IIT Patna takes admission for M.Tech in Civil Engineering through the GATE exam. Candidates should have aggregate marks of 60% and above in their Bachelors’s. The GATE cut-off was about 450 for Civil Engineering in 2019. The total number of seats available in the institute are only 18-19. 

The placement drive gives good opportunities to the students and the highest package in 2019 was INR.38 Lakh/year offered by Microsoft , followed by INR.35 lakh/year by DE Shaw, also reputed companies like Samsung, Uber, LinkedIn, Force Motors, L&T, Capgemini, TCS, Wipro, Amazon are the top recruiters.  

IIT Bhubaneswar also needs candidates to clear the GATE exam with a good score along with aggregate marks of 60% and above in Bachelors. The total intake is about 18-20 only. The course fee is about INR 2.31 Lakh approx per annum. In 2019 the highest placement offer was around INR 39 Lakh per year and the average job package offered was INR 11.44 Lakh. PSUs like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM recruited students from IIT Bhubaneswar. There was about 68% of total placement for M.Tech 2019 batch. 

Both the IIT’s are top reputed institutions known for academics and good placements.
 

M.Tech in Civil Engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar is not as lucrative in terms of the placement scenario as compared to B.Tech. However, some renowned PSUs like GALE, IOCL, NHAI, and others recruit a small fraction of students from M.Tech also. Some of the Civil Engineering M.Tech pass-outs from the institute get placements in leading infrastructure companies like L&T, Labh group, Tata Projects, and others. However, as compared to other branches, M.Tech Civil is not so enticing in terms of placements. Most of the pass-outs from Civil M.Tech opt for Ph.D. in reputed world universities, while others opt for start-ups and consultancies. On an overall scale, the placement scenario is not that great but might still be appealing as compared to other colleges offering M.Tech in India.

Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) is a public engineering university, situated in Varanasi. The institute is built over a massive 1300 acre campus with top-notch facilities It offers an online mode of admission. The institute has tie-ups with the University of Cambridge (UK), University of Oxford (UK), University of Sheffield (UK). IIT BHU has been ranked 10th and 11th in the categories engineering and overall by the NIRF rankings in 2019. 

About the Course:

• The institute offers M.Tech in Civil Engineering as a full-time two-year course at a fee of Rs 53,050 for the full period. 
• The course has 29 seats available at IIT BHU.

Placements

• Placement rates for civil engineering in most institutes are low, IIT BHU is no different in this respect. 
• As compared to other branches, the number of companies coming for placements are less. 
• Top companies for civil include L&T, Indian Oil, and Flipkart. 
• The median salary at the institute is 8.1 LPA, whilst, the average package is approximately 8.2 LPA.

Recruiters from Indian and foreign companies visit the campus for placements. However, civil engineering rarely helps students land good placements as compared to other courses. Still with IIT being a renowned university student bag decent placement offers which average around 8 lakhs per annum, while the highest package may go upwards of 15LPA. 

With various international tie-ups, the institute has enhanced its learning experience and placement facilities. If you want good placements, it would be suggested you opt for a different branch of engineering.

The written test for MTech in Civil Engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar mainly includes questions related to the subject and it follows the syllabus for GATE. There is no negative marking in the test and the question format follows the pattern given below.

• 35 questions (Time-90 minutes)
• 1-20 (1 mark questions)
• 21-35 (2 mark questions)

According to the students who have taken the test before, the test comprises of questions like-

• What is the max liquid limit, plastic limit?
• What is Preconsolidation stress? How is the Preconsolidation ratio calculated?
• What is the stress distribution below a uniform settlement foundation?

Most of the questions asked in the test are from Geotech Engineering and Environment. Others included Building Material, Fluid Mechanics, RCC, Steel Structure, Hydrology, Surveying, Transportation, Structural Analysis, SOM.

The result of the written test is declared within 1 hour of the test and if you are shortlisted you need to get through an interview in order to get admission. The interview can be scheduled on the same day or the day after.