ECE at Thapar University is more Hardware orientated. You may find yourself dealing with semiconductors for about 3 to 3.5 years. In addition to this, will be the onslaught of programming languages and a little portion of database and networking. 

In case you opt for the Computer Science program, you'll notice that it is purely software-oriented and has a lot more on programming languages, architectures, databases,, and networking.

ECE is the 2nd best option after CSE as its cut-off is just below it. This year, cut off score for ECE is as listed below:

As for placements, some well-known companies which visit for recruitment, are Texas Instruments, Whirlpool India, TCS, HP, Larsen and Toubro, ST Electronics, Philips, Mu Electronics India, and others. The placement rate is an amazing 99% for most of the departments. The highest package offered this year is 43 LPA and a total of 970 students got placed.

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, established in 1956 is ranked 29th by NIRF, amongst the top engineering colleges in India. Keeping in view the increasing demand for the skills in electronics and computer science, Thapar introduced the Electronics and Computer Engineering branch a few years back in association with Trinity College, Dublin.

Course Structure:

• Embedded systems, Signal Processing, Communication Systems with the blend of Operating systems, Machine learning, computer networks, and algorithm design and analysis are the subjects covered in the course curriculum.
• The branch is a hybrid of Electronics and Computer Engineering, making students eligible to participate in recruitment drives of both electronics and computer science.
• The industrial tie-up of the institute with Intel and IBM enables students to learn from various seminars, projects, certifications, and industrial training.

Course Fee:

The fees for the electrical and computer engineering course is 15 lakhs and the total student intake in this course is 180.

Placements:

• Students from this specialization get placed in core companies for Electronics and Computer Engineering.
• The top recruiters include DE Shaw, JP Morgan, Amazon, Walmart, Sandisk, and many others.
• The average and highest CTC is 7 LPA and 42 LPA respectively.
• The roles for which the students are groomed after pursuing this course are Power engineer, System Analyst, Application Developer, System control engineer, Electronics/ Operating system design, and development engineer.

One of my friends had been in the very first batch of B.E Electronics and Computer branch. I might be able to share some facts about the college and the course which can be useful.

• The batch size consists of 68 students.
• The placement records were pretty good. 
• This branch was considered for recruitment in the core companies of both ECE and CS.
• Students were placed by some of the top recruiting core CS companies that include D.E Shaw, Microsoft, Walmart, Samsung, Wipro as well core Electronics companies such as NXP, Mentor Graphics, etc.
• The average placement package for the first batch was 7 LPA while the highest was 16 LPA for this branch.
• The course curriculum of this branch includes the core subjects from both ECE and CS branches. 
• The student gets a sneak peek at the common subjects required for the placement criteria for the core CS as well as ECE branches.

If the students are not a big fan of coding cultures that the CS branch usually offers nor good at ECE setups then they would not regret getting into this branch. In the end, the placement will only be availed by the students with their hard work and efforts.