Should I join NITIE Mumbai PGDIE or IIT?

NITIE Mumbai is ranked 12th for MBA by the 2020 NIRF Ranking and it is considered to be in the same league with IIMS, IITs, and IISc.

PGDIE at NITIE- The PGDIE program at NITIE has a total of 140 seats and the total course fee is around 12.53 lakhs.

• The admission to the program is through GATE. Students with a GATE score of above 600 are eligible for admission.
• Various reputed companies including Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Nestle, Cadbury, Amazon, TCS, HP, Johnson & Johnson Consumers offer internships and placements to students of NITIE Mumbai.
• The highest package is around 27.39 LPA and the average salary package is 16 LPA.

IITs- At reputed IITs, the course fee is around 1.5 lakhs-1.20 lakhs per semester. The highest salary package of the IIT students remains to be around 30 LPA-35 LPA and the average package seems to remain around 17 LPA.

NITIE is an autonomous body under MHRD and has a legacy of over 50 years. The institute has a huge alumni base working in top MNCs across the globe.

Whether you should join NITIE or IIT depends on your choice of career. If you want a career in management then you should choose NITIE Mumbai PGDIE over IIT. However, if you want to work in the Engineering industry then choose IIT.