What should I choose, IIT Bhubaneswar or BHU for ECE?

Both IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT BHU offers good electronics engineering programs with decent placement, so choose according to your convenience. Given below is a brief discussion that will give you an insight into the electronics engineering programs delivered by these two institutes.

IIT Bhubaneswar was ranked 17th in the engineering category by NIRF ranking 2019. ECE is a new branch in IIT Bhubaneswar, delivered by the School of Electrical Sciences. The JEE Advanced cutoff for ECE in 2019 was 2736-6844 (general category). The School of Electrical Sciences has great infrastructure and a dynamic group of well-qualified and experienced faculty. At present, there are 33 full-fledged laboratories well-equipped to carry out various projects.

The first batch of ECE went through the placement in 2020 and according to the placement highlights of this year, 97% of the students from ECE got placements in many top MNCs. The average CTC offered was INR 15.8 LPA. MNCs like Honeywell, TCS, Adobe, Goldman Sachs, etc.came to the campus for recruitment.

IIT BHU is an old institute with a large alumni base which reflects in its placements. NIRF has ranked the institute 28th among the engineering colleges of India. The institute offers a good electronics engineering program both in terms of academics and placements. In 2019 the JEE Advanced closing cutoff for electronics engineering was 2376.

The placement statistics of 2019 at IIT BHU revels, overall 71% of students got placements with an average CTC around INR 8.19 LPA. However, the highest package offered was INR 1.04 Crore per annum.