Which is better Mining at IIEST Shibpur or Mining at NIT Rourkela?

IIEST Shibpur holds rank #21 in India by NIRF Rankings in 2020. In all courses, 50% of the seats are reserved for students from other states and 50% are reserved for the students of West Bengal. Admission is based on the results of JEE Mainand for admission in M.Tech, a valid score in GATE is required.

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela holds #16 rank nationally according to NIRF rankings for 2020. The total seats reserved for B-tech mining is 42. One must have secured 75% marks in 12th standard along with a valid score in JEE Main.

Admission process:

IIEST Shibpur

• The admissionprocess is fully based on the results of JEE Main.With this, students are also required to complete 12th with at least 75%.
• The application fee for general is 1,500 and for reserved students, it is 1,000 INR.
• 3% seats are reserved for physically challenged students and 3 seats are also reserved under defense quota.
• This Institute conducts a separate entrance test and interview for Ph.D. students.

NITRourkela

• The application process is fully online. The application fee is 1,000 INR.
• Same as in IIEST Shibpur, admission eligibility for NIT Rourkela is also fully based on the JEE Main.
• With this, at least 75% marks are also required in 10+2 withMaths, Physics and Chemistry are required as compulsory subjects.

Placements:

IIEST Shibpur

• The highest package offered to the students is 39.12 lakhs while the average package is 6.5 lakhs.
• Last year, this Institute break its own record in terms of placements. A total of462 offers were made to students and out of them, about 311 got placements.
• Companies like Microsoft, Maruti, HSBC Technologies, TCS, and so on visit campus every year.

NIT Rourkela

• The highest package offered to students in the mining department was 18 Lakhs by TATA whereas, the average package was 7 lakhs.
• Various big companies like Microsoft, Tata Steel, Myntra, Bajaj, and so on visitsthe Institute every year for placements.
• Last year about 206 companies visited the campus and almost more than 700 students got placements.

Both the Institutes are good for mining with excellentfacilities like Wi-Fi, air-conditioned classrooms, laboratory facilities. Faculty members are also best, almost all the teachers are holding a Ph.D.So in short, the education facility as a whole is quite amazing and satisfactory for both the Institute.