Is IIIT Bhopal a good choice over NITs or no?

No, you should definitely go for another NITs or IIITs instead of IIIT Bhopal because of the following major reasons:

• NITs like NIT Bhopal, previously known as MACT, was later converted to NIT. As it is an old and pioneer institute, it has well-established classrooms, labs, faculties, accommodation etc. Teaching quality and research is also very good as you are comparing with IIIT Bhopal. It currently ranks 55 in universities all over India.

• IIIT Bhopal was newly established and has completed only approx 3 years, and still hasn’t got its own permanent campus and hostels ready. It is currently running in the RGPV campus which clearly means no personal campus, infrastructure or visiting faculties will be there. Also, it lacks proper labs which means little to no research work. Its mentor institute is also MANIT Bhopal which itself is 15 km far away!

We can say that IIIT Bhopal significantly lags behind when compared to the NITs and still needs time to withstand in the list of ‘Recognized Institutions’ in India.

You can follow this order whenever this kind of confusion arises: IISc Bangalore >IITs > NITs >IIITs >Central universities > State government colleges. So, if you have to choose between any IIIT and NIT, definitely go for the NITs.