The overall branch change policy is the same in other IITs. However, there is a 10% rule which should be followed. No branch should have more than 110% and less than 90% of its actual batch strength.

The students who want to change the branch should score more than 8.5 CGPA without any backlog at the end of the second semester. If in case, there is a tie or equal CGPA, then the student having a better JEE ADVANCED rank will be given the priority. Students of 4 years B.Tech are eligible for consideration for a change of branch to any engineering courses including 4-year B.Tech and 5-year dual degree. However, the students in dual degree programs can change to dual degree programs only. Any change in the branch is final.

IIT Bhubaneswar hosts a strong base of faculty and a progressive learning environment for the Mechanical Engineering branch. In 2019, the opening and closing cut-off rank for Mechanical in round 1 of JoSAA was 3806 and 5073 respectively for the general category. For the dual degree of Mechanical and Metallurgy, the opening and closing cut off rank in round 1 of JoSAA was 5163 and 5522 in the general category. The annual fees charged by this college for a B.Tech is close to 2 LPA INR. In the year 2018-19, 83% of the Mechanical Branch got placed. 89 companies visited the campus in the academic year of 2018-19. The average package offered was INR 11.44 LPA. Few of the top recruiters included companies like TATA Power, IBM Tesco, Trident Group, etc.

However, admission to an engineering college entirely depends on a student’s interest and capability.

IIT Bhubaneswar has a wide range of facilities that are offered to students to excel in sports and games. A variety of sports are played by students like Cricket, Football, Badminton, Basketball, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Chess, Lawn Tennis, Athletic, and Aquatics, etc. A well-equipped gym is present at every hostel to ensure student’s fitness and sound health. Cricket Nets, Volleyball, Basketball and indoor courts, etc. are also provided to students.

IIT Bhubaneswar is equipped with the necessary requirements for football tournaments. Every year a tournament is organized where students compete against each other. Also, there is a General Championship held in which every department has to compete against another to see who will finally get the trophy.

Also, an initiative is taken to organize the Mahanadi Premier League (MPL). An Inter-IIT sports meet in Kanpur is held. Other than that students also participate in sports festivals of colleges in and outside Bhubaneswar.

M.Tech placements in IIT Bhubaneswar for ECE is quite impressive. Although for undergraduates, ECE is one of the new branches in IIT Bhubaneswar but M.tech in electronics and communication has been present at this institute for many years. The School currently offers M.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering specializations with an intake student strength of 18. The program duration is 2 years where the second year is fully dedicated for research purposes only. The M.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering program focuses on providing students an insight into research areas such as Communication Engineering, Signal Processing, and others.

Recently, IIT Bhubaneswar signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. The institute also collaborates with foreign universities such as University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, University of North Dakota USA, and McGill University. Which gives the students excellent internship and research opportunities.

According to 2019 placement trends, almost 68% of the M.Tech batch got placed in core and other sectors. The highest number of job offers were from the core sector. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive and the average placement package offered was around 11 LPA.
Companies like Adobe, Amazon, Accenture, Affine Analytics, HCL, HPCL, Ittiam, Infosys, KIIT, Go-Jek, Goldman Sachs, and many others visited the campus for recruitment. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM also participated in the placement drive to recruit students.

Despite being a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar is doing quite well, both in academics and placement. According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar was ranked 26, among all the engineering colleges in India. The department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar has experienced professors and is well equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory instruments. It has also signed an MoU with many universities for research and student exchange. This results in active academic research and excellent internship opportunities for the students. The institute collaborates with foreign universities such as the University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, University of North Dakota USA, and McGill University. Out of 35 students of Mechanical Engineering, 32 students secured positions in campus placement in 2019. The average Domestic CTC offered last year was around INR 11.44 LPA. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM participated in the placement drive to recruit students. Besides that, last year a total of 89 companies visited the campus to recruit students. Many famous companies such as Amazon, Adobe, Accenture, Akash Institute, BYJU, Atkins, Angel Broking, Capgemini, Gupta Solution, Flinto Solution, Honeywell, Jindal Stainless Ltd, KEC International, KIIT, Microsoft, MathWorks, Mastercard, Rao Edusolutions, TATA BSNL, TATA steel, TATA Advance System, Thermax, and other companies as well recruited students from IIT Bhubaneswar.

NITs like Durgapur or Kurukshetra are also good institutes to pursue core engineering like Mechanical. According to NIRF Rankings, NIT Durgapur and NIT Kurukshetra rank at 30 and 48 respectively. As National Institute Of Technology, Kurukshetra is a Tier 1 college in India so every major MNCs come to college for campus placements. And Package is according to a person's skills and knowledge. Overall average job packages are around 7 lakh per annum. The placement record of 2019 in the National Institute Of Technology, Durgapur shows Mechanical Engineering bagged the highest percentage of placement with 78.46%. The highest CTC offered at NIT, Durgapur was INR. 32.54 LPA whereas the average salary package was around INR. 9.09 LPA.

IIT Bhubaneswar, NIT Durgapur, and NIT Kurukshetra all are good institutions with decent mechanical engineering programs. So choose according to your convenience.