Is IIT BHU's CSE dual degree good?

IIT BHU has been ranked 11th among the best engineering colleges in India by NIRF 2020. Dual degree courses offered at the Institute are the most popular among the aspirants of IIT BHU in recent years. IIT BHU offers a dual degree in CSE for the span of 5 years (4-years B.Tech + 1-year m.tech)

Admission:

IIT BHU offers 34 seats in CSE dual degree with an annual tuition fee of 88,000 INR.

• Aspirants must clear JEE advanced with a good percentile in order to get admission at IIT BHU in the CSE dual degree course.

• Candidates from the general category had a cutoff with opening and closing rank of 827-970 respectively in 2019.

• Whereas cutoff for candidates belonging to OBC, SC, and ST categories were 273, 448, and 372 respectively

Campus:

• Spread across 400 acres of land, the IIT BHU campus has all the basic amenities like air-conditioned laboratories, auditorium, indoor and outdoor sports club, library with 92,000+ reference books of international standard.

• The campus houses 15,000+ students across India and 65 other countries with its 19 hostels.

Placement statistics:

• Placement records of the CSE department at IIT BHU are amazing. With 100% placement from the past few years, the average CTC offered for CSE dual degree graduates is 25 LPA.

• Lead recruiters from the past few years include Goldman Sachs, D Shaw, Microsoft, Google, ITC, Cisco, Uber, Nautonics.

• The highest domestic CTC offered at IIT BHU in 2020 was 1.06 CrPA while the highest international package was 1.59 CrPA for CSE graduates.

• 204 students availed of summer internship opportunities through the Institute with an average stipend of 80,000.

CSE branch has been consistently at top position at IIT BHU in terms of placement and curriculum. Pursuing a dual degree at IIT BHU has more pros than cons. As you can complete both B.Tech and M.tech at a top University within five years unlike the regular norm of 6 years along with no extra pressure of entrance exam for m.tech. Unless you want to pursue a master's abroad or have other plans in mind, you should go for a dual degree at IIT BHU.