IIT BHU ranks 11th in the engineering category by NIRF 2019. The placement cell of IIT BHU offers various activities like pre-placement talks, expert talks, mock interviews, seminars, etc. to prepare the students for placements. Some of the recruiters of IIT BHU include Samsung, Deutsche Bank, Google, Oracle, Bajaj, HSBC Bank, J.P. Morgan, Amazon, etc.
MTech in ECE students of IIT BHU in 2019 has seen the placement of 71%. The Department of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, and the Department of Mathematical Sciences has also maintained a very high placement record. The highest salary package offered to the students of IIT BHU is 58 lakhs per annum and the average salary package offered is 8 lakhs per annum. Top recruiters include EXL, Wipro, Tata Steels, Oracle, Morgan Stanley, and Maruti. Out of 300 students 171 were placed in the core engineering sector. Goldman, XEL selected 66 students along with 15 students in the year 2019-20 placement drive. University of Tokyo, University of London, University of New South Wales, Harvard University, Yale University, etc. are the top international universities that collaborate with IIT BHU for internship programs
The best courses in IIT BHU are- Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Chemical Engineering. They have the largest number of students ranging from 88-109. These are the most popular courses in IIT BHU. The Department of Computer Science and Technology, Electrical Engineering and Electronics Engineering has the highest placement record.
There are many ECE branches that have great placements whereas some branches have below-average placements. So placements too depend on the nature of the branch rather than the department.
Communication
VLSI
RF and Microwave
System and Control
IIT Delhi Telecommunication Management MTech program is one of the most preferred programs among students with electronics and electrical backgrounds.
No doubt, the workload of this program is extremely high with a plethora of courses. One needs great capabilities to handle the pressure. The Integrated Electronics and Circuits branch is more suitable if all you are interested in is hardware.
Telecommunication Management is a multifaceted program of 3 branches; CS EE and DMS. The curriculum is well structured covering software and hardware topics. The core courses are better in the second year than in the first. You will get knowledge of both core technical as well as telecom management sectors.
With the right set of skills and core knowledge, one can fetch excellent packages. Top recruiters include
IIT Delhi lets you choose minors in your area of interest leaving you some extra chance to pursue a career in another branch in case telecommunications does not work for you
MTech placements for the ECE branch at IIT Kharagpur depend a lot on your specialization.
Those under VLSI and VIPES get placed with great packages and there are almost cent percent placements for them. VLSI students are usually offered core jobs in contrast to VIPES which offers both core and non-core jobs. There are a lot of software profiles offered to VIPES students.
Communication also has decent placements but not the same certainty as VLSI. Here companies like Qualcomm come for placements and some even are offered software profilers
Qualifying for the GATE in ECE gives you a chance to pursue an MTech at IIT Bombay in a number of branches like Electrical Engineering, Systems, Control Engineering, and many others.
To guarantee an MTech seat at IIT Bombay, one must rank below 40 in GATE. You can also get a change if you score between 41-100 provided that you perform well in the interview and give the exam conducted by the institute.
IIT Bombay GATE cutoff of some major branches is as follows
Branch |
Cutoff |
M.Tech (Petroleum Geoscience) |
325 |
M.Tech Geoexploration |
325 |
M. Tech Geoinformatics & Natural Resources Engineering |
350 |
M.Tech Biomedical Engineering |
400 |
M.Tech Materials, Manufacturing and Modeling |
40 |
Depending on the interest and willingness of the candidates, one can even pursue M.Tech in other branches also by qualifying the EC paper of GATE exam.