IIT Dharwad: Admission 2025, Courses, Fees, Ranking, Cutoff, Placement

BITS Hyderabad, which is affiliated under BITS Pilani, ranked 30th by NIRF amongst top engineering colleges in India, is very well renowned for computer science. While IIT Dharwad hasn't been ranked yet by NIRF.

Fee structure and student strength:

Curriculum:

BITS Hyderabad, MSc Mathematics and CS dual degree:

• The course is a five year degree course divided into 10 semesters.
• Students learn modules from both mathematics and computer science engineering.
• Few humanities electives are also included in the first year of the course for holistic development.
• Subjects that students will learn in case of mathematics include algebra and analysis, calculus and optimisation research, etc.
• In case of the engineering equivalent of the degree, topics like database systems, programming in various languages,operating systems,ML/AI/IOT, etc. are included.

IIT Dharwad, B. Tech Electrical Engineering:

• The degree is a four year course consisting of eight semesters in total.
• The department focuses on the core topics of building physical devices, networking and control systems.
• It also encourages multi-disciplinary research including topics of computer science, chemistry, applied physics and more.
• Students are also encouraged to take up internships, research projects offered by the institute in collaboration with several other universities across the globe.

Placements:

BITS Hyderabad, MSc Mathematics and CS dual degree:

• Most students earn a median salary of INR 12 lakhs per annum.
• The highest package offered is INR 65 lakhs per annum for an international offer.
• Top recruiters include Axis Bank, Bajaj Allianz, Accenture, Accolite, CBRE etc.

IIT Dharwad, B. Tech Electrical Engineering:

• The highest package offered to EEE students was INR 12 lakhs per annum
• Average package offered was INR 6 lakhs per annum.
• Of the total students who applied for placements, 70% were placed in 2020.
• Top recruiters include Adobe, CISCO, Wipro, TCS, Infosys

While both institutes are quite well established and both BITS and IITs have a grand brand value, one can make a choice between the two based on the above mentioned parameters and their interest in the subject.

DTU and IIT Dharwad both give head-on competition to each other in all fields. DTU is ranked 36th by NIRF and 2nd by Times Engineering Survey. IIT Dharwad was recently established, and it's making all efforts to be ranked among the best. Placement opportunities are impressive in both colleges. More than 90% of the students are placed every year.

Admission:

• Students seeking admission to both the colleges need to appear for the JEE mains exam. For IIT Dharwad students also need to get a good score in the JEE advanced.

• Total ECE seat intake at DTU is 270 and 50 at IIT Dharwad.

The required cutoff for the two institutes is as follows.

Course Fees:

The course fee structure of both colleges is pretty much higher. Day scholars have to pay a separate fee structure as they do not avail of the hostel and mess facilities.

Faculty:

• Both the colleges have excellent faculty in the EE and EEE department. The maximum of the faculties is Ph.D. holders in their specified fields.

• Well developed laboratories are set up for the students interested in Research and Development.

Facilities:

• IIT Dharwad is spread across 470 acres and includes well-developed laboratories for the EE students. Digital Library, well-ventilated hostels, 24*7 medical care.

• DTU Delhi is spread in a massive area that includes facilities like a three-storeyed library building, EDUSAT studio, sports center, and 24*7 medical facilities.

Placement:

• DTU has an exemplary placement record in all its branches. For the EEE branch, the highest package offered was INR 20.33 lakhs. A total of 61 students were placed. 76 offers were given to students from different companies.

• IIT Dharwad saw its first placement in the year 2020. Internships with higher packages were offered to the students of the 3 branches. Top recruiters were Microsoft, Google, Doubtnut, Vizag steel plant, and a lot more.

The scholarship is being offered under various categories that include female candidates, academic excellence, and economically backward students. Both the colleges are good which is evident from its national rankings. To choose EE or EEE solely depends on the rank secured by the students in the entrance examination.