NIT Kurukshetra ranks 43rd among the top engineering colleges in India by NIRF 2019. The institute is one of the best, having many good experienced faculties for civil engineering. The placement statistics have gone beyond 95% since 2015. 

CSE from UIET Chandigarh is one of the best institutes providing better placement beyond 80% every year. The institute is affiliated to Punjab University and ranks 54th among the private engineering colleges NIRF ranking 2019.

The table below shows the brief comparison of these colleges. 

Admission Process

NIT Kurukshetra:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The total intake is 139 for the civil department. 
• The cutoff required is 15537-20271. 

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The course fee is INR 3.25 LPA.
• The seats for CSE in UIET Chandigarh are 122.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 945-224246.

Placements:

Almost 80% of the students got placed in 2019 with the highest package offered is INR 30 LPA by Microsoft. The placements in both these colleges are good and many of the companies offer handsome packages to the students every year. CSE receives the highest amount of placement of 100%. 

The top companies are Ashok Leyland, Amazon, Pepsi, Nestle, Deloitte, Infosys, KPMG, etc.

Choosing among these two institutes is entirely upon the students. However, NIT Kurukshetra is mostly preferred than UIET Chandigarh as it provides more placements every year.

Nirma University has been graded ‘A’ by NAAC. It has also ranked 13th for MBA by Outlook India in 2020. Apart from that, it has ranked 10th among the top private engineering colleges by Times in 2019 and 15th by India Today in 2019.

UIET has ranked 22nd among the top private engineering colleges by India Today in 2019.

Admission:

Nirma University:

• In order to pursue IT and software courses at Nirma University, aspiring students have to qualify for the GATE exam as it is the requirement for most of the M. Tech courses including Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic engineering, and the like.

• In order to pursue B. Tech courses, students have to qualify for JEE Main and fulfill other requirements specific to the course they are looking for.

UIET:

Those who are aspiring to pursue CS at UIET, Chandigarh, have to qualify for JEE Main for B. Tech/ B. E and GATE for M. Tech courses.

Scholarships:

Nirma University:

• For the Nirma university students, various Merit-based scholarships are available.

• Apart from that, those who come from less privileged backgrounds also get financial help through various scholarships that are provided by the institute.

UIET:

• There are various scholarships that are available for the BE students of UIET students including the Toppers Scholarship, Shanti Rani Scholarship, Merit cum Means scholarship, post Matric scholarship.

• For ME students UGC scholarships are available.

Placement:

Nirma University:

• Top recruiters who offer internships and jobs to the Nirma University students are Dabur, Daikun, Essar, Ingram, Infosys, IBM, Saint Gobain, Sun Pharma, Samsung, Morgan Stanley, Reliance, and more.

• More than 90% of students get placed every year from this institution.

• The highest and average salary package remains to be 14 LPA and 3 LPA.

UIET:

• Some of the top recruiters of UIET students are Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, Deloitte, KPMG, Mu Sigma, Capgemini, Yamaha, Infosys, and more.

• The highest and the average packages are 16 LPA and 5 LPA.

These are some of the important factors which will help you make the decision for yourself.

SIT Siliguri and UEM Kolkata are among the top reputed private engineering colleges in West Bengal. Both of these institutes offer a BTech course for CSE.

Admission:

SIT Siliguri:

• It takes admission through WBJEE or JEE Main rank. In 2019 the closing cutoff for CSE was 365667 (JEE Main), 41551 (WBJEE).
• Students need 10+2 with a minimum aggregate of 45% in order to be eligible.

The total course fee for the BTech CSE program is 4.01 lakhs. SIT has 120 seats for the program.

UEM Kolkata:

• Admission to the BTech CSE programs is through IEM JEE. Valid WBJEE scores are also accepted for admission. The closing cutoff in 2019 was 87014.
• The required eligibility is 10+2 from any recognized board.

The total course fee is 6 lakhs. The student intake for CSE is 180.

Placements: At SIT 88% of students were placed in 2019. Whereas, the placement rate at UEM Kolkata was 90%.

Top recruiting companies at SIT are Amazon, Deloitte, KPMG, ICICI Prudential, etc. Some of the recruiters at UEM Kolkata are Infosys, IBM, JP Morgan, Nestle, etc.

Both the institutes offer decent academics and placements. It is up to you to decide which college will be better for you.

IIT’s are the best engineering institutes of the country and IIT Bhubaneshwar ranks at 22 among the engineering colleges in India according to the NIRF Ranking of 2020. Since Electrical Engineering has been from the start of IIT Bhubaneswar, placements are great there. The curriculum of Electrical Engineering incorporates recent industry requirements. The placements for the early years were not that great but for the last 2 years, the situation is incrementing. In 2019 placement drive 86% of students from Electrical Engineering got placement and the average CTC offered at this IIT was 11.4 LPA. IIT’s have the best faculties in the country. The level of research work and the flexibility they provide is exceptional.

In 2019 the CSE department at NIT Nagpur had the highest number of job offers, 78. The average package was around 7 LPA which stands below IIT Bhubaneshwar.

The level of exposure and practical experience at IIT is exceptional and would help in developing extracurricular skills and potential development. So, between NIT Nagpur CSE and IIT Bhubaneswar EE, IIT Bhubaneswar EE is the better choice.