Which is better, NIT Jamshedpur or BIT Mesra?

Among these two colleges, Nit Jamshedpur has an edge over Bit Mesra, particularly for the core branches as it provides better placements and wider industry exposure. 

Ranking:

• As per NIRF ranking, 2020 Bit Mesra was ranked 38th whereas Nit Jamshedpur was ranked 79th in India. 
• The NIRF ranking is based on various parameters like placements, research prospects, infrastructure, qualifications of faculties, etc. 

The table shows a brief overview of the institutions:

Placement:

• NIT Jamshedpur has more than 90% placement rate including all the core branches.
• More than 145 companies visited Nit Jamshedpur for campus placement this year including all the big companies like Amazon, Flipkart and many other top class companies.
• As Jamshedpur is a city of Tatas so many Tata companies like Tata Motors, Tata Timken, Tata Metallics, Tata Tinplate visited this year. 
• Placement of Bit Mesra except in 3 branches like CS, IT and ETC were average for core branches in terms of package and company. 

So, overall NIT Jamshedpur is the potential choice over BIT Mesra if considered all branches but has an edge in branches like CS, IT and ETC, therefore it does not justify its ranking difference among these two colleges and also NIT is a government college so it's course fee is 6 lakhs less than Bit Mesra and is more budget friendly.