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.

The English Diagnostic Test is conducted at IIT Bhubaneswar for 1st year B.Tech students at the beginning of the academic year under the supervision of the Director. This test identifies problems that a student may have with the English language. The main objective is to help students meet certain academic standards by identifying their strengths and weaknesses in academic English that may interfere with their learning, course-work, teaching, and research at IIT Bhubaneswar. This test also aims at improving the quality of teaching, learning, and curriculum at the Institute by helping students find remedies for their weaknesses and poor performance in the English language. It mainly consists of components such as language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing (LSRW) including vocabulary and grammar. This test is of a total of 100 marks.

Speaking Skills Test is the last part of this three-part test. It is for 20 marks and the time allotted for this test is 10 mins. The purpose of this test is to analyze a student's fluency in English. All students are required to take speaking skills tests at specific times allotted to each one of them. The Counseling Service team of IIT Bhubaneswar assists all students during the test.

IIT Bhubaneswar is one of the good engineering colleges in India among other new IIT’s. The infrastructure and placement of the college are also excellent and above-average than other IITs.

Electrical engineering, CSE, and mechanical departments are the best classes with some of the best faculties.

Mechanical engineering has maintained its steady placements of 84% in some of the top core industries. Electrical engineering on the other hand has more than 80% placements. The CSE in 2019 has 100% placement from IIT Bhubaneswar.

The highest package offered by IIT Bhubaneswar in 2019 was 38 LPA. The average package offered at CSE and mechanical engineering department is 14 LPA and 8.8 LPA respectively.

IIT Bhubaneswar always works hard for their students' success. The students of IIT Bhubaneswar get placed in some of the top-ranking companies namely Google, Microsoft, Amazon, TATA Steel, HP, Adobe, JIO, etc.

The best classes depend fully upon the students and their choice of interests. Apart from the classes offered, IIT Bhubaneswar organises many festivals, cultural events for their students. This is an excellent opportunity for students who are not fluent in communication can improve their skills by meeting people from different communities.

Moreover, there are facilities available for sports, gyms which won’t make the students feel homesick. One can attend regular workshops, training sessions which ultimately provide a student the cozy atmosphere for which they are desiring.

There are few things that may help if you are planning on joining IIT Bhubaneshwar’s Electrical

Engineering batch. This requires a high interest of the student in Calculus because it involves a lot of use of Maths in itself when compared to Physics. It usually contains subjects such as Power Systems, Control Systems, and Thermodynamics, etc.

Since Electrical Engineering has been from the start of IIT Bhubaneswar, placements are really good there. If you wish to know about the curriculum of the same you may refer to the IIT Bhubaneswar website for the same to get a better idea. Also, if you have good knowledge about Statistics, Probability, Calculus, Electro-Magnetism, then it shall give you a great advantage as they may start from ahead but may provide you with a recap.

The placements during the early years were not that great but for the last 2 years, the situation is incrementing. The highest package went around 39 LPA offered by Adobe. The infrastructure is great with a high-speed Wi-Fi available in the academic block. Classrooms have centralized AC and the labs are well equipped with the latest technology equipment. The faculty is very knowledgeable, experienced, and uses practical methods to help the students in understanding topics.

IIT Bhubaneswar is the better option in this case. Civil engineering from IIT Guwahati has less scope as compared to ECE from IIT Bhubaneswar. Although IIT Guwahati is in the category of old IIT’s unlikely IIT Bhubaneswar and also comes at 7th among the engineering colleges in India.

IIT Bhubaneswar offers better placements for electrical and electronics & communication engineering. In 2019, electrical engineering had an 86% placement rate and the average package was around INR 11.44 LPA at IIT Bhubaneswar. At IIT Guwahati there were 77% placements for civil engineering.

If we compare on the basis of streams; Civil Engineering lacks behind ECE. Civil is easier than ECE but the decision depends on your interest and whichever course interests you more should be the first priority.

Electrical at IIT Bhubaneswar is a better option than IIT Ropar. IIT Bhubaneswar has a better ranking than IIT Ropar and also a better placement record than IIT Ropar with 86% of electrical engineers getting placement from IIT Bhubaneswar in 2019.

The School of Electrical Sciences in IIT Bhubaneswar received the highest package and average package of 38 LPA and 11 LPA respectively. Moreover, a good number of Core companies, software companies hire electrical engineers from IIT Bhubaneswar. The electrical engineering from IIT Bhubaneswar received 86% of campus placements.

IIT Ropar in 2019 got 85% placement in electrical engineering in some of the top companies namely Goldman Sachs, OYO Rooms, Finisar, etc. The average package offered for the electrical engineers was 13.83 LPA. The institute also witnessed an overall rise in the number of jobs offered across all streams from 4% to 10% hike.

There are 4-year B.E/B. Tech and 5-year dual degrees in Mechanical Engineering courses at IIT Bhubaneswar. The cutoff varies depending on the course and caste of students. Given below is the all India JEE (Advanced) – 2017 closing cut off for various Mechanical Engineering branches in the second round of IIT Bhubaneswar.

Both Mechanical engineering and computer science engineering are two different fields of study so it’s difficult to select an institute over the other.

On the basis of NIRF (National institution ranking framework score) Rankings, IIT Bhubaneswar comes under the top 20 IITs in India. There are more than 15 faculty members for mechanical engineering and their syllabus emphasizes both the technical and communication teamwork. The school of mechanical sciences offers B.Tech in mechanical engineering, a dual degree (M.Tech- M.Tech) and M.Tech in mechanical system design and thermal sciences. Every year it also provides short-term courses, national and international conferences, workshops, project work, and many more extracurriculars. The laboratories are well equipped with 30 computational workstations and other facilities such as Material testing lab instrumentation lab etc. Moving on to placement, various reputed companies visit the campus to recruit students with an average salary package of 11.15 lakh per annum.

Whereas in NIT Andhra, there are less than 15 faculty members but the infrastructure is quite good. The laboratories for CSE are also pretty good which consist of Artificial intelligence lab, data analytics lab, and Enterprise app development lab. Top companies like Amazon, Wipro, Deloitte, etc. visit during campus placement and offers an average salary package up to 5.87 lakh per annum.

IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked 9th in 2019 as per India Today among the government colleges. Choosing IIT Bhubaneswar depends on the various factors according to the choice of the students.

The campus is newly built which is expanding with the establishment of new facilities. The hostels are good and newly constructed with mostly single occupancy. There are well-experienced professors along with better placements. The presence of nearby railway stations makes it accessible to other locations.

The campus residents will be charged a very minimal amount by the institution for making it convenient and affordable for them. Initially three vehicles will be operational in the campus placements and in future the services will be increased as per requirements.

In 2019, there was a 90% placement season of the undergraduates in top employers like Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, etc. The highest package of 43 LPA was bagged during the ongoing recruitment campus of IIT Bhubaneswar 2019.
 

Students who want to prepare for MTech in IIT have to first check the eligibility criteria of IIT Bhubaneswar before applying for the program. They must secure 60%-70% marks in their undergraduate program (B.Tech, B.Sc, B.Arch) from a recognized university to apply for M.Tech. Admissions will be done through GATE examinations. Students applying without the GATE score will have to take an entrance test conducted by the institute.

GATE qualified students applying for MTech in IIT Bhubaneswar will be able to check their names in the Institute portal. Shortlisted students must report to the institute to reserve their seats. They must pay the fees before the given deadline. Once the GATE application form is submitted, students have to fill the admission form for M.Tech.

By registering for GATE COAP, the candidates will be able to access a common platform through which they will select their preferred subject.