CV Raman Hall is one of the two hostels which is abode to the female students of NIT Rourkela. The hostel constitutes of around 700 rooms: single rooms, twin rooms and dormitories, accommodating around 800 boarders.The CVR Hall mess is fairly large and spacious as it caters to a rather huge population. With 34 ten-seater tables, it can house a total of 340 boarders at a time.

Dhirubhai Ambani Hall of Residence is an abode to 300+ residents from all years except the freshmen. It has always been a popular choice among the students owing to its spacious rooms and its proximity to the Academic area as well as other places of importance. It highly resembles GDB Hall in terms of its structural planning. DBA is an adobe to 354 residents distributed in 3 blocks A, B, and C. The hall has a reading room on the ground floor with the fitness room adjacent to it.

The Ghanshyam Das Birla Hall of Residence, famously known as the GDB Hall is one of the most sought after halls on the campus. Almost one in every two first years gets to stay in this hall. With bigger rooms, GDB Hall for long has been the preferred choice for students. The hostel comprises of three blocks namely A, B, and C. The blocks A and B consist of three floors each while C block has four levels. The hall has an approximate count of over 300 rooms.

The most beautiful of all the halls of residences, situated in the easternmost part of the Scholar’s Avenue, the facade of Homi Bhaba Hall of Residence stands tall among its akin. It is comprised of two blocks namely the A block and the B block. Both of these blocks have taken up a square-shaped structure. Spread across the two sides of the central entrance are these blocks. The blocks are also connected by a single-flanked C-block from the back. Each of the blocks has been fashioned in a way that spans three floors.

Situated far away from the bustling academic and hostel areas, Kiran Majumdar Shaw Hall of Residence is one of the most sought after female boarding abode of the Institute. Ranging over 4 blocks, KMS homes around 450 residents comprising of BTech, MTech, MBA, MSc, Ph.D. students, amidst the lush green. The A-block consists of 26 three-seater rooms, B-block 38 four-seater rooms, C and D block, flanked by a common corridor consists in total of 104 two-seater rooms.

M.S. Swaminathan Hall of residence can be considered as one of the most preferred halls when it comes to ease of accommodation and locational advantages. The hall has four blocks A, B, C and D. Blocks A, B and C have 84 rooms respectively and block D has 153 rooms making a total of 405 rooms. The second years are allotted double-seater rooms whereas from the third year, the boarders get single rooms.

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (MV) Hall of Residence is one of the oldest halls of residence at NIT Rourkela. Named after the great engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, the hall is also one of the smallest halls of residence at NIT Rourkela. The iconic hall is allotted to freshmen- B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD students.The entire hall is divided into three blocks- A, B and C. A block contains 75 rooms and the other two blocks B and C comprise 90 rooms each.

Satish Dhawan Hall of Residence, or Hall 9 is spread across the largest planned sector on the campus of NIT Rourkela. The hall constitutes of 6 residing blocks all 4 storeyed, D block consisting of Mess and a common room with a Gymnasium and TV facilitated with sitting arrangements, H block as storeroom and kitchen, and I block housing the Warden's office. Each block consists of around 40 rooms on each floor summing to a total of 40 X 4 X 6= 960 rooms with a total of 1000 plus boarders residing in them. The hall has a central mess connecting all the blocks.

The Vikram Sarabhai Hall of Residence is one of the largest and most-sought halls of residence. Ranging over eight blocks, it houses over 1000 boarders. The hall consists of 8 blocks with each having 128 rooms. The sophomores are provided with double-seater rooms, while students from third year onwards are allotted single rooms. The Hall has a well-decorated reading room. It also has a fully functional gym with adequate equipment.The Hall has a well-maintained garden in the vast open space at the front, which has benches and pathways for boarders.

The hostel to house married couples in NIT-Rourkela, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar (SSB) Hall of Residence is currently portraying a very peaceful atmosphere for the inmates. S.S Bhatnagar hall consists of four blocks: A, B, C, and D, with D block being the recent addition. The hall boasts of about 145 rooms. The rooms of D block provide the luxury of a balcony and the rooms of C block are equipped with two bedrooms. The rooms, as well as the corridors, are spacious enough.

The latest addition to the halls of residence at NITR is the Verghese Kurien Hall of Residence. It is a married scholars' residence and has 156 quarters in total comprising a kitchen, bedroom, and a balcony. The G+5 building is clean and tidy. The hall's basement parking lot has a state-of-the-art art fire extinguisher system that uses a set of sprinklers in the unfortunate event of a fire.