Xavier University is a state private college recognized by AICTE and UGC. It is accredited to NBA and SAQS. The college has been ranked 44th by NIRF Rankings in the university category.

The college offers B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) as a four-year course. The fees for the course are 8.36 lakhs for the full period.

Admission Procedure:

• The minimum eligibility criteria for the course are having cleared 10+2 examinations with 60% aggregate and having studied Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics in 10+2.

• Further, students are selected on the basis of the score obtained on the Xavier Engineering Selection Test. Students are selected on the basis of scores obtained in the admission test, personal interview, and 10th and 10+2 marks.

• Students with an excellent academic record, e.g. 75% in JEE Mains or diploma holders with good scores are considered for direct lateral entry.

Scholarship:

• Students with 85% marks in +2 are given a 50% course/tuition fee waiver.

• The college provides a 50% tuition fee waiver to students from SC/ST/Minority category.

• Toppers of each university program receive a scholarship worth 50% course/tuition fee waiver at the end of each year.

Infrastructure & Facilities:

• The college is home to a well-equipped library which includes journals, study material, magazines, and various e-learning facilities.

• It has separate boys and girls hostels on-campus.

• The college has top-class sporting and art & cultural facilities available.

• Xavier’s Campus Cloud and Data Center, Professional Audio-Video Studios, Graphics Labs are a few of the facilities provided on campus.

• Other facilities such as an auditorium, gym, wi-fi, air-conditioned classes, ATM, convenience stores, and cafeterias are also available to the students.

Placements:

• The course has a placement rate of 90%.

• Top recruiters for the course include TCS, Amazon, Suzuki, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro.

• The average offer received by students is approximately 6 LPA.

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering is a good option at Xavier University for decent academics and placement opportunities provided.

This is indeed a difficult choice to make a decision in opting for the best college among the three mentioned above since every college has its pros and cons. However, one must have a clear image and idea about the type of college you want to get admitted to and make choices accordingly that match your prerequisites.

Amrita University (Coimbatore):

The department of computer science and engineering at Amrita University Coimbatore currently offers BTech in computer science and technology and M.Tech in computer science and engineering, artificial intelligence and data science. 

Infrastructure:

• The facilities provided by Amrita University are reasonably good, and the infrastructure is above average. 
• Medical and sports facilities are provided to students living on campus and Wi-Fi facilities are available in the hostel and college for students.

Faculty:

• The faculty at Amrita University are highly qualified, and about 5% of the teachers are Mtech students who passed out from the same college. 
• The course curriculum is always updated with the needs of the industry, and the teaching quality of faculty members is excellent. 

Placement:

• Amrita University offers placements as the maximum number of students got placed in many companies like Amazon, Google, TCS, etc. 
• The highest salary package offered is 30 LPA, and the average salary package offered is 3.5 LPA.

PES University:

The department of computing at PES University (Bangalore) is meant to make globally competent manpower for the knowledge and communication technology (ICT) industry with an optimal mixture of fundamental theory subjects and practical, current, and industry-relevant subjects.

Infrastructure:

• To serve the worldwide requirement, the Department provides the newest facilities for its students.
• The department has well-equipped laboratories to carry out experimental works.

Faculty:

• The staff commitment to pursuing excellence in their academic field and galvanizing students to try to their best has invited leading companies trying to find the simplest talent.

Placements:

• As for the 2019 stats, 56 renowned companies visited the campus and made 851 job offers to students
• The highest package offered was INR 48 LPA and the Average package was estimated to be INR 6.8 LPA. 

The details discussed above will assist you in making a wise decision about which college you want to prefer for CSE. However, the wants must be considered just like the placements, fee and faculties to make sure your chances of getting admitted.

Choosing between IIIT Srirangam, IIIT Sri City, IIIT Kurnool, IIIT Una (Hamirpur), IIIT Kurukshetra, IIIT Pune, and IIIT Ranchi is rather difficult. The following table shows the placement record of these colleges.

Let us compare IIIT Srirangam, Sri City, Una, Pune campuses.

• Located in a remote area, IIT Srirangam was established in 2013. It’s placement cell and academics is good. 
• One of my friends is studying at IIIT Pune, and it would be a good choice if you are opting for CSE. Despite its new campus, it is showing rapid improvement and performing better in academics, activities, and also has a good campus. Its placement cell is also good. Companies such as Accenture, TCS, Amazon, and many more come for campus placement. 
• As far as IIIT Una’s placement cell is concerned, it is also good and provides decent placement to students.

Therefore, you can choose CSE for any of these IIIT campuses. They all have good academics and placement records.

MNNIT Allahabad offers 4 years of B.Tech and 2 years of M.Tech in ECE. Specializations for postgraduate programs are offered in two fields viz., Digital Systems and Microelectronics & VLSI Design. It is ranked 48th among other engineering institutes by 2020 NIRF rankings.

NIT Durgapur offers 4 years of B.Tech and 2 years of M.Tech in CSE. It is ranked 47th among other engineering institutes. Most of the faculty members of the CSE department are pursuing research in collaboration with CMERI, Indian Statistical Institute, Winona State University, USA, etc.

Course Fees:

Following is the fees for 1st Year which is the same for all branches of the respective institutes:

• MNNIT Allahabad: The fee structure for B.Techis INR 84,666 whereas, for M.Tech, the institute charges INR 1.13 Lakhs.
• NIT Durgapur: The institute charges 1.49 Lakhsfor B.Tech while for M.Tech, the fee is INR 94,10

Cut-off:

The cut off for JEE Main 2019 (round 7) is given below. As seen by the statistics, the opening rank for MNNIT Allahabad is lesser than that of NIT Durgapur, meaning it is tougher to get into MNNIT for ECE than getting into NIT Durgapur for CSE.

Placement:

Core companies generally visiting for the CSE branch also offer placements for ECE branch students. This opens the option of additional companies for ECE students along with the core ECE companies.

• MNNIT Allahabad:
• Core companies like Qualcomm, Brahmos, BEL, Ansys offered salary packages of around 10-15 lakhs.
• Along with this, students can also appear for non-core, software companies like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Amazon, Flipkart, Oracle, Cisco, Samsung, Adobe, etc. offering salary packages of above 15 lakhs.
• • The placement percentage for ECE was recorded to be 90.63% in 2019. The average salary package was 10.95 lakhs and the highest package was 25.33 lakhs.

• NIT Durgapur:
• The CSE branch of NIT Durgapuroffers placements in core companies like TCS, IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, HSBC, J. P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Mu Sigma, etc.
• The percentage of placed students in 2018 was 88.64%.A total of 89 jobs were offered to 78 students with 11 of them securing double job offers.

As far as placement is considered, both ECE and CSE branches get offers from the same core companies. So, it is up to the students to choose either of the institutes depending upon the field in which they wish to specialize.

GLA University was established to offer quality education and an academic friendly environment. Sharda University, one of the Top UGC approved Universities for providing Best Quality Education. Both universities offer a full-time 4 year BTech program in CSE and GLA has been accredited by NAAC with a Grade ‘A’ and Sharda with Gade "B".

Infrastructure:

GLA University:

• It has a campus area of 110 acres with well designed and maintained buildings, contemporary laboratories, spacious residential complexes, and recreational facilities.
• The university has skilled and experienced faculty for teaching the various concepts of Computer Science while providing the latest technologies in the labs.

Sharda University:

• It has a campus area of 63 acres with a magnificent and comprehensive range of facilities within the campus for its students.
• It has excellent infrastructure especially for CSE students because of the highly equipped computer lab with Norton protection on every system with updated labs, computer operating facilities, technological appliances, workshops, and seminar halls.

Admission:

GLA University:

For admissions in CSE BTech at GLA University students need to keep the following points in mind.

• Candidates must have passed 10+2 examinations with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects and one vocational subject with an aggregate score of 50%.
• Admission for B tech courses is based on performance in GLAET followed by an interview.

Sharda University:

For admissions in CSE BTech at Sharda University students need to keep the following points in mind.

• Candidates must have passed 10+2 examinations with 60% marks in aggregate in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics.
• He/she should have JEE rank less than 3 lakhs and UPSEE rank less than 50,000.
• Eligible students are then called for an interview.

Placement:

GLA University:

• The CSE course has a placement rate of almost 74 percent.
• Top recruiters include Infosys, Amazon, Microsoft, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Capgemini.
• The average placement package offered is INR 4.5 LPA, with the highest package going up to INR 32 LPA.
• More than 350 companies visited the campus for recruitment in 2020.

Sharda University:

• The CSE course has a placement rate of almost 91 percent.
• Top recruiters include Amazon, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Accenture, WIPRO, Infosys, etc.
• The average placement package offered is INR 3 LPA, with the highest package going up to INR 12 LPA.
• Overall 350+ companies worldwide participate in the recruitment process every year.

Both Universities are good in terms of academics and placements. Students can make a well-informed choice between the two universities for the CSE program based on the important points given above.