A senior of mine from school is an alumnus of BITS Goa and he has all the respect for the institution. He has told me that BIT Mesra is a good place for someone who would like to pursue CSE, ECE. The placement is also pretty good there from what he has heard.

Coming to BITS Goa, it is a tier 1 Indian engineering institution. Most of the students from Indian engineering colleges practice computer programming for becoming computer engineers. There are packages of 5-50 LPA, depending on the skills of the applicants. These companies do not look for academic credentials. They are only interested in the GitHub and TopCoder profiles of the job applicants.

A lot of the BIT alumni end up being managers in industries, based on hard work and luck. The package would be around 5-15 LPA. Unlike in the previous case, these companies are heavily dependent on the academic credentials of the job applicants.

BIT Mesra is a 3 tier engineering institute. Most of the students who have completed their education from this institute end up working in working as employees in the IT companies that are service-based with packages of 3-4 LPA.

Yes, BITS Goa offers international 2-months internships for PS-1, 6 months duration for the single degree, and 1-year for the dual degree. For the master courses, you can decide between Thesis and PS-2 when they reach the final semester. 

The internship is provided through a list of companies in which a student needs to fill up the preferences and then based on the aggregate or CGPA, the internships would be allotted.

Practice School-1:

• It is of 2 months duration after the second year for the single degree students and third year for the dual degree students in the summer term.
• Reputed companies offer internships such as BARC, CEERI, NPCIL, etc but the chances of abroad PS station is less. 

Practice School-2:

• It is available in the final year for both the single and dual degree courses. 
• The companies in PS-2 offer internships abroad but that depends on various parameters including the branch, projects, availability, and other factors by the companies. 
• They will ask you if you want to complete your internships in the same company be it on-campus or off-campus. 
• If you receive an offer from a company not mentioned in the Practice-School list, then you can pursue it as an off-campus thesis. You can request any faculty to be your mentor but it requires proper planning.

However, if you choose to pursue an on-campus thesis, then it is mentored under the supervision of a professor from BITS Goa whereas an off-campus thesis will be supervised by a faculty from foreign universities along with one from the campus.

BITS Pilani is the number 1 private engineering college in India and is one of the largest engineering colleges in Dubai. Manipal University Dubai attracts over 1500 students all over the world and has a campus that stretches over 75 acres.

Course Details:

BITS Pilani:

• It offers B.E.(Hons) in Computer Science and provides its students with an updated and industry-related curriculum.

• The CS department of BITS Pilani is in association with the MSDN and hence students are free to use the most advanced and updated tools.

• There are currently 350 students and 10 faculty members in the C.S. department. BITS Pilani has faculties from reputed institutions like IITs, IISc, and its sister branches in India, all of whom have a Ph.D. or are in the process of getting one.

Manipal University:

The university offers BTech in Computer Science, and here too the course curriculum is in tune with the current needs of the industry. The labs and classrooms are of top quality as well.

Admission:

BITS Pilani:

• Students must score 60% in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics combined and 50% in each subject in their 10+2 in order to seek admission.

• Students must have 61 points in TOEFL and 5.0 in IELTS (not required if the student is from English medium school).

Manipal University:

• Students must secure 50% in Physics, Math, English, and Chemistry/ Biology.

• IELTS scores are accepted but not mandatory.

Tuition Fees:

The annual tuition and fee for the first year at the two institutes are given below.

Scholarships:

BITS Pilani:

There are numerous scholarships offered by BITS Pilani, all of which are merit-based.

• The Tuition fee scholarship provides a maximum amount of INR 1.73 lakhs per student.

• BITSAT scholarship provides a maximum amount of 3.2 lakhs per student.

Manipal University:

• Manipal University offers merit-based scholarships based on the percentage obtained in the 10+2 examination.

• The university also provides sports scholarships.

Placements:

• Companies like L&T, Hellmann, Emirates, and Lamprell visit Manipal Dubai for placement.

• Companies like Zomato, L&T, Schneider Electric and Siemens come to BITS Pilani for recruitment.

Both colleges were established around the same time. Both colleges being two of the leading private colleges in India, their growth has been almost the same. So, choose the institute according to your convenience.

First of all, it is not mentioned as BITS Goa, it’s addressed as BPGC, BITS Pilani, or KK Birla Goa campus.

All three campuses of BITS have the same education, same courses, similar leveled faculty team, and the same companies visit the campus to recruit students. Recently, even the placement list is common among the three campuses.

Large scale companies visit the campus for placements including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Flipkart, LinkedIn, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and many more.

Here is a brief insight into the institute.

The college is not overrated. The college has been ranked among the top engineering colleges overall in Goa by the NIRF. However, ultimately, it’s you who decides if you are successful or not.

The college helps, agreed, but without your zeal to acquire knowledge, broaden your horizon, and enthusiasm to work, you would not reach heights of success.