Which is better: NIT Kurukshetra or PEC Chandigarh?

NIT Kurukshetra, ranked 40th for BTech by NIRF 2020 and ranked 27th for BTech by The Week 2020. They offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses like BTech, MTech, MBA, MCA and PhD. 

PEC Chandigarh is one the pioneer engineering colleges in Punjab. It is ranked 68th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It offers 8 undergraduate BTech (4 years) programs, 14 postgraduate MTech (2 years) programs and also PhD (3 years) programs. 

Admission Details

NIT Kurukshetra 

• Students should have 75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• Students should have 60% in their graduation.
• The entrance exams include JEE Main, GATE, CAT, MAT, CMAT, GMAT and NIMCET.
• The final selection is based on the entrance exams.
• Students opting for MBA will finally be selected by the marks of the entrance exam, group discussion and personal interview.
• The course fee is 70,016 approx. for the 1st year.

PEC Chandigarh 

• Students should have 75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• Students should have 60% in their graduation.
• The entrance exams include JEE Main and GATE.
• The final selection is based on the entrance exams.
• The course fee is 96,750 approx. for the 1st year.

Placements

Tabulated below is the placement statistics of both institutions:

NIT Kurukshetra - 

• Out of 689 graduated students 567 were placed.
• The Recruiting Companies include Adobe, Capgemini, Wipro, Microsoft, Saint Gobain, Vedanta, Bosch, etc.

PEC University 

• 619 students were eligible for the placement program.
• 143 companies visited during the placement program and made 449 offers.
• The recruiting companies include Microsoft, ITC, Infosys, TATA, JP Morgan, Mu Sigma, Loreal, Arcesium, Goldman Sachs, etc.

NIT Kurukshetra Faculty - NIT Kurukshetra has a faculty strength of 262 highly reputed and skilled members to guide the students for their intellectual upliftment and better future.

PEC Chandigarh Collaborations - PEC Chandigarh has collaborations with international organizations like Concordia University in Canada, Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Intel Technologies India, ABB Global Industries and Minda Corporation.

NIT Kurukshetra will be a better choice but it ultimately depends on the student's preferences. Both the colleges are equally good and popular among students and professionals. Both of them have similar placement records. The visiting companies or organizations are the same and they provide more or less the same salary packages. Students can choose the institution based on their location, subject selection, course fees, etc.