Rourkela is the educational, technical and medical research hub of Western Odisha. It houses many English medium schools which provide Central Board of Secondary Education and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education certificates to their students. The students of these schools represent their schools in various national level and international competitions including IMO, IChO and NASA. Rourkela also houses one of the premier institutes of the country, NIT Rourkela. There are overall 15 colleges for arts, science and commerce streams under the Sambalpur university. There are also private engineering colleges Padmanava (PCE), Rourkela Institute of Management Studies (RIMS), DAMITS, RIT. This colleges come under the jurisdiction of Biju Pattnaik University of Technology (BPUT) and the head office is located in Rourkela. Secondary and High Schools Guru Nanak Public School, Rourkela, (English medium) Sector-21,Nayabazar Rourkela-1 Ispat High School St Gregorios higher secondary school Rourkela Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Chhend (English Medium) Dr.A.N.K DAV Public School, Basanti Colony Deepika English Medium School, Rourkela, Sector - 5 Delhi Public School, Rourkela, Sector-14, Rourkela Desouza's School, Sector-2 Loreto English School, civil township, Rourkela Indo English School, Bisra Dahar Road, Rourkela Ispat English Medium SchoolSchool , Sector - 20 Kendriya Vidyalaya Rourkela, Sector-6 M.G.M English Medium School, Jhirpani. Mount Carmel Convent School, Hamirpur Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Birsa Dahar Road (English Medium) St Joseph's Convent School, Hamirpur St Paul's School, Rourkela Uditnagar Government High School Pragati Vidya Mandir, Jagda, Rourkela-42 (It was previously the home of the Deutsche Schule Rourkela, a German school.) Engineering and management colleges National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Padmanava College of Engineering, Rourkela, Sector-4 Rourkela Institute of Management Studies, Chhend Rourkela Institute of Technology, Kalunga S.K.D.A.V. Polytechnic For Women, Basanti Colony. Utkalmani Gopabandhu Institute of Engineering, Rourkela Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chhend Purusottam Institute Of Engineering and Technology Madiakudar Rourkela General colleges Sushilavati Government Women's College, Rourkela Municipal College Government College, Panposh Ispat Autonomous College, Rourkela College of Teacher Education, Rourkela Medical and pharmacy colleges Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chhend Hi-Tech Medical College a Bhubaneswar-based institution is under construction at Civil Township, Rourkela Universities Biju Patnaik University of Technology National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Sports Sail Hockey Academy, Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium Panposh Sports Hostel, Panposh See also List of schools and colleges in Rourkela References