Which is better, IIT Bhubaneswar or BITS Pilani for mechanical engineering?

Both IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani are good institutions with decent Mechanical Engineering programs. So, it’s hard to choose one institute over another.

Despite being a new IIT, the Mechanical Engineering program in IIT Bhubaneswar is quite good. This department offers well-experienced faculty members and state-of-the-art laboratories. IIT Bhubaneswar recently signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. Also, this institute collaborates with foreign universities such as the University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, University of North Dakota USA, and McGill University. Which means excellent research and internship opportunities for the students.

In 2019, 83% of students from the Mechanical Engineering department got placed at IIT Bhubaneswar. Out of 35 students of Mechanical Engineering, 32 students secured positions in campus placement. The average CTC offered was INR 11.44 LPA. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM participated in the placement to recruit students. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for the placement drive.

BITS Pilani is a well-known private institute with a decent Mechanical Engineering program both in terms of academics and placements. BITS Pilani Placement Trends of 2019 show out of 33 Mechanical Engineering students 23 got placement offers. The average package offered was 6-8 LPA. Whereas, the highest salary package for the domestic placements was 44 LPA. The recruiting companies at this institute included Barclays, IBM, HDFC, Facebook, eBay, Capgemini, Aditya Birla Corp, Capital IQ, etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar takes admission based on JEE Advanced rank and last year the cutoff for Mechanical Engineering was 4003-12065. On the other hand, BITS Pilani takes admission through BITSAT which is another tough exam and in 2019, the Mechanical Engineering cutoff was 313. So, the academic environment is great in both institutes.

The course fee for BITS Pilani is higher compared to IIT Bhubaneswar as it is a private institute. For B.E, the course fee is around 4.23 lakhs/annum in BITS Pilani. Whereas, in IIT Bhubaneswar the course fee is around 2.14 lakh/annum.

IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani both are good options for mechanical engineering so choose according to your convenience.