Which should I choose and why? IIT Bhubaneswar (5 year dual degree in mech.eng.) or BITS Pilani,Pilani for electronics and instrumentation?

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani are among top Institutions of India. IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani are ranked 22 and 27 in the engineering category respectively by NIRF in 2020. The admissions in both the Institute is done through national level examinations. 

Admission:

IIT Bhubaneswar:

• The admission is done on the basis of rank secured in JEE Advanced.
• Students must have passed 10+2 levels of education with 75% marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
• Usually, the cut-off of this program ranges between 2134 - 7160 for male candidates and 3456 - 12989 for female candidates.
• The annual course fee is INR 2.14 lakhs.

BITS Pilani: 

• Admission to BE in Electronics and instrumentation courses is done on the basis of a Computer-based Online Test (BITSAT) conducted by the institute itself.
• Students must have passed 10+2 levels of education with 75% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and English 
• Students have to score 60% marks individually in each subject.
• First-year course fee is INR 4.23 lakhs

Placement:

IIT Bhubaneswar:

• The Mechanical Engineering course has a placement rate of almost 80 percent.
• The average placement package offered is INR 15.8 LPA, with the highest package going up to INR 43.4 LPA.
• Top recruiters are L&T, Tata Power, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Texas Instruments, and Hindalco Industries.
• The highest recruiting sector is IT & analytics followed by PSU and E-commerce.

BITS Pilani:

• The Electronics and instrumentation course has registered a 78% placement rate in 2019.
• The average placement package offered in this program is INR 12.56 LPA, with the highest package going up to INR 77.4 LPA.
• Top recruiters are Barclays, IBM, HDFC, Facebook, eBay, Capgemini, Aditya Birla Corp, Capital IQ, etc.

This is all about the IIT Bhubaneswar's Dual-degree Program and BITS Pilani's Electronics and instrumentation program. Choose the course and institution that best suits you based on your interests and preferences.