NIT Jalandhar is a reputable university. Not particularly extraordinary or so. It's just a quiet campus with standard instruction where CSE graduates have a good placement rate. It gradually lost its allure. It used to be one of the best NITs, but lately, it has declined.
However, it is still a very good college, with CSE, in particular, being a particularly lovely and developed branch.
First, I would like you to address your branch preference. Choosing a branch should be the top most priority. CSE and ECE are quite different from one another. Although IITs/IIITs/NITs do offer a branch change option, it is quite difficult to get it. So I would suggest you make up your mind on which branch truly interests you.
Now coming to the colleges. Choose IIIT Jabalpur for a CSE branch. This is because IIITs offer good placements, curriculum and culture in this branch. Even IIIT Kancheepuram is a good option for CSE. But the distance from home and food form an integral part of this decision-making. Assuming you aren’t from South India, the lifestyle and eating habits might be difficult to adapt to. As far as NIT Hamirpur and NIT Jalandhar are concerned, choose them if you are planning for an ECE degree. They are good colleges as well.
First prioritize your branch and then choose your college among these four. I won’t suggest you go by college rankings. Basically, choose your branch first and then decide the best college for yourself.
Whatever the scope of the industry, the "average pack" one receives is determined by one's skills and abilities, not by the degree or institution.
Choose one track to which you can relate. Then, work hard to gain knowledge and skills so that you can one day demonstrate your worth to a selection board.
NIT Jalandhar has 7 standalone hostels apart from mega hostels. These are named as:
Hostel 1 and 2
Hostel 3-7E
Mega hostels
Hostel 1 has no internet facilities whereas Hostel 2 has a LAN facility.
You cannot use A/C or coolers in the first year. But the fans that are installed will be more than enough. From the second year you can avail A/C and cooler facilities.
No, freshers don’t get a single room hostel. During the first year you have to share the room with 3 other boys. From the second year you can opt for a single room.
The table below summarises the placement trends at NIT Jalandhar 2022.
NIT Jalandhar Placements 2022 Report
Particulars |
Placement Statistics |
No. of Companies participated |
17 |
No. of Offers made |
162 |
Highest CTC |
INR 62 LPA |
Average CTC |
INR 11.87 LPA |
Top Recruiters |
Microsoft, American Express, Oracle, Sabre Corporation etc |
During NIT Jalandhar Placements 2022, the highest number of students placed were from Computer Science & Engineering. 151 B.Tech students & 6 M.Tech students were placed by the recruiters.
You should prefer IT at IIIT Allahabad. It has a better placement record, coding culture, and peer group. IIIT Allahabad also has a better industry reach compared to NIT Jalandhar. Industry giants such as Facebook, Google, etc. take part in the placement drive. During IIIT Allahabad placements in 2022, 100% of students got placed. The highest CTC offered this year was INR 1.4 CPA.
Both NITs are essentially the same. In previous years, NIT Kurukshetra was ranked higher than NIT Jalandhar, but rankings don't really matter the most. In the end, it all comes down to how hard you work during your four years of college.
In terms of placement, choosing CS or ECE rarely makes a difference because the placements of these branches are remarkably similar in all NITs.
The cutoff for computer science in Thapar has seen a fall in figures. This is because of the decrease in the fame of this college. There are so many better and popular institutes that people usually don’t consider Thapar as their first choice.
Even big companies prefer students from IITs, BITS or DTU. Students themselves opt for IIT because of its tag. They know the IIT tag will always be a boon for them.
The general decrease in its popularity has resulted in lower cutoffs and the situation seems to be worsening over the years to come.
Without second thoughts, IIEST is better than all the colleges you mentioned. The institutes that are better than IIEST are the top 7 IITs, BITS Pilani, IISc.
The leading factor of IIEST that sets it apart from other colleges is its extensive research strategies. Some have been highlighted below:
Developed India's First Smart Grid
Developed Solar Rickshaw for Howrah Municipal Corporation
CEGESS centre at IIEST is among the Best in India in areas of clean energy and sensors systems.
IIEST has collaborations with University of Queensland, University of Hiroshima, University of South Wales, Hokkaido University, Zurich University among others
Other amazing facts include:
Research Projects: Rs. 47 Crores
Consultancy Projects: Rs. 13 Crore
Publications : 2000
Citations : 5000
All this has been achieved by only 220 faculties in less than 3 years.
If IIEST is worthy of comparison to any of the colleges you have mentioned then it is NIT Jalandhar. The academic excellence is very similar. But other colleges don’t even stand in the race to compare.