Which is better, CS in IEM Kolkata or in SOE (CUSAT)?

Between IEM Kolkata and SOE CUSAT, the former is the better choice for CS. I have a few friends at IEM Kolkata so I can give you some information about their CS department.

Cutoff: In West Bengal, IEM is one of the oldest private engineering colleges. Despite being a private institute the opening and closing rank for CS at the institute is quite high. According to the trends in recent years, it is around 1500.

Placement:

• In terms of placements, it is one of the best institutes in Eastern India.
• Companies such as ARW, SAP Lab, Samsung, Directi, etc. recruit from the college.
• Other than that there also mass recruiters like TCS, Cognizant, CTS, etc.
• The big four companies such as Deloitte, KPMG also comes for the placement drive. Indian Navy also recruits from the campus every year.
• According to the recent trends, the highest CTC and average CTC is 4 LPA and 72 LPA respectively.

Coding Culture:

The campus has a great coding culture. In recent years many students cracked TCS CODE VITA. Also, two teams qualified for ACM ICPC for 2017-18 regional.

Entrepreneurship:

• IEM has a strong E-Cell that consistently performs well in all India business summit competitions.
• From 2007 till now around 15-16 start-up was created under the guidance of the E-Cell.
• If you have any start-up idea you will get the chance to present it in front of some of the best investors in the country and abroad such as VCs, Angel Investors, etc.

The college organizes various workshops and events regarding entrepreneurship regularly.

Fest:

IEM has two fests, i.e. Tech fest (Innovation) and Cultural Fest (IEMPACT), you will get a lot of exposure through these fests.

Considering all these factors it is safe to say that IEM Kolkata will be a great choice for a CS degree.