Should I opt for an ECE or an IT course at MNNIT Allahabad?

MNNIT Allahabad has a good ranking for its B.Tech courses with India Today ranking it at 14 among Top Public Colleges in India 2020 and 48 by NIRF for its B.Tech course.

Below is a comparison of ECE and IT courses offered by MNNIT Allahabad.

Admission Criteria:

• The admission criteria for both Electronics and Communication Engineering as well as Information Technology is the same. A student needs to have a 75% score in 10+2 with science as the mainstream and should have Mathematics and Physics as compulsory subjects.

• Along with this students are required to take the JEE Main exam which serves as the entrance exam for this college. The usual cut off for MNNIT Allahabad in JEE Main ranges from 22,796 to 21,752.

• In 2019, the cut off for JEE Main round of Electronics and Communication Engineering was between the range of 4615-6752 (for other states) and 3600-7128 (for home states). Whereas the cut off for Information Technology was 3133-4986 (for other states) and 4057-5697( for home states).

Campus Placement:

• MNNIT Allahabad has a stellar placement record and in 2019 it placed 1,028 students successfully with top recruitment giants such as Airtel, Amazon, American Express, BHEL, Britannia, Dell, Deloitte, Tata, and many more visiting the institute for campus recruitments.

• The placement percentage for Electronics and Communication Engineering was 90.63% with the Maximum CTC of INR 25.33 LPA.

• Whereas Information Technology had a placement percentage of 95.56% and the Maximum CTC of INR 36 LPA.

Both ECE and IT courses at MNNIT Allahabad do have pro factors like a good placement percentage, high expected salary post-graduation, on-campus housing facilities, etc. But in the end, while selecting between these courses a student needs to primarily consider their own interest and feasibility.