No, it’s not wise to choose NIT Delhi over prestigious Delhi colleges like NSIT, DTU, and IIIT Delhi. Your first preference should be NSIT or DTU followed by IIIT Delhi. So, NIT Delhi should be your last preference among these colleges.
NSIT/DTU are well-established institutes while NIT Delhi and IIITD are still in their infancy stage. However, because of their central location, all these 4 colleges have a decent placement scenario. Most IT companies from Gurugram, Noida, and Delhi visit all of these campuses. NT Delhi operates from a temporary campus N.I.L.E.R.D. located in a remote place, Narela. Most faculty lack experience and won’t be of much help in projects.
The hostel and classroom facilities however are pretty good and a 24/7 Internet facility is provided to the students. The college is remotely located so it will be difficult to find eateries serving decent quality food. Being new, the campus has an active club culture and lab facilities.
Overall, I feel NIT Delhi fails to offer the exposure and opportunities that other Delhi engineering colleges offer so should be your last choice.
Yes, most companies coming for CS students at NSUT also allow ICE students to sit for placements. Only a handful of companies like Rubrik and Tower Research restrict students from other branches to appear for their placement rounds. Some companies, although very few, don't even allow IT students to sit in the placement round.
In general, companies have a CGPA criteria of 7+ and if you qualify, you will be eligible for almost 99% of the companies. IT giants offering hefty packages around INR 40 LPA usually have low cutoff criteria of around 6 CGPA and allow students of all branches to participate in the placement round. In all, around 75% of the recruiters come with computer-related jobs out of which 90% of companies allow ICE students. So at NSUT, you can easily be recruited by a CS company if you have a good CGPA.
Hope this helps you!
Colleges like NSUT and MNNIT Allahabad have a legacy built over many years. IIIT Delhi will take some time to catch up to the reputation of these colleges.
Regardless, I have tried to rank the three on several parameters, for their CS (CoE) program-
Regardless of whichever college you choose for your CS (CoE), your success will come from your own efforts. By studying diligently and polishing your skills, you will land a well paying job, regardless of your graduation college.
BioTech at NSUT Delhi is a unique branch of the institute in the sense that its syllabus is completely different from other branches except for the first year. While other branches have a few overlapping courses, BioTech has none. BioTech students have separate labs, subjects, practicals, etc. Here are some highlights of this branch.
Overall the placements for the BioTech branch of NSUT Delhi are average with a mix of core and nin core opportunities.
Here is the 2022 GATE cutoff for DTU (General category):
Institution |
Course |
Cutoff by Marks |
Round (last) |
DTU |
M.Tech CSE |
574 |
2 |
DTU |
M.Tech Software Engg. |
504 |
2 |
DTU |
M.Tech IT (Information System) |
512 |
2 |
You will have to get at least rank 2000 for DTU and 3000 for NSUT Delhi.
Both DTU and NSUT Delhi offer plenty of opportunities for their students in this field.
Qualcomm, SanDisk, Samsung R&D, Mobikwik, Amazon, American Express, Royal Bank of Scotland, Tejas networks, IBM, Amazon, AWS, and Morgan Stanley are some of the MNCs that usually prefer to recruit DTU students. These companies offer a package of around 6-8 LPA. You may also be selected by Google, Microsoft, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Flipkart, Codenation, and Facebook Germany & Ireland.
For placements, DTU is comparable to the top 7 IITs and top 3 NITs. NSUT Delhi is a great college but lags a bit in comparison to DTU in terms of placements. If you are going to study at DTU, choose your specialization according to this preference order- CSE> SWE> ISY. NSUT Delhi offers an M.Tech in CSE, Information Security, and AI.
These are some details about an M.Tech in CSE and related courses at DTU and NSUT Delhi.
Here is all the information about ICE at NSUT Delhi-
This is all the information about the ICE branch at NSIT Delhi.
Instead of branch upgradation, I would like to call it branch change/ transfer. As an alumnus of IIITD, I can tell you about the procedure for branch change in my college-
This is the process for branch transfer at IIITD. I would suggest you also talk to the seniors and refer to the official website of IIITD to see if any new changes have been made to this procedure.
Also, to find out about branch changes at NSUT Delhi or DTU, I would recommend you talk to the alumni and administration of both these colleges.
A lot of factors need to be considered while choosing one between NSIT IT and NIT Kurukshetra CS. If you are someone who wants a happening and vibrant campus life, and also an active social life at clubs, malls, water parks, and all that, you need to go for NSIT Delhi because the capital has a lot of such places. It will be difficult to have a fun-filled life at NIT Kurukshetra. However, the outside life does not matter much because you will hardly have any free time to hang out. So it’s not the only criteria you should consider.
The placement scenario of both the institutes is somewhat similar and almost every company that visits NSIT visits NITK as well.A few times NSIT students did receive exceptionally good packages but that happens rarely. Overall, there isn’t much difference in terms of packages and job opportunities.
Parameters |
NIT Kurukshetra |
NSIT Delhi |
Fees |
INR 1.6 Lakhs (BTech first year) |
INR 2.29 Lakhs ( BTech 1st Year Fees) |
Ranking |
58 out of 200 in 2023 |
151 out of 200 colleges in 2022. |
Highest CTC |
INR 1.25 CPA |
- |
Average CTC |
INR 13.89 LPA |
INR 16 LPA (Median) |
Top Recruiters |
ICICI Lombard, HCL Technologies, Microsoft, Adani Group |
Microsoft, Amazon, Texas Instrument, Google, Qualcomm, Cisco, Hero Moto Corp, etc |
The academic environment at both the institutes is great and both have excellent and some diametrically opposite professors. NIT Kurukshetra has a better coding culture. This is because there is no outside life so the majority of students spend time in hostels resulting in intense competition among them.
Both the Delhi Technological University DTU Department of Mathematics and Computing and NSIT Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering are well-respected institutions with strong programs in their respective fields. Choosing one between the two will depend on your personal interests and career goals.
Ultimately, the final choice depends on your preferences.
DTU and NSUT aren’t even close to the top IITs at least now. Earlier, DTU was quite comparable to IIT Roorkee but ever since it has been converted to a university, it has lost its charm. However, DTU and NSUT are still among the top 10 colleges in India and are better than some IITs. Here are a few things that make these two colleges inferior to IITs
So here is what I would recommend you
If you want to pursue research, then consider joining IIITs or IITs instead of NSUT Delhi or DTU.