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.

PEC is one of the pioneer engineering colleges in Punjab and ranks 68 among the top engineering colleges per NIRF ranking 2020. It maintains a standard placement record of 80% by providing jobs in top quality MNCs. 

UIET Chandigarh ranks 54 among the private engineering colleges by NIRF ranking and maintains a placement record of 80%. 

Admission Process 

PEC Chandigarh:-

• The minimum marks required is 75% marks in 10+2 along with a valid score in JEE Main.
• The seats for electrical engineering are 48. 
• The course fee is INR 3.45 LPA.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 12781-17622.

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 40.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 24265-35348.

Placements:-

The placements in both these colleges are good and many of the companies offer handsome packages to the students every year. The average package offered by the institutes is 5% more than last year. 

The top recruiters are IBM, Samsung, Tata, Microsoft, Deloitte, Infosys, Amazon, KPMG, Accenture, Wipro, etc.

Facilities:

• The central library of PEC Chandigarh has a collection of 1 lakh volumes of books and research papers. 
• There are six hostels in the campus, four of them are for boys and two for girls. 
• A 120 capacity of air-conditioned hall in UIET Chandigarh for holding presentations and interactive sessions.
• The university library of UIET Chandigarh has an inflibnet network which allows them to connect through the digital facilities. 

PEC is a better option and has an excellent reputation than UIET Chandigarh. The placements at PEC are better than UIET Chandigarh. The average package offered every year for electrical and computer engineering is around INR 7-11 LPA, which is more than UIET Chandigarh. PEC Chandigarh is a better choice for pursuing electrical than UIET Chandigarh for CSE. 

However, both these colleges are some of the finest universities in the country with diverse cultures. Hence pursuing a course from any of these universities will land you into success.

GNDU ranks 88 Overall and 51 in the University rankings list of NIRF 2020. Guru Nanak Dev University or GNDU Amritsar has a faculty strength of 442 members, 49% of which are PhD holders. They have a student population of 8675. 

UIET Chandigarh ranks 72nd in University rankings list. Both GNDU and UIET Chandigarh offers Bachelor in Technology (BTech) in Computer Science.

Panjab University ranks 44th by the NIRF 2020 in the Overall University rankings category. They offer a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science.

Admission Criteria

GNDU

• Candidates should have 50% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics is compulsory.
• For MTech applicants 60% in BTech or BE is necessary.
• The selection will be based on the JEE Main score for BTech and GATE score for MTech.

UIET Chandigarh

• Candidates should have 50-60% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• For MTech applicants 60% in BTech or BE is necessary.
• JEE Main rank is mandatory for admission in BTech and GATE rank for MTech.

Panjab University 

• Candidates should have 55% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with PCM.
• For ME applicants 50% in BTech or BE is necessary.
• JEE Main rank is mandatory for admission in BTech and GATE rank for MTech.

Placements

GNDU

• 735 offers were made.
• Capgemini was the star recruiter.
• The top recruiting companies include Google, Microsoft, Infosys, Accenture, Wipro, TCS, Apple, KPMG, Deloitte, etc.

UIET Chandigarh

• 56 companies participated in the placement program.
• 309 offers were made.
• The CSE department received the highest number of placements.
• The top recruiting companies include Deloitte, Wipro, Infosys, IBM, Accenture, HCL, Adobe, Google, etc.

Panjab University

• The top recruiting companies include Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Hewlett Packard, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Students can work as Software architect, Data Scientist, Software engineer, Java Developer, Software developer, Database administration, Network Developer, System Database Administrator, Computer Programmer, Engineering Support Specialist, Data Warehouse Analyst, System Designer, Lecturer or Professor, Computer Operator and Research Analyst.

CSE is the most in demand subject in Engineering. Due to the rapid growth of the corporate industries and IT firms the demand of computer engineers will only increase.

NIT Nagaland has a NIRF 2020 rank of 67, NIT Manipur has a rank of 158, UIET has a rank of 72 in the engineering category. NIT Nagaland, NIT Manipur, and NIT Mizoram are autonomous institutions recognized by AICTE and UGC whereas UIET is a public university affiliated to Panjab University.

Admission-

To be eligible for admission, students are expected to have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 75% along with their JEE Main score.

• At NIT Manipur, for programs like B.Tech, the total fees are in the range of Rs. 2 Lakhs to Rs. 7 lakhs.

• At NIT Nagaland, the total fees for programs like B.Tech lie in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 4 lakhs respectively.

• For NIT Mizoram, the total fees for programs like B.Tech are 5.43 lakhs.

• UIET offers programs like B.E(IT) with fees in the range of Rs. Lakhs and Rs. Lakhs.

JEE Main cutoff 2019 -

• NIT Nagaland - For the ECE branch, it was 17473 and 23345 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• NIT Manipur - For the Civil branch, it was 26151 and 30616 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• NIT Mizoram - For the ECE branch, it was 23041 and 26040 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• UIET - For B.E(IT) branch, it was 24265 and 35348 as the opening and closing rank respectively for the General category.

Placement -

• The major recruiters for NIT Manipur were IBM, Johnson Control, Infosys, Polaris, Wipro, TCS.

• For NIT Nagaland, Allstate, Power Grid, Lakshaya, Vedanta, L&T, Toppers, Mphasis, were the top recruiters.

• At NIT Mizoram, IBM, Wipro, L&T Infotech, Microsoft, Capgemini, Accenture were the top recruiters.

• The major recruiters for UIET were Practo, Indian oil, HP, Mahindra, Infosys, Wipro.

For the year 2019, the placement details for the institutes were as follows.

Which is the better option that needs to be assessed by reviewing the above facts and your perception of the college brand along with the ROI which is on average 93% for NIT Nagaland, 129% for NIT Manipur, 110% for NIT Mizoram, and for 172% for UIET respectively.

UIET Chandigarh is ranked 72nd by NIRF India Rankings 2020 whereas, amongst the top universities, NIRF has ranked Bharati Vidyapeeth University 54th. UIET is approved by AICTE and Bharati Vidyapeeth is approved by UGC.

Admission and Eligibility

UIET Chandigarh

• UIET offers B.Tech and M.E programs under 6 specializations and an M.Tech program in one specialization.
• Admissions for B.Tech and M.E are based on a valid score in JEE Main whereas M.Tech admissions are based on a valid score in the GATE exam.
• The eligibility criteria required for B.Tech is 10+2 with a minimum of 75% marks and for M.Tech, the applicant needs to have a graduate degree.

Bharati Vidyapeeth University Pune

• A wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, Ph.D., M.Phil, Diploma, and Certificate programs are offered by the university.
• The selection is based on a valid entrance exam score and the eligibility differs with the course for which the students need to check as per their study of interest.

Placements

UIET Chandigarh

• The placements at UIET are good and offer dream job opportunities to the students. 
• Some of the top recruiters for driving the placements are KPMG, Deloitte, Infosys, Mu Sigma, Capgemini, ZS Associates, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and many more. 
• More than 200 students are placed for the academic year 2019-2020. 
• The highest package for the year 2018-19 was 16 LPA and the average package was 5.62 LPA with overall 56 companies visiting the campus. 
• The students of the CSE department grabbed the highest offers (101) for placement sessions held in 2018-19.

Bharati Vidyapeeth University Pune

• For the academic year 2019-2020, to date, 239 students are placed with more than 150 companies participating in the placement drive each year. 
• The highest package (International) is INR 54.08 LPA and for domestic is INR 18.10 LPA. The average salary offered is INR 7.5 LPA.

Other Facilities

UIET Chandigarh

The university also offers a broad range of scholarships under different schemes and criteria. Moreover, the highly experienced and qualified faculty plays a major role in assisting the students in academics as well as their careers.

Bharati Vidyapeeth University Pune

The university also has state-of-art facilities such as fully equipped computer labs, spacious classrooms, a conference hall, seminar hall, auditorium with 350+ seating capacity, an entrepreneur development cell, software development cell, hostel, space for outdoor and indoor games, and a cybersecurity cell.

Both universities have their own reputation in terms of education, campus facilities, placements, and teaching faculty.

UIET Chandigarh has been ranked 54th among the private engineering colleges by NIRF ranking. The institute is best for CSE/IT as it maintains a placement record of 80% every year. The institute is one of the top 30 finest engineering institutes of the country.

IIIT Bhubaneswar ranks 201 among the IIITs in India as per NIRF ranking 2020. The institute promises to create technology leaders tomorrow by assuring them with 100% placement records every year. 

The table below gives a brief description of the institutes:

Admission Process

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
• The candidates must have a valid score in JEE Main. 

IIIT Bhubaneswar:-

• The minimum marks required is 60% marks in 10+2. 
• The candidate must have a valid JEE Main score.

Placements:-

Many companies visit both these colleges and offer dream jobs to the students. The placement department of both the colleges work rigorously to get as many companies as possible. IIIT Bhubaneswar offered 95% placement in the engineering department. Amazon offered the highest package of INR 31 LPA to two of the students of UIET Chandigarh.

The top recruiters are Amazon, Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, Samsung, L&T Infotech, Capgemini, Tech Mahindra, Paytm, Mindtree, Dell, TCS, etc.

Both these colleges provide a better scope with good placements. It is upon the students which college they would like to opt among these two. However, IT from IIIT Bhubaneswar is preferred than CSE/IT from UIET Chandigarh.

UIET Chandigarh is affiliated to Punjab University ranking 54th as per NIRF ranking. The placement record is 80%, where the students get lucrative packages in some of the top MNCs. 

CGC Landran is affiliated to PTU Jalandhar and ranks 52nd among the engineering institutes per the Chronicle 2019 ranking. The institute maintains a placement record of 90% every year. 

The table below shows the brief description of the colleges.

Admission Process:-

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 40.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 945-35348.

CGC Landran:-

• The minimum criteria for pursuing CSE requires 75% marks in aggregate in 10+2.
• The course fee is INR 3.62 LPA.
• The seats available for CSE is 250-300.

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. The average package offered by the institutes is 5% more than last year. 

The students are trained firmly with full commitment so that they will be able to show a high level of professionalism in their future jobs. The top companies are Genpact, IBM, Microsoft, Accenture, Deloitte, Cognizant, Samsung, Capgemini, Infosys, etc. 

UIET Chandigarh is best for CSE in terms of placements and is well-known for achieving towering heights since its inception. It is maintaining standards from time to time, along with prodigious placements.

It’s difficult to determine which institute is better as the courses are not mentioned for the given college. However, given below are information about the colleges which may help you make the decision.

Admissions:

• BIT Jaipur: If a student wants to take admission to the college they need to secure at least 45% in class 10+2 exams with PCM. For the B.E program the admissions are by Joint Seat Allotment Authority (JOSAA).
• Nirma University: The criteria for every course is different. But mostly the university accepts common exams like JEE Mains, CLAT, GATE, CAT, and MAT. Apart from that the college also does take admissions through merits.
• UIET Chandigarh: The admissions of the course B.E and M.E is done on the basis of entrance exams. However, the minimum criteria for an applicant to apply for admissions is to pass class 10+2 exams with at least 45% of marks in PCM.

Faculty: 

• BIT Jaipur: Most of the faculty are Ph.D. while others are pursuing. The classes are never boring because of the interactive sessions held by the faculty.
• Nirma University: As being one of the oldest colleges in the state, the faculty of the college is well experienced and well versed with the subjects that they teach.
• UIET Chandigarh: There are a total of 8 core members in the college out of which three of them are Ph.D. holders.

Placement: 

• BIT Jaipur: There were a total of 23 companies present. The highest package that was offered was INR 23 LPA while the average package was INR 6.47 LPA. The top recruiting companies were Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, Info Objects, and Reliance Jio.
• Nirma University: The university had a placement percentage of 95. The highest CTC that was offered was Rs 16.6 LPA and the average CTC that was recorded was 8.2 LPA. The top recruiting sector was ITES.
• UIET Chandigarh: The top recruiters that visit the college include; Goldman sacs, Amazon, Samsung, Airtel, and Deloitte. The median percentage placed every year is around 80%.

Therefore, if a choice has to be made by the student, he/she can look at the above parameters mentioned.