Which is better, IIT Indore, BITS Goa or NIT Trichy/Surathkal for CSE considering foreign internships, infrastructure, placement opportunities and quality of life?

The CSE branch is one of the most coveted branches today and every institute offers a good CS program with the best job prospects. What matters is the coding culture, opportunities, and placement opportunities of the institute.

The CS departments of IIT Indore, NIT Trichy, and Surathkal have 100% placement. The students can easily expect a package of around INR 25-30 LPA. Top companies like Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, E Shaw, Amazon, Infosys, Google, L&T, TCS, Cisco, etc visit IIT Indore and provide excellent placement opportunities to its students. 

Among the new IITs, IIT Indore has the best coding culture owing to the high programming competition here. IIT Indore students regularly participate in GSoC and it has also represented India at ACM-ICPC World Finals.

Among the aforementioned institutes, IIT Indore is the best option for you. Moreover, the IIT tag is very beneficial to secure foreign internships and higher education in foreign universities.

The general preference order would be

IIT Indore > NIT Trichy > NIT Surathkal > BITS Goa. 

Also, do remember, the “IIT” tag is very helpful for foreign internships and for further education in some distant land.