Which college is best for a B. tech in CSE? CGC Landran, NIET Noida, or LPU?

NIRF 2020 has ranked LPU at 87, CGC Landran at 201-250 band and NIET Noida at 99 for Engineering. LPU and NIET Noida are affiliated to the University grant Commission and follow the latest course curriculum with practical study and implementation. CGC Landran is affiliated to the Punjab Technical University and its curriculum is slightly outdated which lacks practical study and implementation.

Admission:

• CGC Landran offers admission through JEE Mains. The cut-off for CGC Landran CSE Branch was 6,87,300 rank for all India general category students and 10,90,000 for home state students.

• Whereas in NIET Noida admissions are provided on the basis of UPSEE Exam, the cut-off rank in 2019 for all India General students was 34,341 for CSE, for OBC it was 55,469.

• LPU conducts LPUNEST exam for B tech admissions or it also takes admission on the basis of JEE mains.

• CGC Landran has an annual fee of INR 96,000 whereas NIET and LPU charge about INR 1 lakh to 1.5 Lakh per annum.

Campus location and infrastructure:

Situated near the Country capital and in Noida, NIET has the best connectivity among the three colleges followed by LPU and then CGC Landran. Infrastructure wise LPU is better and consisting of excellent facilities and computer centres. CGC Landran and NIET Noida also have good infrastructure.

Placement:

• The average package of LPU is 5.4 LPA whereas CGC Landran and NIET Noida have an average package around 3.5 LPA.

• The highest package offered by LPU was 42 LPA and by CGC Landran was 35 LPA whereas NIET Noida had a lower maximum package of 11 LPA.

• The placement percentage in all the three colleges are 100% and the colleges are visited by reputed national and international companies.

For the CSE course, LPU is a good choice. The other two are also good. The decision should be made by the candidate not only on the above parameters as required but according to the connectivity of the college from the home town and annual fee of the college.