Which is better for chemical engineering, IISc or ICT Mumbai?

IISc was ranked in the band 301-350 by Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020. It has also secured the second rank in the world in terms of citation per faculty by QS World University. ICT Mumbai has been ranked 7th among all the Indian universities by The World University Rankings 2020.

Academics:

IISc:

• The institute offers MTech in Chemical Engineering and the admission is through GATE. The 1st year course fee is INR 29,200.

• The institute also provides highly equipped and sophisticated instruments required for research purposes. The research areas include Complex Fluids, Biomolecular Engineering, Colloids, and Interfacial Science, Nanotechnology, Energy Engineering, etc.

• Seminar, workshops, conferences, and many other events are conducted in the department.

ICT Mumbai:

Consecutively for 3 years, the department is ranked 1 in the country by The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and AICTE survey.

• It offers BTech and MTech courses for Chemical Engineering. For admission to BTech and MTech Chemical Engineering, the institute accepts JEE Main and GATE scores. The first-year course fees for BTech and MTech programs are 85,350 and 70,750 respectively.

• The major thrust of research areas includes Green Technology, Development of Novel Reactors, Reactions and Separation Processes, Adsorptive and Chromatographic Separations, Advanced Separation Techniques, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Industrial Crystallization and Filtration, etc.

• The department is highly equipped with state-of-the-art research facilities.

• It also has international collaborations for numerous projects.

Placements:

IISc:

• For engineering students of batch 2020, the highest package offered was INR 40 LPA and the average package was INR 10 LPA.

• Top recruiters participating in the placement drive are Mahindra, Cisco systems, Sandisk, Crompton Greaves, and much more.

ICT Mumbai

• The institute holds a placement percentage of 90%.

• The highest package offered was INR 18 LPA while the average package was INR 5 LPA.

• Top recruiters include TATA motors, Honeywell, Jacobs, Nerolac, BPCL, etc.

In terms of facilities, the IISc campus is facilitated with a health center, gym, auditoriums, amenities hall, hostel as well as a travel agency. Whereas, the ICT campus is facilitated with a library, hostel, sports complex, laboratories, gym, and wifi-campus. The faculties at both institutes are well-qualified and experienced.