What should I choose: NIT, Surathkal (Mechanical) or ICT, Mumbai (Chemical)?

It’s difficult to determine which institute is better as the courses in question are different. However, given below are information about the two courses which may help you make the decision.

NIT Surathkal:

NIT Surathkal is among the oldest of the NIT’s and the college has an amazing faculty for Mechanical Engineering most of the teachers that are in NIT Surathkal have acquired Ph.D. degrees and a minimum teaching average of 2 years.

Admission:

• The admission to the BTech Mechanical Engineering at the institute is through JEE Mains.
• In 2019 the closing JEE Main cutoff for Mechanical Engineering was 8980 (other states) and 14895 (home state).
• The first-year course fees are 1.53 lakhs.

Placement:

• Some of the top recruiters that come to the college include Honeywell, Axis Bank, Myntra Logistics, Amazon, McAfee, Samsung r&d, HSBC technology, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Byjus, City Bank, Oyo, Epsilon India, Wipro India, Walmart, Snap lab.
• The average and highest CTC offered to the students were 14.5 LPA and 39 LPA respectively.

ICT Mumbai:

The engineering department of ICT Mumbai consists of 134 accomplished faculty members. All but four of them hold PhDs. The faculty of ICT Mumbai is highly qualified and is alumni of reputed institutions.

Admission:

• BTech Chemical Engineering admission is through JEE Mains.
• In 2019 the required cutoff for Chemical Engineering was 429.
• The first-year course fees are INR 85,350.

Placement:

• The highest CTC received by the students was 14 LPA, while the average CTC was 3.5 LPA.
• Some of the top recruiters that come to the college include Dow chemical, ExxonMobil India, Seltzer pumps India ltd.

Therefore, if a student has to choose a college they can look up to the criteria mentioned above.