REVA University provides 15 M. Tech courses, MS Ramaiah University provides 17 M. Tech courses and PES University provides 30 courses.

If a college has to be chosen between these three, one can look at the following factors.

M S Ramaiah University:

In the academic year 2019, the college was ranked 82 among the top 100 colleges in India by Outlook. All the courses that are provided by the college are approved by AICTE. The total fees for the M. Tech program are Rs 4.70 Lakhs (2 years).

Admission:

• A student can get into the college with a valid GATE score, however, it also accepts post graduate common entrance test (PGCET).

• The student should get a minimum of 50% in graduation for becoming eligible for the course.

• There are a total of 24 seats available for this course.

Placement:

• 70% of the students were placed in the academic year of 2019.

• The highest package that was offered to a student was Rs 22 LPA and the lowest package offered was Rs 3.5 LPA.

• Many students also got internships from college. Most of the companies that offered jobs were from Japan. Besides that, the top recruiter was Amazon.

REVA University:

The college was ranked number 18 in all engineering colleges by The Times Group in the year 2020. There are a total of 15 specializations that are available under M. Tech in the college. The MTech courses offered are approved by the UGC.

The duration of this course is 2 years and the total fees are Rs 2.56 Lakhs (2years).

Admission:

• To be eligible for this college a candidate should get at least 50% marks in graduation and the accepted exams for entrance are GATE and Karnataka PGCET.

• The university provides excellent infrastructure to its students.

Placement:

• The college had an 89% placement percentage last year which is the highest till now for this college in this course.

• The median salary offered by the companies was Rs 3.5 LPA and the highest salary offered was Rs 21 LPA.

• Top recruiters that shelled out jobs include Dell, Infosys, HP, Larsen & Toubro, Berger, Sisa, Amazon, EXL, and Goldman Sachs.

PES University:

There are a total of 30 courses under M. Tech, one can choose from a wide array of options. The college was ranked 26th by The Times Group. The university is also approved by UGC. This private university is known for providing the best infrastructure with the best teaching facilities.

Admission:

• A student in order to be eligible for the course should get at least 50% marks in graduation.

• The college accepts GATE marks, Karnataka PGCET, and has its own CET exam which is known as PESSAT.

The total fee of this college is Rs 6 lakhs (2years).

Placement:

• The total number of companies that visited PES University in the year 2019 was 56 and the total number of job offers made was 851.

• The highest salary offered was Rs 48 LPA and the lowest salary offered was Rs 4 LPA.

• The top recruiter of the university was Microsoft and the other recruiters include IBM, HP, Accenture, Infosys, HCL, ITC, Ashok Leyland, and BOSCH.

Therefore, all three colleges are equally good and well ranked, if a choice has to be made a student can look up to the points mentioned above.

Both PES University and Reva University are excellent private institutes offering MCA degrees to students. Students can consider factors like placement, fees, eligibility as well as areas of focus in the subject when it comes to comparing the two colleges.

Admission:

• For admission to MCA courses both PES University and Reva University accept PGCET scores.

• The prerequisite for admission to MCA is graduation with 50%.

• The course fee for MCA at PES University and Reva University is INR 2 lakhs and INR 1.05 lakhs respectively.

Placements:

PES University:

Students are placed via the placement cell set up at the institute.

• The average package offered at the institute clocks in at INR 3 to 8 lakhs per annum to students from the department.

• Some of the top companies hiring students include CISCO, Amazon, Volvo, Nokia, etc.

Reva University:

• Most students at the institute are recruited into companies like Wipro, TCS, IBM, NTPC, Accenture, etc.

• Placement rates are low with some students reporting around 30% placement percent.

• The highest package offered is INR 6 lakhs per annum and the lowest offered at INR 2 lakhs per annum.

Program focus areas:

PES University:

• MCA at PES university includes topics like professional ethics, modern tool usage, innovation and entrepreneurship, and others.

• It aims at finding solutions to complex problems and also designing various experiments.

• It teaches students to efficiently apply contemporary IT tools to Computer applications.

Reva University:

• This program at the college aims at teaching students computing fundamentals, math as well as domain knowledge, and computing sciences.

• It emphasizes using a research-based approach in carrying out analysis, experiments, and data interpretation.

• It implicates the use of modern-day technology and resources to complex computing activities and understanding its limitations.

While placements are more or less the same, students can consider the fee structure as well as program objectives and outcomes to decide which university is better. Fee wise, Reva is much more economical.