Vission

”To create an advanced centre of professional learning of international standing where pursuit of knowledge and excellence shall reign supreme, unfettered by the barriers of nationality, language, cultural plurality and religion. Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan will be a leading institution of higher learning in its chosen areas of concentration, preparing future generations through quality teaching and innovative research and will emerge as a comprehensive and socially inclusive University in the country for professional advancements in related disciplines."

Mission

Educate students to become responsible, enlightened, and productive citizen
Conduct scholarship and promote entrepreneurship that improve the human condition
Serve business, education, government, health care systems, and community
Enhance the cultural environment of the region
Imparting value based quality education of international standard and imbibing skill for solving real life problems.
Inculcating global perspective in attitude.
Creating leadership qualities with futuristic vision.
Fostering spirit of entrepreneurship and realisation of societal responsibilities.
Cultivating adaptation of ethics, morality and healthy practices in professional life
Instilling habit of continual learning.
Encouraging and supporting creative abilities and research temperament.
Establishing and promoting close interaction with industries and other utility sectors and keep abreast with state-of-the-art technology.

History

It was founded as Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER) in 1997 at Bhubaneswar and it received AICTE approval for B.Tech. Since its inception it was affiliated to Utkal University. Subsequently, it was affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) between 2002 and 2007. Recognizing its contribution to technical and professional education the University Grants Commission (UGC), in 2007, declared Siksha 'O' Anusandhan as a Deemed to be University by the U/S 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. In 2007, the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), Bhubaneswar became a constituent institute of Siksha O Anusandhan University. Institutes, schools, and departments of SOA University are spread over 200 acres (0.81 km2) campuses in the city of Bhubaneswar. SOA has been granted Category-II Graded Autonomy Status by University Grants Commission in 2018

Ranking

NIRF (MHRD, Government of India) Rankings

Ranked 20th best in University category
34th Best in the Engineering Category
23rd Best in Medical Category of NIRF
12th Best in Dental Category and 38th Overall by the MHRD through its NIRF India Rankings 2020

TIMES Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2020

1 of only 56 in India to be Ranked Internationally by the Times Higher Education Rankings

Accreditation

ABET

3 Engineering Programmes Accredited by prestigious Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), USA

NAAC

[Cycle 1] Accredited by NAAC with A grade on 30th September, 2009 for a period of 5 years with a CGPA of 3.10.
[Cycle 2] Re-Accredited by NAAC with A grade on 16th November, 2015 for a period of 5 years with CGPA of 3.35.