The MCA program at NIT Surathkal is decent but I feel NIT Allahabad will offer a better course and opportunity. This is because, at MNIT Allahabad, most companies allow MCA students to sit for placements with CSE and IT students. One of my distant cousins pursuing an MCA from MNNIT Allahabad cleared Google Mt.View. Moreover, CSE, IT, and MCA share a common department here and the computer Club classes are also held for all CSE, IT, and MCA combined.
Whereas In NIT Surathkal, the MCA program is inclined more toward Application Development and thereby focuses more on the latest programming language and tools to develop better and faster applications. Its primary aim is to provide a modern, industry-oriented education in applied computer science.
In my opinion, you should choose MNNIT Allahabad for MCA as it has better placement opportunities.
NIT Surathkal offers a good MCA course with decent placements. Companies, including Citicorps, Oracle, Microsoft, TCS, Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Samsung, Morgan, IBM, mainly come to hire MCA students at NITK.
In recent years the placement statistics are as follows.
Placement average |
75% |
Highest CTC |
18 LPA |
Lowest CTC |
3.5 LPA |
Average CTC |
7-8 LPA |
Major job roles offered |
Software Developer, Associate Softengineer, Analyst, and many more. |
Internship Offer Percentage |
70% |
Highest Internship Stipend |
40,000 |
The thing is that this institute is somewhat more popular for BTech studies. However, it is slowly developing other programs like diploma and graduate degrees.