
 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (1847; IIT i 2001)
Planlagte:
 Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (2008) 
 Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2008)
 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (2008)
 Indian Institute of Technology Patna (2008)
 Indian Institute of Technology Punjab (2008) 
 Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan (2008)

IIT-ene ble opprettet etter uavhengigheten i 1947 for å fremme den økonomiske og teknologiske utviklingen i India, og studentene kalles populært for IITitans.

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Uttarakhand
Universiteter i India
Etableringer i 1874
1870-årene i India