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.
[4] There are overall 15 colleges for arts, science and commerce streams under the Sambalpur university.
[5] 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.