National Institute of Technology, Mizoram (NITM) is an autonomous college affiliated to the All Indian Council for Technical Education. The college ranks 90th for engineering in India by JEE Cut-off 2019. It offers B.Tech in Civil Engineering as a full-time four-year course at a fee of 5.43 Lakhs for the full period.

National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (NITS) is approved by AICTE and recognized by UGC. The college offers B.Tech in Civil Engineering as a full-time four-year course at a fee of 5.30 Lakhs for the full period. The college is ranked 39th and 82nd for engineering by India Today and JEE Cut-off respectively.

Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology is approved by the AICTE. The college offers B.Tech in Civil Engineering as a full-time four-year course at a fee of 4 Lakhs for the full period.

Admission:

NIT Mizoram:

• The eligibility criteria for Civil Engineering at the institute is having passed 10+2 examinations from a recognized board in the science stream.

• The selection of candidates is based on JEE Main scores, which is followed by JoSAA counseling.

There are 30 seats available for this course.

NIT Srinagar:

• The eligibility criteria for Civil Engineering at the institute are 10+2 examinations from a recognized board in the science stream.

• The selection of candidates is based on JEE Main scores, which is followed by JoSAA counseling.

There are 157 seats available for this course.

MIT:

The criteria for admission to Civil Engineering at the college are marks in 10+2 examinations and marks obtained in Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination. There are 60 seats available for this course.

Infrastructure:

NIT Mizoram:

• The college is built over a massive 190-acre campus.

• The college is home to a huge library which has over 7000 educational books and various other e-resources.

• It has 3 boys hostels and one girl’s hostel.

• Sports facilities such as cricket ground and volleyball court. Other facilities such as the gym, cafeterias, medical facilities, laboratories, and shuttle service are also available.

NIT Srinagar:

• The college is built over a large100 acre campus.

• The college is home to a huge library.

• It has separate boys and girls hostels.

• Sports facilities such as cricket, hockey, football, etc are available.

• Other facilities such as gym, cafeterias, Wi-Fi, laboratories, and shuttle services are also available.

MIT: The college is built over an 85-acre campus.

• The college has separate boys and girls hostels.

• Sports facilities such as cricket, hockey, football, etc are available.

• Other facilities such as cafeterias, Wi-Fi, and laboratories are available.

Placements:

NIT Mizoram:

• The college has an active placement cell which aims at providing placements to all students.

• Top recruiters for the course are HP, IBM, Infosys, and L&T.

• The average package at the college is 6LPA, with the highest package going up to 16LPA.

NIT Srinagar:

• The course has a 50% placement rate.

• Top recruiters in placement season include NTPC, ONGC, and L&T.

• The average package offered is approximately 4 LPA, while the highest offer goes up to 18 LPA.

MIT: The course has a 60% placement rate.

• Top companies for Civil include Wipro, Prism Cement, and Go Speedy.

• The average package offered is 6LPA, the highest package goes up to a whopping 15 LPA.

NITs are a well-known name in the engineering education industry and thus are a preferable option among the three colleges for Civil Engineering. The two NITs deliver better in terms of Infrastructure, Facilities and Placements offered. A choice between the two NITs depends on one's preference for the location.

NIT and IIEST are long-established academic institutions. Competition for seats at these colleges is intense, especially for engineering branches such as EEE, ME and Civil. While NIT offers 168 seats in ME, IIEST offers 136 seats for civil engineering.

A comparison of both courses and colleges is given below.

Campus

• IIEST: The green campus, with three water bodies, is spread across 114 acres and is intertwined with modern technology.

• NIT Durgapur: Spread across 187 acres, the green campus includes buildings, hostels, and an academic centre. It has two fields: The Lords and The Oval.

Facilities

• IIEST: The institute offers facilities like hostels, Library, Labs, Canteen, School, etc. It also provides hospitals, ambulances, sports clubs, and entrepreneurship activities.

• NIT Durgapur: A number of facilities are offered, including hostels, recreation, auditorium, canteens, labs, guesthouse, computer centre, medical care, library, etc.

Placement Statistics

• IIEST: Top recruiting companies were Accenture, Aditya Birla, ICICI Bank, Microsoft, etc. The highest package was 39.12 LPA.

• NIT Durgapur: The highest package offered was 32.5 LPA. Top recruiters are Wipro, TCS, Amazon, Microsoft, and L&T.

Courses Scope:

• The Electrical and Electronics Engineering studies electricity and electronics. EEE graduates are employed in sectors like Electronics, Telecom, aerospace, etc. Professions include Electrical Engineer, IAF Member, Telecom Electrical Engineer, etc.

• Mechanical Engineering involves the production, designing, and operations of machines. ME graduates are employed in R&D, Design, Production, Analysis, Testing, Installation, etc.

• Subjects taught in Civil Engineering include Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Analysis, etc. Employment sectors for this branch include Irrigation companies, construction, land development, etc.

Students must compare both the streams and colleges carefully. Individuals’ capabilities and expectations decide which one will be perfect for them.

Nirma University is UGC, AIU recognized and has been accredited grade ‘A’ by NAAC. NIRF 2020 has ranked the institute at 131 for BTech.

The college offers B.Tech in Civil Engineering as a four-year full-time course at a fee of Rs 7.24 Lakhs for the full period. The prerequisite for seeking admission to Civil Engineering is scoring 55% and more in 10+2 examinations (PCM). Further, students are shortlisted on the basis of JEE Main or GUJCET scores. The course has a total of 120 seats available.

• The course has a placement rate of 50%. However, nearly every student is given an internship opportunity.

• The average package offered to civil students is approximately 4 LPA.

• The median salary offered is 4.1 LPA.

• The highest package offered was around 10 LPA.

A few of the major recruiters for Civil Engineering at Nirma University are L&T, Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, and IBM.

The department of civil engineering has been a part of the university since its origin. There has been tremendous growth in the department over the years and now it is considered among the top branches in the institute.

Admission:

The institute offers a BTech program for Civil Engineering. The course fee is 6.86 lakhs.

• Students require 75% in 10+2 in order to be eligible for seeking admission.

• The selection of the program is through SUAT.

Faculty:

• The Faculty of civil engineering are well qualified and have years of experience in teaching. As per the student reviews, the faculties are very cooperative and helpful.

• The department of civil engineering precedes to cultivate its links with the infrastructural management and academic and research institutions both within and outside the country.

Infrastructure:

• The department of civil engineering laboratory offers many facilities for testing building materials for their strength behavior and suitability for different applications.

• It also lays emphasis upon analysis and presentation upon the space relationship of fundamental geometric elements.

• All the sophisticated instruments like the electronic total station, GPS, auto levels, digital planimeter, etc. are available in the laboratory.

• The laboratory is also an extension of the engineering drawing lab and the students are also taught working proficiency in CAD programs such as AutoCAD and Pro engineer.

• Facilities and equipment are also available for the preparation of concreting and testing wet concrete properties.

• The transportation engineering laboratory of the department focuses on issues related to transport, the lab promotes applied research and new methodologies in the field of transportation engineering.

Placement:

The placement department on the campus invites the leading companies from all sectors.

• Some of the renowned companies like UltraTech, Konark, ACC, etc. come every year to provide jobs to the students. Students are supposed to fulfill the company requirement for the job.

• BTech has a 91% placement rate at the institute.

• The highest CTC offered to the students is 65 LPA.

Besides high-quality teaching and functional thought, the department offers research on both UG and PG level and also caters to the demands of technical advisory and consultancy. Also, it's emphasizing on research publications and in determining the career expectations of scholars.

Both the branches are totally different from each other so first decide what you want to study for the next 4 years. Both the IITs are new and there is not much difference in them. Metallurgy is a sub-branch of mechanical and civil is a core branch. Civil engineering has better job opportunities if you compare it to metallurgy engineering.

The average package at IIT Indore for the year 2019 was 16.05 LPA and at IIT Bhubaneswar it was 11.44 LPA. If you want to get a job in the core-sector then it would be a bit difficult because both the branches have very low placements in the core sector. Students usually go for higher studies and others for non core placements. Civil engineering will give you a better opportunity if you want to go for higher studies.

The suggestion will be that you should focus on what branch you are more passionate about and choose that. Don’t go compare colleges, both are IITs therefore are equally good and offer similar facilities.

Here is a brief tabular representation of the key features about Civil engineering at Lovely Professional University

Over the last few years, the trends reveal there has been a significant rise in the number of dream companies participating not only in the hiring process, but also offering internship opportunities. Highest internship stipend bagged by a student was 80,000. Collaborations with leading industry giants such as BOSCH, Bentley Institute, Automation Anywhere enable the students to get familiar with modern technologies and master them as the most sought-after skills. The esteemed faculty members hone the students’ skills at the following levels:

• Design and development of solutions and engineering knowledge

• Conduction of investigation for complex problems and modern tool utilisation

• Project management and finance

• Team spirit and competitive skills

Apart from the core curriculum, industry and practical exposure of the students is increased by timely educational visits to hydraulic project sites, dams, sewage treatment plants and construction sites. Workshops, guest lectures, competitive events and participation in other community projects are an integral part of the course which enhances the skillsets of aspiring engineers for specific job profiles. Salient features about the placement statistics are:

• Lovely Professional University provides study abroad opportunities in 30+ foreign universities some of which are California State, North Dakota, Warsaw and San Francisco State University

• 800+ recruiters comprising government and private sectors take part in hiring process

• Average placement rate over 70%

• Highest package offered was 15LPA

• Average package offered was 5.3LPA

• Top recruiters are Decathlon, Directi, OYO, Federal Bank, Club Mahindra among many others

While Civil Engineering is a widely popular branch of engineering in India, a B.Tech. in the same at IIEST, Shibpur is a highly demanded degree. One of the main points of attraction for the interested students is the quality internships that they can avail as civil engineering students at IIEST, through networking with the wide alumni base, situated both in India and abroad.

About the Placement Cell:

• The Training and Placement cell at IIEST, Shibpur is responsible for bringing internships, jobs, and vocational training opportunities to its students. It even grooms the students for the same.

• The cell also brings its students paid and/or summer internship opportunities including the DAAD Scholarship-Working Internship In Science And Technology.

Statistics:

• Around 40-60% of the students at IIEST get internships during their study period at the institute. Consequently, students also get jobs and/or valuable industry contacts through the said internships.

• In 2016, a 3rd-year student from IIEST Shibpur got an internship at Google Headquarters in the USA after competing with the best young minds of the nation, from top colleges like the IITs, for the spot.

• Students that are interested in VT ( vocational training ) can contact their professors at IIEST, who usually have contacts at some of the top civil construction or design firms.

• Texas Instruments offers internships on campus to 3rd-year students. The selection procedure for the same is rigorous. Internships are also offered by CESC.

• About 78% of the students from Civil Engineering (Batch of 2016) got an internship at Hindustan Construction Company.

• Microsoft offers internships to IIEST students every year as well.

Apart from these, students also look for internships/training opportunities independently at various companies to learn the workings of the industry and increase their expertise.

Therefore, B.Tech. in Civil Engineering at IIEST is a decent option for students looking for fantastic internships to cultivate, practice, and improve their skills and efficiency while studying, so that they are prepared and fit for the job by the time they start working. It also gives them practical experience in the real world, which helps one learn. IIEST Shibpur enables this through the opportunities it gives its students and its strong alumni network.