Should I choose IIT Guwahati or IIT Hyderabad for an M.Tech in CSE?
If you are planning to pursue M.Tech in Computer Science, it is highly recommended that you consider IIT Hyderabad over IIT Guwahati. Some of the reasons are given below:
- The data provided by the institute indicates that almost all students from the Computer Science department at IIT Hyderabad get placed in the first phase of placements, which is exclusive to the CSE branch. This is a significant advantage over IIT Guwahati.
- Many students from other colleges also get placed in the Computer Science department at IIT Hyderabad, but most of them will be in IT firms. On the other hand, placements in IT firms at IIT Hyderabad will be nearly zero. Instead, most students will be placed in big companies such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and the Artificial Intelligence sector, among others.
- The coding culture at IIT Hyderabad is one of the best among all IITs, with regular exposure to high-level coding competitions.
- IIT Hyderabad's location is a significant advantage, as Hyderabad is a hub for many new companies, making it easy for HR to recruit from the institute.
In summary, it is highly recommended that you consider IIT Hyderabad for your M.Tech in Computer Science Engineering as it would offer you the best opportunities for your future career.
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IIT Guwahati, ranked 6th for engineering, is one of the oldest institutions of the country while IIT Hyderabad, ranked 17th is one of the relatively newer generation of IITs.
The table given below gives a brief comparison for the CSE branch of the respective colleges.
|
Category |
IIT Hyderabad |
IIT Guwahati |
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Total fee |
4 lakhs |
5 lakhs |
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Seat intake |
30 |
40 |
|
Entrance Mode |
GATE |
GATE |
Affiliations
IIT Guwahati
- Tie-ups with more than 40 universities across the globe for both student-teacher exchange programmes.
- 50+ journals and patents published under the faculties. Offers Joint Degree Programme with universities across Japan, Germany.
- Doctoral programme in collaboration with Curtin University is offered and a DBT-Heidelberg Joint Degree Programme is also on offer in data science and analytics specialization.
IIT Hyderabad
- It has technology incubators in collaboration with universities from across the globe to help innovative ideas come to the fore and succeed.
- It has MOUs with over 30 universities in and outside India, with universities in countries like Japan, USA, Germany, France.
- Guest lecturers are invited and many projects in collaboration with these universities are also undertaken by students who are willing to.
Faculty
- Both these colleges have highly qualified teachers, most have pursued higher education from Ivy league colleges or IITs.
- They have research papers published and few of them even have patents to their name. And in their style of teaching, paper presentation or project submission is given importance to which helps going forward.
Placement
IIT Guwahati
- The average placement rate of 70%
- The highest CTC offered was 1.2 crore by Microsoft whereas the average CTC range from 9-12 LPA
- Major recruiters are Uber, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Accenture, American Express, JPMC.
IIT Hyderabad
- The average placement rate of the institute was 95%
- Major recruiters were Bank Of America, DRDO, Flipkart, HSBC, among 20 others
- The highest CTC offered to the students was 42 LPA while the average CTC was 16 LPA.
It is very tough to distinguish between these colleges as these are premier institutes of the nation. Both these institutes provide Data Analytics specialization and have a dedicated centre for and tie-ups with various universities for research in data science. Hence, it is up to the student to choose a given course in a particular college.
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