IIT Bhubaneswar is among the new IITs as it was established in 2008. It has many facilities with well-furnished labs and highly qualified and well-trained faculty.

Sports are an integral part of IIT Bhubaneswar and it has its own Gymkhana club. The club organizes regular events in many domains like sports, music, tech, cultural activities, fests, workshops, etc. The institute has its own indoor basketball court, Volleyball court, Table tennis court, badminton court, swimming pool, etc. They also have sports grounds for football and cricket.

Inter-IIT tournaments also take place in every academic year. The winners are awarded trophies by the Director of the institute at the sports ceremony. A sports secretary is elected from every year by all the students who will later have the responsibility of conducting a variety of tournaments and is authorized to take care of all the sports equipment. A well-equipped gym is present at individual hostels to ensure student’s fitness and sound health. Cricket nets, Volleyball, Basketball and indoor courts, etc. are also provided to students.

Football in IIT Bhubaneswar is equipped with necessary requirements. Every year a football tournament is organized where students compete against each other. A General Championship is also held in which every department has to compete against one another. Also, an initiative is taken to organize the Mahanadi Premier League (MPL). Other than that students also participate in sports festivals of colleges in and outside Bhubaneswar.

The sports secretaries also organized the Gully Cricket tournament, which is played in a very small area (like a classroom) with all new rules which will be apt for it. Cricket in the Sports grounds is also played and Cricket nets are provided for the students to practice.

IIT Bhubaneshwar witnessed a total of 89 companies visiting the campus for recruitment drive 2019 offering jobs to 120 UG students. Core industries gave the highest number of job offers. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM also participated in the campus placements. Other companies that participated in the recruitment drive are Adobe, Amazon, Accenture, TCS R&D, to name a few. Additionally, third-year students received internship offers in reputed industries. A few of them are engaged in internships in Research & Development organizations and foreign universities. The placement record for UG was 89.55%, while for M.Tech the percentage was 68%. In the past year, the highest domestic CTC offered was 39 LPA and the average salary offered was 11.44 LPA.  IIT Bhubaneswar has raised its bar every year with growth in average salary. You can clearly look at the past trends of the average salary package offered in IIT Bhubaneshwar. In 2016-17, the average was 10.52 LPA, while in 2017-18 it stood at 11.15 LPA. Branch wise placement percentage at IIT Bhubaneshwar is quite impressive too with 100% placement in Computer Science Engineering followed by Metallurgical & Materials Engineering (90%), Civil Engineering (89%), Electrical Engineering (86%), Mechanical Engineering ( 83%). 

The average placement package at IIT Bhubaneswar was 11.44 Lakh per annum for the academic year 2019. In an all, 120 students from undergraduate programs received offers. The highest numbers of job offers were received from core companies. The campus witnessed lucrative companies and PSUs including ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM including others. In the CSE department, the average placement package was around 14 LPA. The average salary offered has gone up by 30% from the previous years. 

If we look at branch wise placement, 89% of students got placed in Civil Engineering, 100% in Computer Science Engineering, 86% in Electrical Engineering, 83% in Mechanical Engineering, and 90% in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. Around 89 companies visited the campus in 2019 and the highest CTC offered was 39 lakh per annum. Furthermore, 68% of students from M.Tech were also placed in core industries.

Campus life in IIT Bhubaneswar is great. Discussed below are a few prospects of the campus life in IIT Bhubaneswar  

• INFRASTRUCTURE: Being a new IIT, the infrastructure can't be compared with the old IIT's. But there is some promising state of the art labs and lecture halls. The undergoing construction plan promises to give even better infrastructural benefits in the future.
• NATURAL BEAUTY: The Barunai Hills visible from your hostel windows will help you to relax after a hectic day at college. 
• HOSTEL: This is the most important part of any engineer's college life. The friends you make and the memories you share with them in a hostel is something which stays forever. And the hostel facility at IIT Bhubaneshwar is very good. You are also provided with decent internet connectivity. hence there is no hindrance in the academics. You get to meet students coming from different backgrounds. This adds to your learning process.
• CULTURAL EVENTS: You'll get plenty of opportunities in this area as well. Alma Fiesta is the annual socio-cultural fest of IIT Bhubaneshwar. It's a three-day-long event which comprises of various individual events. You will get to meet and interact with thousands of students from different parts of India.
• MISCELLANEOUS: There's a playing ground for Cricket, Football, etc. there is also an open gym. You also have a tennis court on the Campus. Inside the campus, there is a shopping complex to fulfill your grocery or gadget needs. You also have a to and fro Bus service to take you to the city.