I have friends from both RV College of Engineering and MIT Manipal, civil engineering holds the same value from either of them. It is because they both follow the same curriculum and guidelines laid by UGC and AICTE. However, both of them hold an edge over each other in their own way. Here’s why:

• MIT Manipal holds a bigger brand value as civil engineering was one of the branches it started and is known for. Other such branches include chemical and mechanical.
• If you are looking for better placements, RV College might be the right choice as it is located in Bangalore which clearly means more opportunities.
• Even if you are getting a computer science branch in MIT Manipal, go for it without a second thought.

The table below shows a brief insight of both institutes:

At the end of the day, your pool of interest matters the most. If you are getting your preferred branch, set the preferences that are more important to you. Are you looking for a great placement or great brand value? The choice is up to you.

RV college is a reputed college of engineering that has ranked 7th among the best private engineering colleges in India by The Week in 2020. The infrastructure along with the quality of faculty is extremely well. However, when it comes to choosing a particular course for your future, you should keep some major points in mind.

Admission:

• In order to pursue B.E in Mechanical engineering, students have to qualify COMEDK UGET and KCET, and to pursue M.TECH, students have to qualify GATE.

• Around 120 seats are available for mechanical students in the college.

Placement:

• More than 90% of students from the Mechanical department get placed every year in various companies.

• Some of the major recruiters who offer placement to the mechanical students are Reliance Industries Ltd, Rolls Royce, Honda, ITC, Cognizant, Bosch, ExonMobilus, Schneider, Capgemini, and more.

• The students are mostly offered roles of data scientists, business developers, data analysts, and business trainees.

• Some of these top recruiters offer various internship opportunities to the students as well.

• The highest and the medium salary packages that are offered to the students are 10 LPA and 4 LPA.

Facilities:

• Spacious classrooms with modern facilities are available at the institute.

• One library containing thousands of books and e-books is there inside the campus.

• Apart from that, both girl’s and boy’s hostel accommodation is provided to the students by the college authority.

These are some of the major points that will help you decide whether or not taking up Mechanical engineering in RV college would be a good decision or not.

Considering different factors like placements, activities, infrastructure, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at NIT Surathkal will be a better option. The table below gives a brief level of comparison among ECE at RVCE and EE at NIT Surathkal.

Key Highlights - NIT Surathkal: 

• NIT Surathkal, being one of the top NITs, is a premier institute in India. In NITs, infrastructure and placements are always top-notch and even compared to IITs sometimes.
• The placement in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at NIT Surathkal is excellent. There are many core companies, IT-based companies, and even some PSUs coming for placement.
• The campus of NIT Surathkal has a serene environment, close to the shore, which is worth living for four years.
• In NITs, there is a lot of involvement in extracurricular activities and several technical and cultural events are organized inside the campus.

Considering the above points, it is evident that EE at NIT Surathkal is the better choice.

While all three colleges are very well known in their areas. According to the NIRF ranking MSRIT, RVCE, and PES University are ranked 59, 201, and 93 for Engineering.

Placements:

MSRIT:

The college has a dedicated cell of placement established to help students gain internship and job opportunities. The placement cell also provides students with training including mock aptitude tests, psychometric tests, personality development, group discussions, etc.

• Currently, about 358 different companies visit the institute annually and about 1892 job offers are made.

• The highest package offered at the institute is about INR 50 lakhs per annum and an average salary package of INR 7.66 lakhs per annum.

• Some of the companies visiting the college include Avtec, Cisco, JP Morgan, Infosys, Subex, Samsung, etc.

RVCE:

• Placements at RV College of Engineering are quite impressive with about 90% of the students being placed in top firms in different industries.

• The average salary package offered to students ranges between INR 8 lakhs to INR 12 lakhs per annum.

• As of the 2020 placement drive which is still in progress, about 1274 offers have been made so far with 1452 total offers recorded in 2019.

• The highest pay package offered is INR 52 lakhs per annum with maximum offers bagged by students of the CSE branch.

• Some companies visiting the institute include Bosch, PayPal, Citi Bank, Wipro, L&T, Cisco, etc.

PES University:

• In 2019, about 56 companies visited the campus and 851 job offers were made to students.

• The highest average salary package offered is about INR 8 lakhs per annum and the highest package is offered at INR 48 lakhs per annum.

• Microsoft is the top recruiter at the college with 11 students having an average salary of INR 29.2 lakhs per annum.

• Companies like Deloitte, JP Morgan, Flipkart, Tech Mahindra, Mercedes Benz, Cleartrip, and Intel recruit students yearly.

These are the placement statistics for the institutes. All three colleges have good placement rates.

RV College of Engineering is a reputed Engineering college that has ranked 7th among the best private engineering colleges by The Week in 2020. Choosing the proper stream of engineering has a huge role to play in your further development. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to consider a few points before making the final decision.

Admission:

• Aspiring students who want to take up B. Tech CSE at RV College have to qualify COMEDK KCET and those who want to pursue M. Tech, have to qualify GATE and Karnataka PGCET.

• The eligibility criterion of ECE happens to be the same as CSE.

• Around 45% of seats are filled with KCET qualified students; 30% of seats are filled with COMEDK qualifiers and the rest is reserved for management quota.

Course Details:

The course fees of both these courses remain to be around 3.9 Lakh in total. Both the courses consist of 8 semesters in total while the M. Tech branch consists of 4 semesters in total.

Placement:

• From both the courses, more than 90% of students get placed every year in various companies.

• ECE students get placed in various companies including Mercedes, Texas Instruments, Samsung, Qualcomm, Infosys, ABB, Tata Motors, Schneider, GE Healthcare, Boeing, and more.

• Top companies that offer placements to the CSE students are JP Morgan, Intel, Tech Mahindra, Amazon, Deloitte, Cleartrip, Mercedes Benz, Sandisk, Accenture, Ashok Leyland, HP among others.

• The highest and the average salary package for the ECE students remain to be around 19 LPA and 9 LPA.

• CSE students are offered salary packages between 6 LPA to 48 LPA.

No matter whether you choose CSE or ICE, you would be able to enjoy the good infrastructure and the help of well-experienced faculty members. Hostel accommodation for both boys and girls is provided by the authority. As for which course will be better for you you should decide that based on which course you are more passionate about.