How is the IIT Bhubaneswar ECE branch and the campus as a whole?

Despite being a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar is considered among the top engineering colleges in India. NIRF has ranked the institute 17th in the engineering category. IIT Bhubaneswar offers a decent ECE program with good placement. ECE is a new branch in IIT Bhubaneswar. Before 2016, electrical engineering was a combination of EEE and ECE. The first batch of the branch went through placement in 2020.

The School of Electrical Sciences has a dynamic group of highly qualified faculty members who are well experienced in their field. The school has 33 full-fledged well-equipped laboratories to design and carry out various projects.

In 2020, 97% of the students from ECE got placements in many top MNCs. The average CTC offered was INR 15.8 LPA, while the highest CTC offered was INR 43.3 LPA. Top recruiters at the institute included Honeywell, TCS, Adobe, Goldman Sachs, and many more.

IIT Bhubaneswar campus is spread over 936 acres under the foothills of Brunei hills, 30kms away from the city. The campus provides the best environment for studies and cultural activities. IIT Bhubaneswar has schools rather than departments and the campus is divided into a residential area and the academic area. The academic area has an independent building devoted to each school. There is also a Lab Complex for the basic lab facilities and common course classes.