Punjab Engineering College University of Technology - [PEC], Chandigarh

NIT Kurukshetra, ranked 40th for BTech by NIRF 2020 and ranked 27th for BTech by The Week 2020. They offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses like BTech, MTech, MBA, MCA and PhD. 

PEC Chandigarh is one the pioneer engineering colleges in Punjab. It is ranked 68th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It offers 8 undergraduate BTech (4 years) programs, 14 postgraduate MTech (2 years) programs and also PhD (3 years) programs. 

Admission Details

NIT Kurukshetra 

• Students should have 75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• Students should have 60% in their graduation.
• The entrance exams include JEE Main, GATE, CAT, MAT, CMAT, GMAT and NIMCET.
• The final selection is based on the entrance exams.
• Students opting for MBA will finally be selected by the marks of the entrance exam, group discussion and personal interview.
• The course fee is 70,016 approx. for the 1st year.

PEC Chandigarh 

• Students should have 75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• Students should have 60% in their graduation.
• The entrance exams include JEE Main and GATE.
• The final selection is based on the entrance exams.
• The course fee is 96,750 approx. for the 1st year.

Placements

Tabulated below is the placement statistics of both institutions:

NIT Kurukshetra - 

• Out of 689 graduated students 567 were placed.
• The Recruiting Companies include Adobe, Capgemini, Wipro, Microsoft, Saint Gobain, Vedanta, Bosch, etc.

PEC University 

• 619 students were eligible for the placement program.
• 143 companies visited during the placement program and made 449 offers.
• The recruiting companies include Microsoft, ITC, Infosys, TATA, JP Morgan, Mu Sigma, Loreal, Arcesium, Goldman Sachs, etc.

NIT Kurukshetra Faculty - NIT Kurukshetra has a faculty strength of 262 highly reputed and skilled members to guide the students for their intellectual upliftment and better future.

PEC Chandigarh Collaborations - PEC Chandigarh has collaborations with international organizations like Concordia University in Canada, Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Intel Technologies India, ABB Global Industries and Minda Corporation.

NIT Kurukshetra will be a better choice but it ultimately depends on the student's preferences. Both the colleges are equally good and popular among students and professionals. Both of them have similar placement records. The visiting companies or organizations are the same and they provide more or less the same salary packages. Students can choose the institution based on their location, subject selection, course fees, etc.

One of my friends is studying at Punjab Engineering College and people treat PEC students pretty decently. 

Here is the list of positive experiences each student of PEC may experience.

1. If you are interning in companies, then it is possible that company staff may praise and appreciate you for studying at Punjab Engineering College.
2. If others come to know that you are studying at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, then they will become super happy. 
3. Even the cab driver asks my friend technical questions and tells him how hard it is to get PEC.
4. Locals know the reputation of PEC that it held a year ago. However, the college is not as good as once it was. But still, the reputation of the college is still known by everyone in the region. 
5. Even Civil Servants praised PEC students for studying there.
6. If you are taking admission into coaching institutions, then PEC students get a special discount.
7. Students of other colleges are always curious about PEC fests. 

But PECians also face negative experiences. Such as IIT students have never heard about PEC or its fests. 

Therefore, if you are studying at Punjab Engineering College. Chandigarh, then you will encounter many such incidents. People will praise and treat you differently if you are from PEC.

PEC Chandigarh is one the pioneer engineering colleges in Punjab. It is ranked 68th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It is a deemed university approved by AICTE and affiliated to Punjab University.

CSE is the most popular engineering course involving computer programming and networking, programming languages, computer software and hardware, etc. Due to the rapid growth of the corporate industry companies are in a constant search of qualified individuals to work after their CSE graduation.

Placements - 

PEC has their own training and placement cell which conducts workshops, industry visits, seminars, mock interviews and group discussions. They provide career guidance and internships to students.

• 619 students were eligible for the placement program. 
• 143 companies visited the campus and made a total of 449 offers.
• The median salary package offered to students was around 5.5-6.5 LPA. 
• They witnessed the increase in salary package by 26% in 2018 and 24% in 2019.

Tabulated below gives an insight into the placement of the university:

Recruiting Companies - Microsoft, ITC, Infosys, TATA, JP Morgan, Mu Sigma, Loreal, Arcesium, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Internships 

Out of 63 students 36 received internships. Companies offered internships - Goldman Sachs, American Express, Deutsche Bank, Sapient and RBS.

Tabulated below gives an insight into the internship statistics of the university:

CSE graduates can work as System Database Administrator, Computer Programmer, Engineering Support Specialist, Data Warehouse Analyst, System Designer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Lecturer or Professor, Computer Operator and Research Analyst.