How is IT in Manipal university? Is it better than SRM?

Manipal University is ranked 54 for engineering by India Today 2020. Whereas, SRM, Chennai is ranked 41 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Admission:

• The Candidates who appear in the entrance examination at Manipal University (MET) and SRM University (SRMJEE) are able to take admission.

• The candidates must have passed in 10+2 science (PCM) with 50% marks from any recognized board ( ICSE/CBSE/ State board).

• At both Manipal and SRM University, the major preferences are given in case of admission for B.Tech in IT, if the students have qualified JEE-MAIN.

According to the statistics of recent years, the cutoff required in order to get admission to BTech IT program at Manipal University and SRM is as follows.

Fee Structure:

The course fee is approximately similar in Manipal university as well as SRM, Chennai that is around 11.5 lakhs for full four years of engineering (IT).

Intake:

Manipal University has a total of 180 seats for B.Tech whereas SRM has around 200-250 seats for the same course.

Faculty:

The faculty strength at both of these institutes are quite strong, that is 50% of professors have Ph.D. degrees with more than 10 years of experience.

Collaborations:

• The information technology department of Manipal university has a long- term association with various research communities and software companies like IEEE, CSI, ACM, NVIDIA.

• SRM also has collaborations with NEC- Japan, SETS CISCO, TCS IBM, and a few others to facilitate placement and internships to their IT students.

Placement:

• 97.2% final year IT students got placed during the placement as per the 2019- 2020 session at Manipal university. Their highest salary package was 42 lakhs per year and the average salary package was 5-6 LPA.

• SRM University, Chennai is also offering a good salary package that is 4-5 LPA (average package). The highest CTC received by the students is 41 LPA.

Major recruiters:

Manipal University, Jaipur-

Microsoft, Dell technology, Capgemini, IBM, Mindtree, Innovacer, TCS, L & T Infotech, Ericsson, etc. are among the top recruiters at Manipal University Jaipur.

SRM, Chennai-

Some of the top recruiters at SRM Chennai for BTech IT are TCS, Wipro, HCL, SAP Labs, Tech Mahindra, Capgemini, Honeywell, etc.

The department of engineering in information technology at Manipal is slightly better than SRM university only on the basis of placement records. They offer various tools and techniques such as information retrieving and processing tools for the benefit of students. The top-ranked students (top 10,000 raked in IIT JEE) get scholarships facilitated by Manipal University.