The State Government established the “Odisha University of Technology and Research” located at Bhubaneswar by upgrading the College of Engineering & Technology, Bhubaneswar through the Odisha University of Technology and Research Act, 2021 (known as Odisha Act 17 of 2021). The University starts functioning with effect from 8th October, 2021 through Notification No. SDTE-HTE-HTE-II-0012-2021/4578 dated 08.10.2021 of SD&TE Department, Government of Odisha. The First Statutes 2022 of the University was notified vide Notification No. SDTE-HTE-HTE-II-0012-2022/1075 dated 09.02.2023
The University is governed by the Odisha University of Technology and Research Act, 2021 and its First Statutes, 2022.
To be a leading University that fosters knowledge provides transformative education along with the scope for extraordinary research and an enabling environment to create technocrats and innovators equipped to address the challenges of society and industry.
The core values adopted by the University as enduring principles are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, Transparency and Empathy.
Odisha University of Technology and Research has been a pool of meritorious students consistently for many years. And hence it has always tried to facilitate quality engineering education to equip and enrich young men and women to meet global challenges in development, innovation and application of technology in the service of humanity.