Go for NIT Rourkela if you are getting a seat in CSE. It is considered as one of the best NITs for CSE.
The coding culture at the institute is outstanding and still developing day by day. You will be offered great exposure at NIT Rourkela. However, the institute has very high cut off and the competition is high.
Statistics –
Particulars | BITS Goa | NIT Rourkela |
Total fees | 19.19 Lakhs | 6.4 Lakhs |
Placement percent | 90% | 85% |
Highest salary | INR 40 LPA | INR 42 LPA |
Average salary | INR 12 LPA | INR 12 LPA |
BITS Pilani is a good option but not for ECE. It would be better if you go for CSE at NIT Rourkela.
My suggestion will be the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. The reasons are mentioned below.
Chemical engineering is a part of many departments in NIT Rourkela or any other NIT but ICT Mumbai specializes in it. Hope it helps.
Both NIT Rourkela and College of Engineering, Pune come under the tier-3 Indian engineering colleges. Opting for a college near to your residence would be a wise decision.
Categories |
CSE at NIT Rourkela |
CSE at COEP |
Course Fee |
6.40 lakh |
3.62 lakh |
Highest CTC |
35 LPA |
30 LPA |
Average CTC |
10-12 LPA |
12 LPA |
Recruiting Companies |
Accenture, Adobe, Wipro, IBM, etc. |
JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Infosys, HCL, etc. |
The choice is ultimately yours to make. Make a wise decision so that you do not regret it later.
I have some friends at IIEST Shibpur and NIT Rourkela and based on what I heard from them, I will suggest that you choose the former. Here is why.
Here are the recent placement statistics at the institutes.
Institute |
NIT Rourkela |
IIEST Shibpur |
Highest CTC |
42 LPA |
39 LPA |
Lowest CTC |
3.5 LPA |
2.53 LPA |
Major recruiters |
IBM, Samsung, L&T |
Microsoft IDC, Aditya Birla Group |
Go for IIEST, only if you are interested in doing research further, you can make some good contact there which will be helpful. But from a placement point of view, NIT R will be better for a CSE course.
It all depends on your interests and future goals. Check the following points before taking a decision:
When the choices look upon, you must know that IIT BHU and IIT Bhubaneshwar offer a 100% placement rate while NIT Rourkela has a placement rate of 85%.
The average package of IIT BHU is around 8.19 LPA while IIT Bhubaneshwar is 15.8 LPA and for NIT Rourkela is 8.75 LPA.
Category | IIT BHU | IIT Bhubaneshwar | NIT Rourkela |
On-Campus | 10 LPA | 15 LPA | 15.25 LPA |
Off-Campus | 65 LPA | 45 LPA | 30.6 LPA |
It's not always about the placements rather it's about your interest and abilities to learn and explore a particular field.
If you don't have any idea which branch to opt for, then you can go to the branch in IIT as it would be great to have an IIT tag and to start a career with it.
IIEST Shibpur is a national university and the 2nd oldest engineering college in India. NIT Rourkela has a good civil engineering department as compared to the civil engineering department of other NIT’s.
In comparison to IIEST Shibpur, NIT Rourkela will be a better choice for you. The college provides better infrastructure, placements, and good college life. It is also way ahead of IIEST Shibpur in the NIRF ranking.
Accordion to the recent placement highlights, the highest and lowest CTC offered at NIT Rourkela is 42 LPA and 3.5 LPA. For IIEST Shibpur the lowest and highest CTC are 2.53 LPA and 39 LPA, respectively.
Overall, NIT Rourkela will be a better alternative. However, you should do your own research regarding the institute before deciding on one.
NIT Rourkela is better for a Masters in Geology. It offers better facilities. Geology department has well-equipped labs with latest technologies. The campus has an active research environment. There is cutting-edge ongoing research in the field of Earth and Atmospheric Science.
Although NIT Rourkela is the better option in terms of academics and research culture, IIT Bhubaneswar has a locational advantage. Due to this advantage, it's easier to get projects and placement opportunities.
NIT Rourkela and NIT Srinagar both are among the country's largest and premier institutes.
NIT Srinagar Kashmir was awarded Outstanding Engineering Institute (North) Award by Dhanik Bhaskar in 2013 and is considered the premier engineering institute in northern India.
NIT Rourkela has 6 academic centers and 9 centers of research, which have also received Centres of Excellence from external Government agencies. This institute has a Technology Incubation Cell (TIC), where major corporate houses will set up their product and units in a scholastic environment.
Academics:
Both the NITs offer BTech courses for Civil Engineering and the admission is through JEE Mains.
In 2019 the closing cutoff for Civil at NIT Srinagar was 76890.
In 2019 the closing cutoff for Civil at NIT Rourkela was 17939.
Placements:
The civil engineering branch at NIT Srinagar has a placement rate of 50-60%, with L&T and PSUs as major recruiters.
The placement percentage for NIT Rourkela is 90%, with L&T being the greatest recruiter. Internship opportunities are also wide-ranging for core fields.
Some of the major recruiters at NIT Srinagar are Vedanta, Capgemini, Wipro, Maruti Suzuki, Ircon, Tata Construction, L&T, Gammon India, PSUs, etc.
L&T, TATA, IOCL, Vedanta Tata Sail Future First, Shapoorji Pallonji, KEC International, Amdocs, Deloitte, Akash Institutes, Amazon, Zomato, etc are the top recruiters at NIT Rourkela.
The placement statistics for 2019-20 at the two institutes are as follows.
Institute |
NIT Srinagar |
NIT Rourkela |
Highest CTC |
?18 LPA |
?14 LPA |
Average CTC |
?6.5 LPA |
?6.8 LPA |
Infrastructure:
NIT Srinagar has above average mess, classrooms, and functional labs. The university also has a medical center with an ambulance service. An open Wi-Fi facility with good speed is also available.
NIT Rourkela has the best of its kind infrastructure. It has LAN and hostel services along with a well-equipped library that has state-of-art technology. The food quality at the canteen is also good.
Faculty:
At NIT Srinagar, more than 90% of faculty members are Ph.D. holders from IIT and IISC. Their focus is on the upgraded course curriculum.
Faculty members at NIT Rourkela add multi-disciplinary subjects as per the industry trends. They also provide for research-oriented studies and discuss practical problems of industry. The course curriculum designed by them also undergoes improvement from as per time.
NIT Rourkela has an old reputation in the engineering arena, while NIT Srinagar has a good faculty department. A student should also take into consideration the place accessibility while choosing between the two.
These three NITs are oldest and top notch, on the basis of NIRF rank NIT Rourkela is place in top 19 position but in another way NIT Allahabad (MNNIT) is the 1st NIT in India which offer engineering program in computer science so their alumni strength much higher than other NITs.
Tabulated below are the course highlights as provided by both the institutes:
Categories |
MNNIT |
NIT Rourkela |
NIT Durgapur |
Course fee (Per year) |
B.Tech-84,666 M.Tech-1.13 lakhs |
B.Tech-1.78 lakhs M.Tech-1.2 lakhs |
B.Tech-1.49 lakhs M.Tech-94,100 |
Average salary |
15.2 LPA |
15.1 LPA |
9.09 LPA |
Highest salary |
36 LPA |
34 LPA |
30 LPA |
Recruiters |
Accenture, Dell, Cisco, Canon, Adobe, Amazon, Google India etc. |
Dell, IBM, Amazon, Infosys, EXL, Airtel etc. |
Infosys, TCS, Amazon, Cisco, TATA, Intel etc. |
Faculty:
MNNIT has excellent faculty members as compared to NIT Rourkela (22 faculties) and NIT Durgapur (15- 20 faculties) which are about 30 teaching staffs having experience in various fields of computer science.
Eligibility:
The eligibility criteria is but similar for three of these national institutes:
Institute |
B.Tech |
M.Tech |
NIT Allahabad |
75% marks in 10+2 for General and 5% marks relaxation for SC/ST/PWD candidates with a valid JEE marks |
60% marks in Graduation for all candidates and a valid GATE score |
NIT Rourkela |
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NIT Durgapur |
Cut-off:
B.Tech (JEE Main) |
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Institute |
General |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
NIT Allahabad |
3101 |
1468 |
745 |
779 |
NIT Rourkela |
8500 |
4288 |
2242 |
1500 |
NIT Durgapur |
10,000 |
15-2000 |
878-1500 |
500-1500 |
M.Tech (GATE) |
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NIT Allahabad |
869 |
711 |
489 |
410 |
NIT Rourkela |
747 |
667 |
522 |
382 |
NIT Durgapur |
814 |
544 |
445 |
344 |
Placement
MNNIT and NIT Raurkela are providing the average salary of 15.1 LPA whereas the recruiters at NIT Durgapur are offering an average salary package of about 9.09 LPA. So this means the MNNIT and NIT Raurkela at the placement level are better than NIT Durgapur.
IIT Hyderabad and NIT Rourkela are one of the best engineering colleges in India. If we have a look at their rankings, IIT Hyderabad stands at 8th rank according to NIRF and between 600th-650th in the QS rankings. According to NIRF Engineering ranking 2020, NIT Rourkela stands at 16th position. For IIT students need to qualify for JEE Mains and get a good score in JEE Advanced. Admission into NITs is purely based on the rank obtained in the JEE mains.
Eligibility:
Eligibility criteria remain the same that is 10+2 in the science stream with an aggregate of 75% + JEE Mains/JEE Advance.
The cutoff for different specializations at the institutes is as follows.
Courses |
IIT Hyderabad (JEE advance) |
NIT Rourkela( JEE mains) |
CSE |
616 |
2149-4115 |
ECE |
1868 |
4384-5674 |
Faculty:
IIT Hyderabad has a total of 222 experienced faculty among then 98% are Ph.D. holders.
NIT Rourkela has a total of 330 faculties and more than 20000 alumni guiding students in every field.
Facilities:
IIT Hyderabad has a massive area of 576 acres that include well-developed laboratories, semi-furnished hostels, a common dining hall, a digital library, and transport services.
NIT Rourkela has a gigantic area of 647 acres that include a computer center with the latest research facilities, a couple of cafeterias, and a total of 11 hostels.
Course fees:
The course fees of both the colleges are a bit higher, because of the world-class facilities they provide.
Courses |
IIT Hyderabad (in rupees) |
NIT Rourkela (in rupees) |
BTECH(per year) |
2.23 lakhs |
2.26 lakhs |
MTECH(per year) |
5.01 lakhs |
1.16 lakhs |
Placement:
IIT Hyderabad:
In the recent placement drive, the highest package offered at IIT Hyderabad was INR 60.41 LPA and the average package was INR 23 LPA.
325+ offers were made to students from different branches.
NIT Rourkela:
909 offers were made to the students at NIT Rourkela.
The highest package offered was INR 42 LPA which was bagged by a student from the CSE branch.
The placement percentage was more than 95%.
Students do not face any financial obstacle during their course of study as these colleges offer scholarships in various fields. Students also get guided by their teacher for higher studies and in the field of research and development. As for which will be better, that depends on various factors, the most important of them is the course you want to pursue. So, choose according to your convenience.