Is IIIT Bangalore better than NITs?

For the CS branch, here’s my order of preference-

IIIT Hyderabad>>> NIT Trichy/Warangal/Surathkal >>IIIT Allahabad>IIIT Bangalore>IIIT Delhi >> other NITs.

Apart from NIT Trichy, Warangal and Surathkal, IIIT Bangalore is better than all the other NITs for CS branch. IIIT Bangalore delivers excellent academics and top-notch placements in the CS/IT domain.  Another thing is that IIIT Bangalore only focuses on CSE and ECE branches, unlike the NITs that deliver education in several engineering disciplines. 

Here are the 2024 placement statistics for IIIT Bangalore (as of July 2024):

The coding culture of IIIT Bangalore includes friendly competition and collaborative learning. Coding competitions, hackathons, and collaborative projects are frequently organized by the authorities for the students. 

Here are some clubs at IIIT Bangalore-

• • CAMP (Club for Algorithms, Math and Programming) is a club of IIIT Bangalore that works to strengthen the culture of competitive programming on campus. 
  • Lean In Club- Lean In Club promotes the participation of women in computing, open source, research, competitive coding and tech.
  • GDSC- Google Developer Student Clubs.
  • MOSFIT Club- MOSFIT Club works to bridge the gap between the curriculum and industry requirements in the field of VLSI.

• The Robotics Club ‘Enigma’

Unless you get admission at the top NITs (Trichy/Warangal/Surathkal), I would suggest you to choose IIIT Bangalore over the NITs, especially for a CSE degree.