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One of the prestigious institutions of India, [[NIT Rourkela]]. National Institute of Technology was upgraded from Regional Engineering College and is an Institute of National Importance. Another premiere college of Orissa is the University College of Engineering, Burla, which is the first engineering college in Orissa and is famous for its excellent infrastructure and state-of-art teaching methodology.

Orissa is also home to one of the two Indian Institute of Mass Communication [[IIMC]] situated in [[Dhenkanal]]. This is a premier institute for mass communication and journalism.

The [[Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar]] (XIMB) is a premier business school of national and international significance located in the state capital. The [[National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar]] ([[NISER]]) is another premier educational cum research institution that is being set up. It will be built along the lines of the reputed [[IISc]], Bangalore. The Government of Orissa has provided 935 acres of land at Arugul near Jatni Railway Station for IIT Bhubaneswar.Classes have already started from 2008 batch.[http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/ IIT BBSR] The plans of setting up of an AIIMS is also in advanced stages. Meanwhile [[Vedanta University]] Project, a not-for-profit initiative by the Anil Agarwal Foundation, is an epoch-making dream to have a world class centre for learning and research on the picturesque Puri-Konark marine drive in Orissa. It will have about 100,000 students with an international mix of students pursuing around 95 diverse streams of learning in a sprawling campus of around 56 million sq. ft built up area supported by state of the art, IT & Communications systems. Even more recently, Reliance industries has expressed its intention of establishing a new Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology ([[DA-IICT]]), as well as a health city for medical education and research in Bhubaneswar. The Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development had also announced its intention of creating an IITs in Orissa,which will be set up at Bhubaneswar, under the 11th five year plan. Some of the research institutes of Orissa includes Institute of Physics at Bhubaneswar, Institute of Life Sciences at Bhubaneswar, Central Rice Research Institute at Cuttack, Central Institute of Fresh water Aquaculture (CIFA)at Bhubaneswar, Regional Medical Research centre at Bhubaneswar, Institute of Minerals and Material Technology at Bhubaneswar and Regional Plant Resource Centre at Bhubaneswar. As of now, Orissa receives the lowest per capita investment of all 28 states from the central government towards human resource development.