PEC is one of the pioneer engineering colleges in Punjab and ranks 68 among the top engineering colleges per NIRF ranking 2020. It maintains a standard placement record of 80% by providing jobs in top quality MNCs. 

UIET Chandigarh ranks 54 among the private engineering colleges by NIRF ranking and maintains a placement record of 80%. 

Admission Process 

PEC Chandigarh:-

• The minimum marks required is 75% marks in 10+2 along with a valid score in JEE Main.
• The seats for electrical engineering are 48. 
• The course fee is INR 3.45 LPA.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 12781-17622.

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The course fee is INR 3.25 LPA.
• The seats for CSE in UIET Chandigarh are 40.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 24265-35348.

Placements:-

The placements in both these colleges are good and many of the companies offer handsome packages to the students every year. The average package offered by the institutes is 5% more than last year. 

The top recruiters are IBM, Samsung, Tata, Microsoft, Deloitte, Infosys, Amazon, KPMG, Accenture, Wipro, etc.

Facilities:

• The central library of PEC Chandigarh has a collection of 1 lakh volumes of books and research papers. 
• There are six hostels in the campus, four of them are for boys and two for girls. 
• A 120 capacity of air-conditioned hall in UIET Chandigarh for holding presentations and interactive sessions.
• The university library of UIET Chandigarh has an inflibnet network which allows them to connect through the digital facilities. 

PEC is a better option and has an excellent reputation than UIET Chandigarh. The placements at PEC are better than UIET Chandigarh. The average package offered every year for electrical and computer engineering is around INR 7-11 LPA, which is more than UIET Chandigarh. PEC Chandigarh is a better choice for pursuing electrical than UIET Chandigarh for CSE. 

However, both these colleges are some of the finest universities in the country with diverse cultures. Hence pursuing a course from any of these universities will land you into success.

GBU Noida is a pioneering institution among India’s engineering colleges that provides a decent placement of 80-85% every year.

CCET Chandigarh is affiliated to Punjab University and ranks 68th as per NIRF ranking 2020 among India’s engineering colleges. 

UIET Chandigarh is one of the top 50 engineering colleges providing above 85% placements every year. 

UIET Hoshiyarpur is a premier institute imparting quality technical education. The institute provides an average placement of 70% every year. 

Admission process:-

GBU Noida:-

• BTech’s admission criteria are a minimum of 50% marks in 10+2 and a written test GPTU. 
• 60 seats are available for the program.
• The program fee is INR 5.46 LPA

CCE Chandigarh:-

• The admission criteria for BTech is a minimum of 45% marks in 10+2 along with JEE Mains.
• The institute charges INR 2.45 LPA.
• 60 seats are available for the program. 

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
• The candidates must have a valid score in the JEE Main exam. 
• The total program fee is INR 3.25 LPA.
• The seats available are 40. 

UIET Hoshiarpur:-

• The BTech admission for both these colleges is based on a valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The program fee is INR 3.52 LPA.
• 62 seats are available for the program. 

Placements:

All these institutes are an excellent place to pursue engineering courses and provide on an average of 80% placements every year in top-notch MNCs.

The top recruiting companies are Wipro, HCL, Honda, Berger, Paytm, Piramal, Oppo, TCS, etc. 

UIET Chandigarh is a way better than the rest in terms of faculties, placements and environment. The students will get an ample number of opportunities to enhance their skills. UIET is especially famous for CSE and IT departments, where the placements are above 90% every year.

Surely, Metallurgy at PEC over Mechanical in UIET. There are various important reasons behind this: Placements in PEC are better, companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, etc. visit campus for placements.

Though metallurgy has fewer placements than other branches in PEC, once you are in PEC and if you are focused enough, you can go for an upgrade after 1st semester on the basis of CGPA. To aim for it, keep the following things in mind -

• At most, only the top 10% of the class can be upgraded.
• The branch you want to be upgraded to will only be available if it has vacant seats.

PEC is far superior to UIET in terms of cultural and other extracurricular activities. If you don't have any branch priorities, I'd recommend metallurgy in PEC.

NIT Nagaland has a NIRF 2020 rank of 67, NIT Manipur has a rank of 158, UIET has a rank of 72 in the engineering category. NIT Nagaland, NIT Manipur, and NIT Mizoram are autonomous institutions recognized by AICTE and UGC whereas UIET is a public university affiliated to Panjab University.

Admission-

To be eligible for admission, students are expected to have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 75% along with their JEE Main score.

• At NIT Manipur, for programs like B.Tech, the total fees are in the range of Rs. 2 Lakhs to Rs. 7 lakhs.

• At NIT Nagaland, the total fees for programs like B.Tech lie in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 4 lakhs respectively.

• For NIT Mizoram, the total fees for programs like B.Tech are 5.43 lakhs.

• UIET offers programs like B.E(IT) with fees in the range of Rs. Lakhs and Rs. Lakhs.

JEE Main cutoff 2019 -

• NIT Nagaland - For the ECE branch, it was 17473 and 23345 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• NIT Manipur - For the Civil branch, it was 26151 and 30616 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• NIT Mizoram - For the ECE branch, it was 23041 and 26040 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• UIET - For B.E(IT) branch, it was 24265 and 35348 as the opening and closing rank respectively for the General category.

Placement -

• The major recruiters for NIT Manipur were IBM, Johnson Control, Infosys, Polaris, Wipro, TCS.

• For NIT Nagaland, Allstate, Power Grid, Lakshaya, Vedanta, L&T, Toppers, Mphasis, were the top recruiters.

• At NIT Mizoram, IBM, Wipro, L&T Infotech, Microsoft, Capgemini, Accenture were the top recruiters.

• The major recruiters for UIET were Practo, Indian oil, HP, Mahindra, Infosys, Wipro.

For the year 2019, the placement details for the institutes were as follows.

Which is the better option that needs to be assessed by reviewing the above facts and your perception of the college brand along with the ROI which is on average 93% for NIT Nagaland, 129% for NIT Manipur, 110% for NIT Mizoram, and for 172% for UIET respectively.

The choice must be done purely based on your interest. If you are not that interested in coding and if you take a lot of time to understand the core language, there is no point in opting CS even if it's in high demand. Once you enjoy what you are learning you will succeed in your job position. Otherwise, there is no point in being hung up in a course which you don't enjoy and for four years or even for the rest of your life. 

Quick stats 2021:

If you don't have a specific preference and you are okay with either CS or civil, then clearly assess college reputation, placement stats, and other opportunities in the respective fields which are briefed out below. 

• Both PEC Chandigarh and UIET offer 24/7 high-speed internet facilities at both academic blocks and hostels. Academic blocks are fully air-conditioned. 
• Labs are fully equipped with hi-tech equipment. Libraries are up-to-date with new books of international standards. 
• Food at hostels is pretty good and you can even opt for off-campus housing facilities. Both of these universities give priority to sports. 
• Both of them organize certain tech fests out of which 'PECfest' of PEC and 'Avishkar' of UIET are quite popular.

As a branch CSE is on top when compared to Civil. But when you compare PEC and UIET, PEC has an upper hand. Set your priorities straight and opt for the best college for you.

Both the colleges, UIET PU and CGC Landran were placed in the rank band of 201-250 according to the NIRF Rankings of 2020. The course duration for both the colleges is for 4 years but UIET offers a BE degree, whereas CGC Landran offers a B.Tech degree.

CGC Landran (ME):

Admission:

• JEE Main scores are accepted for admission to this college.

• The Mechanical Engineering stream has only 60 seats in CGC Landran. The total course fees for the duration of 4 years is Rs.3.48 lakh.

Placement:

• The placement rate for the ME stream is 40-50%.

• The average salary package received is around 4-5 LPA.

• The students get offered placements coming from government organizations including ISRO, DRDO, Indian Armed forces Navy, Air force, and Army.

• Companies like Eveready, Hyundai, Panasonic, Mahindra, Deloitte, Ashok Leyland, etc visit this college for offering placements after graduation

UIET (ME):

Admission:

• JEE Main scores are accepted for admission to this college.

• The total number of seats available for the ME stream in UIET is 94. The entire expense for the course duration of 4 years is Rs.4.08 lakh.

Faculty: The student to faculty ratio is around 400:25 which implies the number of teachers compared to the students is very low.

Placement:

• The Placement rate for the ME stream is 15%.

• Only 15% of students of this stream were placed in core companies after graduation at UIET.

• 32 students from a batch of 79 in the year 2018 were placed in both core and noncore companies including Mahindra, Hero Honda, Deloitte, ZS, Infosys, Zycus, Juganoo, Zscaler, etc.

• 2 students had got an internship offer during the 4 years of the course and among them, one was from a non-mechanical core company i.e. ZS Associates.

• The highest salary package was 11 lakh per annum from Juganoo and the lowest was 3.6 LPA from Infosys.

• The average salary package offered is around 3-4 LPA.

Mostly the package received depends on the performance of the individual in the case of both the colleges. Go through the important facts about each of the colleges mentioned above and choose which will be best for you.

UIET Chandigarh is affiliated to Punjab University ranking 54th as per NIRF ranking. The placement record is 80%, where the students get lucrative packages in some of the top MNCs. 

CGC Landran is affiliated to PTU Jalandhar and ranks 52nd among the engineering institutes per the Chronicle 2019 ranking. The institute maintains a placement record of 90% every year. 

The table below shows the brief description of the colleges.

Admission Process:-

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The course fee is INR 3.25 LPA.
• The seats for CSE in UIET Chandigarh are 40.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 945-35348.

CGC Landran:-

• The minimum criteria for pursuing CSE requires 75% marks in aggregate in 10+2.
• The course fee is INR 3.62 LPA.
• The seats available for CSE is 250-300.

Placements:-

Almost 80% of the students got placed in 2019 with the highest package offered is INR 30 LPA by Microsoft. 

The placements in both these colleges are good and many of the companies offer handsome packages to the students every year. The average package offered by the institutes is 5% more than last year. 

The students are trained firmly with full commitment so that they will be able to show a high level of professionalism in their future jobs. The top companies are Genpact, IBM, Microsoft, Accenture, Deloitte, Cognizant, Samsung, Capgemini, Infosys, etc. 

UIET Chandigarh is best for CSE in terms of placements and is well-known for achieving towering heights since its inception. It is maintaining standards from time to time, along with prodigious placements.

UIET Chandigarh is affiliated to Panjab University and ranked 72nd by NIRF India Rankings 2020. Biotechnology at UIET Chandigarh deals with living organisms or parts of them to create different products. UIET is well equipped with all the necessary facilities. 

NIT Sikkim offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The closing rank of Biotechnology is 40827 at NIT Sikkim. 

Thapar (TIET) University is ranked 51 overall and 29 for BTech by NIRF 2020. They have collaborations with International Universities like Trinity College, Dublin and The University of Waterloo.

Admission Requirements - 

• Students should have 60-75% in their 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
• JEE Rank is mandatory for BTech admissions.
• Students opting for MTech should have 60% in their BTech or BE exam.
• GATE qualified candidates of UIET Chandigarh are awarded a scholarship of INR 12400 every month.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of the institutions:

Placements 

UIET Chandigarh 

• Biotechnology has a lower placement record than any other core engineering departments.
• The top recruiting companies include Zugnoo, Signicent, Wipro, Zycus, IDS Infotech, etc.

TIET

• The highest package received by the students was 10 LPA.
• The top recruiting companies include Biocon, GE Healthcare, Panacea Biotech, Root Analysis, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, Serum Institute, Roche and Abbot.

NIT Sikkim

• The median salary package offered is 6 LPA.
• The top recruiting companies include GlaxoSmithKline and Cadila Healthcare.

Facilities 

UIET Chandigarh 

• The campus area is 11 acres.
• They have 2 academic blocks including labs, offices, library, ATM and lecture halls.
• There are different blocks for mechanical labs and workshops.
• There are separate hostels for boys and girls including a dining mess, individual washrooms and sporting facilities.

NIT Sikkim 

• They provide hostel facilities well equipped with all the necessary facilities.
• They have a library with both offline and online reading materials.
• They also have a sports ground for outdoor gaming activities.
• They provide transportation facilities for regular, official and medical purposes.

TIET Facilities - 

• The library has a collection of more than 89,746 books.
• It is fully air conditioned and is 25,000 square feet.
• They have 8 boys hostels and 5 girls hostels.
• They also provide medical facilities for both students and staff members.

If location is not your primary concern then you can opt for Biotechnology from TIET because it has a consistent placement record and more companies visit TIET during the placement program. The top companies visiting TIET for placement in Biotechnology are GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, Serum Institute, Roche and Abbot.