Which is better: NIT Durgapur CS/IT or IIEST Shibpur CST/IT considering the placements, internships, and student achievements in the recent years in the field of computer science?

Both are the reputed colleges in their unique aspects. The ranking of the IIEST and NIT Durgapur is 19 and 46 respectively. However, one should not decide the best college based on the ranking. So, here are the few aspects of both colleges such as internships, placements, alumni, etc.

IIEST, Shibpur: It is ranked 19 by NIRF in the engineering category.

Admission-

• The college accepts students for BTech CST/IT based on the JEE Main rankings.

• The cut-off for the CST and IT in 2019 were 9379 and 17031 respectively.

• The fee for the course is 1.37 lakhs. However, there are several scholarship programs available for the students of this college.

Placements- The college trains the students in the form of the best internship programs and enhances the real-time experience.

• The highest and average salary of the students is 39.12 LPA and 9 LPA.

• Companies visiting the campus are Microsoft, Accenture, Google, Capgemini, Axis Bank, BHEL, Foster Wheeler, Indian Navy, Deloitte, Infosys, Intel, etc.

• The students of this college chose their career as a scientist, chief engineers, politicians, etc.

NIT, Durgapur: The ranking of the institute by NIRF in engineering is 46.

Admission-

• The admissions here are based on the JEE Main rankings.

• The closing cut-off for this course in 2019 was 5450 to 7466 for other state students. For home state students, the cut-off for the same was 5611 to 12,095.

• The fee for the course is 1.49 lakhs.

Placements-

• The college has a good placement record of 70%.

• The highest and average salary of the campus is 32.5 LPA and 9.09 LPA.

• Top companies visiting the campus are Axis Bajaj, Capgemini, L&T, Bajaj, Auto, HSBC, JP Morgan, Amazon, etc.

• The total offers from top companies for B.Tech and M.Tech students in CS are 555 and 41 respectively. Out of this, 491 and 40 students are placed in B.Tech and M.Tech.

The college also has several internship programs for the students to train and ensure real-time experience.

Many students of this college are scholars and top engineers and received several awards in their fields.

This is all about the CS at both colleges. Both are good options for pursuing a CS program, it all depends on the individual to choose the college based on the various factors as mentioned above.