What should I prefer, IIT Dhanbad ECE or IIT Bhubaneswar EE in terms of placement, hostels, peer groups, etc.?

IIT Dhanbad is a much older institution than IIT Bhubaneswar. It ranks 12th and the latter ranks 22nd in the Engineering category of NIRF 2020.

ECE from IIT Dhanbad has 60% placement with a salary package of 11 lakhs per annum. EE from IIT Bhubaneswar has a better placement percentage of 86% with a salary package of 11 lakhs per annum or more. IIT Dhanbad is mostly popular for its Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mineral Engineering, Mining Machinery Engineering, etc. with the highest placement percentage of 83%, 91%, 80%, 88% respectively.

IIT Bhubaneswar is better than IIT Dhanbad in terms of faculty because IIT Dhanbad mainly focuses on the Mining and Machinery Engineering than ECE, due to this reputed and experienced faculty members are more in this department. IIT Bhubaneswar majorly focuses on their core engineering subjects making it more valuable for a student to opt for.

IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Dhanbad have good infrastructure and similar facilities like Hostels, sports ground, Media entertainment rooms, gym, mess facility, canteens, cafeterias, multi-purpose stores for stationary, bakery goods, etc. Both institutions also have many clubs and conduct various cultural events around the year.

Both the institution have their advantages so choose the institution based on your choice of course.