NSUT and DTU are prestigious engineering colleges of Delhi. To get admission into any of them, you will have to clear the JEE Mains exam with a good All India rank.
After obtaining your rank and learning about the cutoffs for the year, you’ll have to fill out the JAC Delhi form. It is made available around the same time as the announcement of JEE Advanced. You’ll get a month to fill out the form. In the form, you’ll have to fill out your choice of colleges in the order of preference.
You’ll get the best option according to your rank, from among the colleges/branches you select. Fill out this form with utmost care. You’ll be allotted your college on the day of JAC Delhi counseling. It is important to note that NSUT, DTU and IIITD reserve 85% of their seats for students who complete their +2 from Delhi NCT, and only 15% seats are made available for outsiders.
You can check the 2023 JEE Mains cutoffs for NSUT Delhi, and the 2023 JEE Mains cutoffs for DTU.
If you are interested in Computer Science and want to pursue MS/Ph.D. from universities abroad, after graduation, IIITD CSD is the best option for you. IIITD CSD placements are also pretty good. During the 2021 placement drive, the average CTC offered was INR 16.56 LPA.
If you find Electrical Engineering or Instrumentation and Control Engineering interesting and want to go for GATE/PSU/MTech, then choose the respective streams at DTU/NSIT. These branches aren’t usually open for most IT and coding-based jobs. For an MBA or a non-tech, career path, DTU or NSIT will be better as well.
If you are looking for a better peer group, location, and placement opportunities, then NSIT CS will be a better option.
NSIT has a lower student intake. So, the competition is lower for placement and students get the required attention from faculties. For CS, NSIT placements are great. Each year, almost 80% of students get internships. NSIT CSE average package is around INR 12-15 LPA.
Having known some people studying in both these institutions, I can say that if you plan to get a job offer, go for CS at Thapar University. If not and are interested in doing research opt for Engineering Physics at DTU.
| Categories | CS at Thapar University |
| Course Fee | 13.23 lakh |
| Highest CTC | 22 LPA |
| Average CTC | 8 LPA |
There are many reputed companies that take part in their placement program and recruit CS graduates. These include Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Capgemini, Oracle, IBM, ZS Associates, Morgan Stanley and many more.
Between NIT Jalandhar Mechanical Engineering and DTU MAM, the latter is the better option. This is because the placements for DTU mechanical are excellent. Some of the most reputed firms that visit the campus are Bajaj, Volvo, Daimler-Benz, Brahmos Aerospace, Technip, Schlumberger, Caterpillar, etc. Most of my friends from the same branch were able to secure amazing packages at top firms.
The learning process at DTU is more extensive. It has a lot of Mechanical Engineering teams which can help you know your branch better.
So choose DTU over NIT.
ECE at NIT Delhi is not good. If you want to stay in Delhi then IIIT Delhi is a better alternative. Also, you can easily apply for CSE at other NITs or apply for other colleges such as PEC, IIIT, YMCA, etc.
The table below gives an overview of ECE at NIT Delhi and Mechanical at DTU.
|
Category |
NIT Delhi |
DTU |
|
Average CTC |
7.5 LPA |
8-9 LPA |
|
Course Fee |
3.21 lakhs |
7.81 lakhs |
Infrastructure:
Placements:
Coding Culture:
Class Schedule:
Faculty:
The faculty at NIT Delhi are not very skilled and they have less experience if compared with faculties of IIIT Delhi.
If you like CS and want to explore plenty of opportunities then you should apply at IIIT Delhi or other NITs. ECE at NIT Delhi is more substandard than CSE at NIT Delhi. Between the choices given, DTU Mechanical is a better option than ECE at NIT Delhi.
MNNIT Allahabad is better for ECE. The department has a great faculty and the professors are helpful. The ECE department has many clubs and societies such as Robotics Club and Electronics Society. These clubs have various ongoing research projects. The faculties also take part actively in these projects.
Although the core job opportunities are not too encouraging, few companies do take part in the placements drive. In the past students got internship opportunities in companies such as Qualcomm, Samsung, Airtel, etc. Many IT companies also recruit ECE students. According to the recent highlights of MNNIT Allahabad placements, the highest CTC offered to ECE students is around INR 51 LPA.
Firstly, you need to understand what your priority is before choosing any one of them. In short, if you are very branch-specific and want CSE as your forte then go for MNNIT Allahabad without giving it a second thought. On the other hand, if you are looking for overall growth then choose DTU any day. Here’s why:
Overall, if you are not branch-specific and can make up your mind for ECE, then choose DTU. While, if CSE is your pool of interest then go for MNNIT Allahabad. MNNIT has a huge Alumni Network and CS curriculum is good too.
Pursuing CSE from IIIT Pune will be a better option between DTU/NSUT EE and IIIT Pune CS.
Most of the students who complete B.Tech from non-technical streams get jobs in the IT sector. So it is better that you choose the stream in which you want to make a career. If you want to make your career in the Tech field then CSE from IIIT Pune will be a good option provided you have not planned to pursue EE yet. You can also pursue B.Tech in EE as there are lots of opportunities in it.
DTU, NSUT, and IIIT Pune are good institutes and have good placement records. You will surely get to learn a lot in either of the institutes and have fun 4 years at university. But if you want to land into a good company with a good package then you have to work hard and gain skills. Here is a brief overview of the recent placement statistics for the institutes.
| Institute | DTU | NSUT | IIIT Pune |
| Average CTC | 7.2 LPA | 7.75 LPA | 7.58 LPA |
| Highest CTC | 13 LPA | 1.25 Cr | 22 LPA |
| Major recruiters | Uber, Facebook, Amazon | Microsoft, IBM, HCL | L&T Infotech, TCS, Bosch |
If you want to do CSE then go to IIIT Pune as it will provide you with many learning opportunities and good placement.
NIT Surathkal is AICTE and UGC approved and is ranked 13th for engineering by NIRF 2020. The Civil Engineering department of NIT Surathkal offers undergraduate programs, post-graduate, and research programs. The department is also recognized as a QIP center for the training of faculties from other colleges. DTU is an Institute of National Importance and is a member of AIU.
Rankings:
DTU has been ranked 1st and NIT Surathkal has been ranked 4th for Engineering by Times 2020.
DTU was ranked 36th for Engineering by NIRF 2020.
Admission:
Admission to B.Tech program at DTU and NIT Surathkal is done on the basis of JEE Mains score and percentage at 10+2.
Whereas admission to M.Tech programs is done on the basis of scores obtained in the GATE Entrance test.
Achievements:
NIT Surathkal Civil Engineering:
A team from the NIT Surathkal Civil Engineering department won 2nd prize in the Design Event at the Technical Fest, “SASTRA”, of IIT Madras.
Final year student from NIT Surathkal of Civil Engineering department has been awarded for the best technical paper by the International Conference of Earth Science and Engineering.
DTU Mechanical Engineering:
The department of Mechanical Engineering at DTU has been awarded by the Dept. of Health and Environment Govt. NCT Delhi for its research work on the production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil.
The SAE Student Chapter of the Mechanical Engineering department is first in India and considered to be the largest in the world.
Students from the Mechanical Engineering department of DTU have participated in many international competitions conducted by NASA such as CHANDER YAN, MOON BAGGI, etc.
Placement:
Placement statistics for Civil and Mechanical branches at the institute are as follows.
|
Criteria |
NIT Surathkal |
DTU |
|
Students Placed |
85% |
80% |
|
Average Salary |
8 LPA |
9 LPA |
Top recruiters at NIT Surathkal include Adobe, Amazon, Capgemini, CenturyLink, CITI Bank, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, while recruiters at DTU include Brain and Company, Bank of America, Bloomberg, Apple, BCG, Qualcomm, Sandisk, etc.
Alumni:
Notable alumni of NIT Surathkal include Rajeev Madhavan- Founder of Magma Design Automation. Other notable alumni include Thomas Zacharia who is a renowned Indian-American Computer Scientist.
Notable alumni of DTU include Vinod Dham- known as “Father of the Pentium Chip” and is the founder of the NEA-Indo-US Ventures.
Both the departments are of high repute with mass placement drive. However, you should go with your choice of interest.