NIT Jalandhar is regarded as an Institute of national importance. It offers courses in the fields of management and engineering. IIITDM Jabalpur has been approved by UGC and the Ministry of Human Resource Development. It offers courses in engineering and design.

Course:

NIT Jalandhar and IIITDM Jabalpur offers BTech programs for IT and CSE.

• IT course at NIT Jalandhar is a relatively new course and touches upon all aspects of information technology. It is very close to Computer Science but extends beyond that to other applications of IT as well.

• The CSE course at IIITDM Jabalpur is a very famous course. It mainly focuses on computers and their applications as well as new and emerging technologies in this field.

Admissions:

• Admission at NIT Jalandhar requires the students to give JEE Mains and Advanced and secure an above average rank. The cutoffs are decided after the declaration of the result.

• For admission at IIITDM Jabalpur, students are required to score at least 50% in their 10+2 board examinations as well as appear for JEE. Admission is completely based on merit.

Placements:

NIT Jalandhar-

Every year, NIT Jalandhar offers several placement opportunities.

• Some notable companies include Hero Motocorp, Amazon, Cognizant, etc.

• The placement figures are relatively high with over 582 students placed in 2017-18 with a mean salary of 6.6 LPA.

• In 2018-19, around 561 students were placed with a mean salary of 6.0 LPA.

IIITD-

• It has great placement numbers as well with the highest salary figure going up to 37 LPA almost every year.

• A total of 126 students were placed in many notable companies like Canon, Oracle, IBM, Coviam, Infosys, etc.

Thus both these colleges are excellent in terms of education and placements. Students need to be careful of their JEE rank as both these colleges expect high scores from their prospective applicants. As for which institute will be better for you, you should be the one to decide that.

As one of my friends studied at NIT Jalandhar, I can tell you his experiences with the college. According to him, NIT Jalandhar is far better than NIT Goa or UPTU College, especially the CSE branch. 

• The college is well established and has been earning a name for many years when compared to NIT Goa or UPTU College. 
• There is proper equipment available for the students of the CSE branch along with the other facilities. 
• Also, NIT Jalandhar has created a proper environment for all the students that can lead to their constant growth.
• NIT Jalandhar offers decent placement offers to students in various prestigious companies. 

According to the recent placement statistics following data can be tabulated:

Last but not least we can say that NIT Jalandhar along with its appealing infrastructure provides very attractive opportunities to all the students for their holistic development. So when compared to NIT Goa or UPTU College, always choose NIT Jalandhar.

There is no point in taking a loan for either of these colleges. NIT Jalandhar is an institute of national importance and the degree will almost be the same if not better than the one at BITS Goa.

If you are concerned about placements, then choosing BITS Goa over NIT Jalandhar might be the best option. If you’re sure that the better placements at BITS Goa will help you fend off the loans then go ahead.

It is also important to note that the EEE branch at NIT Jalandhar is more popular and has pretty good placements in itself so taking a loan is not worth it. Go for EEE at NIT Jalandhar.

NIT Jalandhar has academically established faculty members with most of them contributing as Scopus and Web of Science authors. On the other hand, Manipal University Jaipur has a Teacher Empowerment Center to assist the development process of faculty members.

NIT Jalandhar has 17 departments offering programs in Engineering, Technology, and Sciences; and MUJ has 5 faculties for Arts, Law, Design, Engineering, Science, and Management.

The table below highlights some the features of these universities through an overview:

Admission Criteria:

Students may note that both Universities favor merit and entrance based admissions.

• Undergraduate students are required to have 50% marks in 10+2 and 50%-55% for postgraduate programs.
• Exam scores of MET/ JEE Main/ JEE Advanced and NATA are required for undergraduate programs.
• CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT/GATE are needed to meet the eligibility criteria for postgraduate programs.

Students may take a look at the following campus and placement features of the institutions, in order to choose-

Infrastructure Facilities

• NIT Jalandhar has the following central facilities- Training and Placement Centre; Central Library; Central Workshop; Computer Centre; CCE and IIC.
• Apart from these, there's a seminar hall, transportation facility, State Bank and Canara Bank ATMs, Open Air Theatre, and 13 hostels.
• Manipal University Jaipur has a fully WiFi campus with 120 computers; a library; sports facilities for carrom, football, tennis, etc; canteen; amphitheater; hostels, and auditoriums.

Placement Facts

Manipal University Jaipur:

• It boasts of a 75% placement record for Engineering students and a 95% placement record for Non-Engineering students.
• In the academic year 2019-2020, 825 placements have been offered; with an average payment of INR 6.2 LPA and the highest package of INR 42 LPA. MUJ received visits from 27 Fortune 500 companies as well, like Amazon, Microsoft, etc.

NIT Jalandhar

• Last year, the highest package offered was INR 39.02 LPA by Adobe and Microsoft and the average package was INR 11.63 LPA.
• Placement percentages for ECE and CSE was the highest with 94.87% and 94.05 % respectively.

Both are Tier-3 colleges and students may choose based on the placement and professional prospects of the program chosen.

The better choice is undoubtedly EEE at BITS Goa than ECE at NIT Jalandhar.

NIT Jalandhar is still a developing institute whereas BITS Goa is a well-established institute that has got reputation all over the world. Most of the students have cracked competitive exams like GMAT, GRE, and UPSC, etc with a good rank.

You will interact with people who have appreciable knowledge and you will have healthy competition as BITS Goa don't have caste reservations.

Finally, if you can afford to join BITS then do it if not take a loan and don't worry about returns. You will get them in a year or maybe 2 years. Ultimately the choice is yours.

Industrial production at NIT Jalandhar involves the designing and manufacturing processes for a product. The institute ranks 52nd as per NIRF 2020 ranking. The institute maintains a standard placement record of 87% every year.

Mechanical engineering from UIET Chandigarh consists of working in engineering services and manufacturing sectors. The university ranks 54th among the private engineering colleges by NIRF 2019 ranking and maintains a placement record of 80% every year. 

Admission Process

NIT Jalandhar:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 60% marks in 10+2.
• The final selection is followed by JEE Main and JoSAA counselling.
• The total seats available are 84.
• The course fee required for admission is INR 3.52 LPA.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is 25411-29521.

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 in UIET Chandigarh is 94.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 945-224246.

Placements

The placements in both these colleges are good and many of the companies offer handsome packages to the students every year. The top-notch MNCs visit the colleges and offer lucrative packages to the students. 

The top recruiters are Zomato, Deloitte, Lava, Tata Motors, Capgemini, Infosys, Amazon, KPMG, etc.

Facilities:-

• The central library of UIET 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 air-conditioned hall in NIT Jalandhar for holding presentations and interactive sessions.
• The university library of NIT Jalandhar has an inflibnet network which allows them to connect through the digital facilities. 

As per the statistics, NIT Jalandhar has many scopes in terms of placements and is more preferred than UIET Chandigarh. Thus pursuing a course from NIT Jalandhar has a brighter future.