Which college should I choose between Jadavpur University and BIT Mesra for computer science and engineering?

Jadavpur University is located in the middle of Kolkata and BIT Mesra is located at the outskirts of the city. Jadavpur University has arts and science departments as well, so one will get holistic viewpoints.

Infrastructure: BIT Mesra has more conforming buildings and much better food and lodging than the Jadavpur University.

Diversity: BIT Mesra has got overall better diversity but the gender diversity is surprisingly twisted.

The table shows a brief overview of the institutions:

Placement:

BIT Mesra - 

• The average package was 11.76 lakhs with Student strength of 120.
• In 2020, Microsoft gave the highest package of approx 49.76 lakhs and took 7 students.
• Multiple other top companies came like GS, Amazon, DirectI, Walmart labs etc.

Jadavpur University - 

• The average package was 19.96 lakhs with Student strength of 60.
• In 2020, Tower Research gave the highest package of 42 lakhs. Tower Research only visits top 7 IITs and some very few good colleges, Jadavpur University being one of them.
• Microsoft took 11 students from CS. Various other companies visited the college like Deshaw, Amazon, GS, etc.

Supplementary Examination:

• Jadavpur University is very good in terms of examination. Students can attempt multiple numbers of supplementary exams and the administration will make sure the student clear the exams and the supplementary exam fees are about Rs. 50.
•  BIT Mesra have introduced the year back concept from 2018 batch onwards. Supplementary exam fees are about Rs. 10k per paper or if the student wants to give backlog examination in the summer breaks then for registering 3 backlog papers you have to pay about Rs. 26400.

In Jadavpur University, one might feel a bit of preference if the student is not from West Bengal. One will get sufficient free time in Jadavpur University as compared to Mesra.