Having a few friends from both institutes I might be able to share some facts about both the institutes. Chemical Engineering at UICET is better than Chemical at Thapar University or CSE at CCET.

• UICET is a well-renowned university and has a reputed department. 
• They have brilliant placement records and a strong alumni base.
• Laboratories and faculty at UICET are better than those at Thapar.
• Course fees at UICET for chemical engineering are very less than that in Thapar University. 
• Thapar is no doubt a well-reputed university but as far as chemical engineering is concerned UICET is better.
• CCET is affiliated with PU located in sector-26 Chandigarh. It is well known for its diploma courses.
• However, UICET is any day better than CCET in all terms.

Your preference order should be Chemical Engineering at UICET> Chemical at Thapar University> CSE at CCET.

According to one of my friends, who is an alumnus of Thapar University, the integrated program involving BE and MBA is mostly preferred by the students nowadays over many other branches like civil, chemical, mechanical, and many others. At the same time, computer science or electronics plus MBA is a good option to take your career ahead as you may be well aware of the popularity of the computer science branch at Thapar University. Also, there is a benefit of not giving competitive exams such as CAT or GMAT.

The students who remain in the turmoil of giving entrance exams and don't want to write the national level exams or are afraid of not getting LM Thapar according to the marks scored in entrance exams, mostly prefer this course.

Since the course is newly introduced by the university, it will take time to settle and as soon as the stream settles down, automatically the cut-off will go high.

As for why this course has low priority among students, it’s just a mindset problem and has nothing to do with the course or university.

The hostel for the 1st year students is the most loved hostel in Thapar University because of numerous reasons.

• The hostel is huge and every room in the building is spacious.
• It has grounds huge enough to play cricket, football, or even kho-kho.
• The mess workers are better than every other hostel and they provide good food, although not as good as the J hostel. 
• It has stable and high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity. 

Since this will be the first hostel in your college life you will always have a special place for it in your heart. The facilities provided by the hostel are good.

I have a few friends from both VIT and Thapar. I will suggest you opt for Thapar University as it is one of the best colleges in this league.

Admission:

VIT and Thapar University both conduct an entrance examination for the selection of their candidates. However, VIT does not reveal the scores obtained by the candidates. At Thapar, admission is done on the basis of JEE Main marks. Moreover, both the admission and counseling procedure are translucent and there is no Management Quota. At VIT one can get admission on the basis of the category system whereas, at Thapar, the quality (merit-based) is given more preference.

Batch Size:

The number of students at Thapar University per branch is less in comparison to VIT where there is a crowd on a huge level.

FCCS System:

At Thapar FCCS system is present. It is a system that allows the students to choose the timings of their own classes and the respective teachers for those classes.

Although the facilities provided to the students at the VIT campus are exceptional you should not risk your academic career for mere facilities.

You should rather prioritize Thapar and try for a branch of your choice. If you do not get into it then opting for VIT would be better. But keep VIT as your second option.