MAIT, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology is a reputed private college that ranks 10th among the best engineering colleges by the Dataquest T school survey and is approved by AICTE and affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

USICT, University School of Information, Communication, and Technology is a reputed private college affiliated to GGSIPU and a NAAC accredited Grade A college.

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology(TIET) is a reputed private college that is accredited with grade ‘A’ by NAAC and ranked 2nd among 13 Private Institutions by The Asia.

When deciding which college is right for you, you need to look into a number of factors. One should not base their decisions on ranking alone.

Admission:
MAIT:

• MAIT offers a B.tech program and an MBA program.

• JEE Main/ IPU CET exam (B.Tech courses) CAT/CMAT/IPU CET(MBA) are the entrance examinations accepted at MAIT.

• The average cost for the attendance for the first year of the B.tech program is 1.10 lakh and is 1.33 lakh for the MBA program.

USICT:

• USICT has four curses i.e. B.VOC, M.Tech, B.Tech, and M.C.A.

• IPU CET and GATE are the entrance exams accepted for admission at USICT.

TIET:

• TIET offers B.tech, M.sc, MCA, M.E, M.tech, M.A.Psychology, MBA, and Ph.D. The average fee for B.tech is 3.25 LPA.

• The entrance examinations accepted for admissions are JEE Main, GATE, CAT/CMAT/ IPU CET(MBA).

Placements:

MAIT-

Some of the top recruiters that come for recruiting at the MAIT campus are Accenture, Wipro, Infosys, Amazon, TCS, Cognizant. Etc, offering starting packages between 3.5-20 LPA.

USICT-

• Some of the top recruiters are Amazon, TCS, Genpact, etc.

• The starting packages companies have to offer are 5-6 LPA but the highest recorded was 36 LPA.

TIET-

• Some of the big companies that visit the TIET campus are Paytm, Maruti Suzuki, Google, Amazon, LensKart, etc.

• The salary packages offered to the students range between 6-10 LPA.

Go through the above-mentioned factors and decide which institute will be better for you.

Your marks are quite impressive. You can easily get into COE at Thapar University without much hassle. If you are unable to secure admissions in the branch you prefer then there are a few ways through which you would be able to acquire it. 

Following are some of the ways that might benefit you:

• Although the possibilities can be demanding, you must wait for final spot round counselling. 
• If everything works in your favor you might end up with the branch of your choice.
• Appear for December Test to switch the branch held by you at the end of the first semester.
• Be a hard worker in your studies to maintain a CGPA of 9.6 and above. 

All these ways might help you increase your chances of changing your branch to COE in the second year.

The average package of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology is quite good. Big companies like Microsoft, JP Morgan, Adobe, etc offer packages between INR 10 LPA-40 LPA. Here are the recent placement highlights for the institute.

Hope this gives you an idea about the placements at Thapar.

The college hours are mostly 8 am to 5 pm. But the timing depends on the schedule of the batch. The new batches have some additional subjects which are held and these often go up till 6 or 7 pm. The batches with electives may be held after 5 pm.

You will get an hour or two for lunch breaks in between when classes run till late. But this schedule is not regular as some days, the classes may be from 8 am-1 pm or 10 am-3 pm, thus it all depends on their class schedule. If the student needs to go out of campus, they must report back to the campus before 7 pm.

The branch is new to the university but your scope in it will be really good. It is a blend of mechanical, electronics and control, software, and computer engineering.

According to the latest trends, this will be a really good combination for the latest job requirements. As a student, you will get to learn concepts on control, design, and analysis. Basically, as a mechatronics graduate, you will be a master of many domains. This is surely a major plus point and you will be able to use these skills for research purposes.

Just ensure that you will work hard since there is a lot of wide scope for post-graduation. This is mainly true for universities abroad. The placements are good too.

It is not at all a big deal to score 8.5 in the first year. Just focus during lecture hours and then just give a reading once in a while and dive into the books a little time before the exams especially during Midterms and End Semesters. This will fetch you great marks.

Also do take quizzes and sessionals seriously as they often become grade changes in many cases. Try to aim for 75 marks in each subject. Even if you fail, if you try you’ll end up getting 60+ in each subject and that is enough for getting 8.5 CGPA in the first year.