Which is the better choice, civil in IIEST Shibpur or CSE in VIT Vellore?

IIEST Shibpur is the 2nd oldest engineering college in India. It is ranked 43 overall and 21 for BTech by NIRF 2020. It is approved by AICTE having a student population of over 4000 students.

CSE in VIT Vellore is offered as a 4 year BTech and a 2 year MTech program. VIT Vellore has its place in Limca Book of Records. It is ranked 28 overall and 15 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of both institutions:

Admission Details 

• Students should have 60-75% in their 10+2 qualifying exams.

• Selection of IIEST Shibpur will depend on the JEE Main ranks.
• Selection of VIT Vellore is based on VITEEE.
• Application fee of IIEST Shibpur is INR 1500. 
• Application fee of VIT Vellore is INR 1200.

Placements

IIEST Shibpur

• • Out of 603 eligible students, 146 were placed with top companies
  • 90 companies participated in the placement program.
  • The highest package offered to the students was 39.12 LPA whereas the average salary was 10.75 LPA.

• The toprecruiting companies include TATA, ITC, GE Digital, Reliance, PWC, IBM, Mu Sigma, etc.

VIT Vellore 

• • 544 companies visited during the placement program.
  • 7027 placement offers were made while a total of 1926 internships offers were received.
  • The highest package offered to the students was 41.60 LPA whereas the average salary was 7.25 LPA.

• The top recruiting companies includeTCS, Deloitte, Accenture, Wipro, Mu Sigma, Infosys, etc.

Facilities 

IIEST Shibpur 

• The institute has a faculty of over 250 members.
• There are a total of 18 hostels 3 of them being girls hostels.
• They also have sports facilities, computer labs, hospitals, mess and canteens.

VIT Vellore

• The campus area is 250 acres.
• They have a student strength of 24000 students.
• They have a total of 23 hostels.
• They have a library consisting of over 2,21,118 books.

VIT Vellore made it in the Book of Records, India for placing the highest number of students since its advent. IIEST Shibpur is the 2nd oldest engineering college in India. It has a faculty strength of 250 highly qualified members. Both the institutes are superiors in their respective places. Though if you get to study at VIT Vellore make sure to consider it.