Which college should I take for mechanical engineering? I am confused among PEC Chandigarh, NIT Kurukshetra, and NIT Jalandhar.

NIT Kurukshetra or PEC Chandigarh are the best options for you. You can certainly cross NIT Jalandhar off your list. The practical labs at NITJ are not well-equipped, and the majority of the equipment is broken. The faculty, on the other hand, is excellent. You should not make NITJ your top priority.

NIT Jalandhar B.Tech Mechanical Engineering: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

Fees (2025 - 2026)	Year 1 (in INR)	Year 2 (in INR)	Year 3 (in INR)	Year 4 (in INR)
Semester	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tuition Fees	62500	62500	62500	62500	62500	62500	62500	62500
Miscellaneous Fees	22000	17000	22000	17000	22000	17000	22000	17000
Semester Wise Fees	84500	79500	84500	79500	84500	79500	84500	79500
Yearly Fees	164000	164000	164000	164000

Fees	Year 1 (in INR)	Year 2 (in INR)	Year 3 (in INR)	Year 4 (in INR)
Tuition Fees	125000	125000	125000	125000
Other Fee	22000	22000	22000	22000
Yearly Fees	147000	147000	147000	147000

Events	Dates
JEE-Main counselling	Jun 03, 2025 - Jul 28, 2025

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Date fo Initiation of Withdrawal of seat for Round 2 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jun 22, 2025 - Jun 26, 2025
Date of Resolution of Fee Payment Issues for Round 2 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jun 26, 2025
Last Date to Respond to Withdrawal Query for Round 2 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jun 27, 2025
Last Date to Respond to Queries for Round 2 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jun 27, 2025
Date of Seat Allocation for Round 3 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jun 28, 2025
Date for Initiation of Withdrawal of seat for Round 3 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jun 29, 2025 - Jul 02, 2025
Last Date for Fee Payment for Round 3 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jul 02, 2025
Date of Online Reporting, Fee Payment, Document Upload for Round 3 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jun 28, 2025 - Jul 02, 2025
Last Date to Respond to Withdrawal Query for Round 3 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jul 03, 2025
Date of Resolution of Fee Payment Issues for Round 3 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jul 03, 2025

Categories (2025)	Round 1	Round 2
General	27699	29205
SC	5037	5569
ST	2025	2027
EWS	4200	4308
OBCNCL	9299	9710
EWSPwD	202	335
GeneralPwD	1217	1217
OBC NCLPwD	-	-

Categories	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
General	27605	29132	29253	29253	30878
SC	5276	5626	5626	5626	5733
ST	1997	2293	2293	2293	2293
OBCNCL	9581	10357	10357	10357	10702
EWS	4591	5002	5002	5002	5067
GeneralPwD	1142	1513	1513	1513	1513
OBC NCLPwD	918	943	-	1751	-
OBC	-	44894	-	-	-
OBCPwD	-	-	1751	-	1751

Particulars	2024 (in INR)	2023 (in INR)
Highest Package	1750000.00	1895000.00
Average Package	791000.00	830000.00
Median Package	800000.00	-

Ranking Agency	Latest	Previous
	#54 out of 500 (2025) #2nd Punjab	#47 out of 394 (2023) #3rd Punjab
	#30 out of 275 (2024) #1st Punjab	#30 out of 131 (2023) #1st Punjab
	#58 out of 300 (2024) #4th Punjab	#46 out of 200 (2023) #3rd Punjab
	#15 out of 25 (2024)	#15 out of 25 (2023)
	#39 out of 160 (2024)	#56 out of 170 (2023)
	#21 out of 35 (2023)	#21 out of 32 (2022)
	#46 out of 200 (2022) #3rd Punjab

Years (2025 - 2026)	year 1	year 2	year 3	year 4
Semester	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tuition fees	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500	₹62500
miscellaneous fees	₹22000	₹17000	₹22000	₹17000	₹22000	₹17000	₹22000	₹17000
Semester Wise Fees	₹84500	₹79500	₹84500	₹79500	₹84500	₹79500	₹84500	₹79500
Yearly Fees	₹1.64 Lakhs	₹1.64 Lakhs	₹1.64 Lakhs	₹1.64 Lakhs

NIT Jalandhar is a top engineering college in India, offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses through entrance exams like JEE Mains for B.Tech and GATE for M.Tech. Admissions involve counseling rounds and document verification, with fee structures based on family income. Tuition fees range from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 75,000 per semester, with additional charges for hostel and mess facilities. The institute offers a variety of scholarships and fee waivers, particularly for students from low-income families and reserved categories.

Placement records are impressive, with nearly 98-100% of students securing jobs. The Computer Science Engineering (CSE) branch sees the highest packages, up to INR 1.3 crore, while Mechanical Engineering has a 100% placement rate with packages up to INR 24 lakhs. Notable recruiters include Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. The college environment is positive, though the faculty-to-student ratio, especially in Mechanical Engineering, poses communication challenges. Teaching quality varies, with supportive faculty and a mixture of lecture methods.

Overall, students benefit from robust placement support, scholarships, and financial aid options.

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JEE Main 2026 Exam Date	Jan 22, 2026 - Jan 30, 2026
JEE Main 2026 Result	Feb 19, 2026

Events	Dates
Respond to Queries for Special Round 3 Admission [B.Tech]	Aug 22, 2025
Resolution of IAF-II Payment Issues for Special Round 3 Admission [B.Tech]	Aug 22, 2025
Online Reporting, Willingness, Document Upload for Special Round 3 Admission [B.Tech]	Aug 19, 2025 - Aug 21, 2025

Events	Dates
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JEE Main 2026 Exam Date	Jan 22, 2026 - Jan 30, 2026
JEE Main 2026 Result	Feb 19, 2026

Year	1	2	3	4
Tuition fees	₹125000	₹125000	₹125000	₹125000
other fee	₹22000	₹22000	₹22000	₹22000
Yearly Fees	₹1.47 Lakhs	₹1.47 Lakhs	₹1.47 Lakhs	₹1.47 Lakhs

Year	1	2	3	4
Tuition fees	₹125000	₹125000	₹125000	₹125000
other fee	₹22000	₹22000	₹22000	₹22000
Yearly Fees	₹1.47 Lakhs	₹1.47 Lakhs	₹1.47 Lakhs	₹1.47 Lakhs

Specialisation	Package	2025	2024	2023
Mechanical Engineering	Highest Package	₹15.12 Lakhs	₹17.50 Lakhs	₹18.95 Lakhs
Median Package	-	₹7.75 Lakhs	-
Average Package	₹6.81 Lakhs	₹7.91 Lakhs	₹8.30 Lakhs

Yearly Students Placed
Student Admitted	82
Students Placed	30

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Harshit Dwivedi

4.4Helpful

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

Reviewed on Jun 29, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

Life at NITJ

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Very strict academics which don't allow you to involve in extra curricular activities

Fees and Financial Aid:

Fee Structure Tution Fee*: 62,500 Hostel Fee: 30000 Mess fee: 25000 No tution fee for students having parent's income less than 1 lakh and of those who belongs to SC and ST Scholarships: Foundation For Excellence (60k) Airtel Scholarship HDFC

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Sahil Kamboj

3.0Helpful

Reviewed on Jun 29, 2025(Enrolled 2022)

Overall nitj review

Btech fees for gen/obc with income above 5 lakh is 1.25 lakh rs per year as tuition. Plus around 70000:yr for hostel, mess and other charges. One time refundable caution money of 15k is paid in first year. Income between 1-5lakh , fees is 41666rs. And income below 1 lakh - tuition fees is waived off

Khushbu Mandaiya

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Reviewed on May 17, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

Exploring my college

I am Khushbu Mandaiya belongs to the category SC As there is no tuition fee for the SC category students. One of my friend she belongs to the category general and she paid 61500/- for the tuition fee.

Vishal Kumar

2.6Helpful

Reviewed on Oct 27, 2024(Enrolled 2024)

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FIrst od all I am saying a SC student so I have to pay only hostel mess charges which is around 35500 per semester. And for btech students there is many scholarships are provides in nitj; such as ongc,nsp etc.. Now I am sharing the fees of my batchmates whose not belong to my categories.. one is general , he has to pay around 1.5 lakhs as a tution fees, one is obc-ncl , he has to pay 85000 tution fee.. Now as a hostellerwe have to pay an additional 25000 in the starting of second sem... and after our first year the remaining amount from our mess bill will be given to us...

Akash

2.8Helpful

Reviewed on Oct 14, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

Honest review about NITJ

For general and OBC students with annual income above 5lakh- 88000/- per semester. For general and OBC students with annual income between 1 and 5lakh- 46340/- per semester. For SC/ST, general and OBC students with annual income below 1lakh-25500/- per semester. SC ST OBC and general EWS students can avail scholarships like FFE and NSP

Aswin krishna m

2.0Helpful

Reviewed on Jul 15, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Information from first year.

I don't have much idea about campus employment opportunities (if it was relevant on campus, I would have known) Scholarships are there but I didn't get any of those I applied for. I took an edu loan for my expenses which will be 51k for academics and 50k for mess annually. nothing about the fee increase policy I know of. fee structure for the full course is provided and fixed.

Ayush Garg

3.1Helpful

Reviewed on Jun 25, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

NIT'J - CAMPUS FOR GROWTH BEYOND LIMITS

fees is similar to all nit's as they offer scholarships to sc,st student with full tution fees waiver and need based scholarship on the basis of their family income like family income below 1 lakh/yr entire fees waiver 1-5 lakh/year around 66% waiver resulting to fees about 94680/yr and no scholarship for income more than 5 lakh

Raghvendra Singh Rajpoot

4.3Helpful

Reviewed on Jun 16, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

Raghav

When you get admission will have to pay 10000 fees which is refundable.if your income certificate less than 100000,you don't need to pay your academic fees you have to pay only other charges which is 25000 and hostel+ mess fees which is also 25000.your income certificate greather than 100000 and less than 500000 you have to pay 2/3 Of academic fees which is 62500 and mess and other charges same and your income certificate>500000 you have to pay full academic fees .

Navinder Singh

3.4Helpful

Reviewed on Jun 6, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

The inside report of NIT Jalandhar

The curriculum is very strict and not so productive

This is a government institution so the tution fee is quite affordable. The complete fees for my 4 years course is around 9 lakhs .There are a lot of scholarships for SC/ST,OBC and PWD students. I have listen from college seniors that the placement of our Mechanical branch is quite good of our college . There is 100% placement in this year from our branch.

Soumil Pusha

4.1Helpful

Reviewed on Jun 6, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

NITJ'S TRUE PICTURE

I feel like course fee is completely worth it. It may cost around 8-10 lpa in general case but if you have family income less than 5lpa than it will fetch you nearly half of it. Some alumini as well government scholarships are also provided giving you financial assistance