IIT BHU is underrated primarily because of its infrastructure. There’s a lot of issues with this since it is a 100-year-old construction and since then, there have only been renovations all around the campus. Also, it has become an IIT only in the year of 2012 and started receiving hefty funds only since then. Over the years IIT BHU improved its infrastructure but it will take few more years to reach the same level as other IITs. After getting the status of an IIT, the institute is looking after the students’ facilities and spending a lot on the extra-curricular activities. It is surely underrated as of today because of the infrastructure, but hopefully, that will change in the coming years.

Civil engineering is one of the oldest branches at IIT BHU and largest in the country. Recently the architecture department also was inaugurated at IIT BHU which is headed by one of the professors of the Civil Engineering Department. This department has well-funded labs which are equipped with modern instruments. Professors of this department are well qualified and most of them are from IITs. The structural engineering department is quite a robust one and some of the professors have worked on projects as big as the Hirakud dam construction.

The department has developed close links with international and national organizations which helps during placement times. Placement statistics are also promising, here at IIT BHU and some of the offers are comparable to the other branches such as CSE and ECE. This department has taken up various research programs by CSIR, UGC, SAP, HUDCO, and many more. They also cooperated with industries to work on projects given by Govt., Semi-Govt., and private organization. This branch would provide you with enough opportunities involving real-time problems in the city and around the campus. Also due to increasing urbanization, civil engineering has a high scope. It is a perfect branch if you wish to have a government job and aspire for IAS, IES, and UPSC. On top of that civil engineering could be regarded as one of the easiest amongst core branches.

Overall, the civil engineering department at IIT BHU is worth joining and has a quite appreciable image as opposed to the perception of this branch elsewhere.

Indian Institute of Technology's (IIT) are among the top Institutions and premiere autonomous public technical and research universities located across India. 

Ranking:

• IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked 11th among the IITs and 22nd among the engineering colleges by NIRF in 2020. 
• IIT Patna Ranked 26th in the engineering category by NIRF in 2020.
• IIT Mandi Ranked 31st in the engineering category by NIRF in 2020
• IIT Jodhpur Ranked 56th in the engineering category by NIRF in 2020. 
• IIT Dhanbad is ranked 12th for engineering and 11th amongst IITs by the NIRF 2020. 
• Whereas IIT BHU is ranked 11th for engineering and 10th amongst IITs by the NIRF 2020.

Admission:

Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

• The process for admission is the same for all the IITs. Both are four-year degree programs.
• Admission in these Institutes are based on their scores in JEE Main and advanced followed by JoSAA counseling.
• Students need a 75% or above aggregate in their 10+2 exams in the science stream.
• Candidate appearing for the final examination can also apply

IIT BHU Dual Degree

• It offers a dual degree of a 5-year program in civil engineering. 
• The candidate should have passed 10+2 with the Science stream
• The candidate should have scored at least 75%
• The candidate must have a valid score in JEE Advanced

Placements:

The Mechanical or Electrical Engineering course has a placement rate of almost 80 to 85 percent in all IITs. 

• Every year more than 100 companies visit IITs for placement.
• Average CTC offered of IIT Bhubaneswar, Mandi, Patna, Dhanbad, or Jodhpur range between INR 12 LPA to INR 16 LPA
• Some of the top recruiters of these IITs are HPCL, Microsoft, Amazon, CodeNation, and many more.

The civil Dual-degree Program offered in IIT BHU has a placement rate of almost 74%. It is known for the best placement offers on campus.

• The average placement package offered in this program is INR 8.56 LPA, with the highest package going up to INR 1.53 crore. 
• Top recruiters are Goldman Sachs, D Shaw, Microsoft, Google, ITC, Cisco, Uber, Nautonics, Sprinkle, and etc. 

Statistically, all IITs are good in terms of academics and basic knowledge but if you just want to clear IES and not particularly interested in placement then you could go for electrical or mechanical as they are 4-year Program compared to Civil dual degree which is of five years.

IIT BHU is a good option to pursue M.Tech in chemical engineering. The professors at IIT BHU in the chemical engineering department are well qualified and experienced. But as far as placements are concerned, M. Tech in chemical engineering from IIT BHU may not sound as many of the core as well as non- core companies are not open for placement to this branch. The major recruiters in the core sector for B.tech students in chemical engineering are Reliance and BPCL but both of them are not open for M.Tech students. Also, many big companies in the non–core sector like those of software, finance, data analysts are also not open for M.Tech students. That is why the average package for M.Tech students in chemical engineering is low. But the M. Tech degree of chemical engineering from IIT BHU can be quite valuable because it helps in off-campus placements and increases the chances of getting promotion in jobs over B.Tech students.

IIT BHU and IIT Bhubaneswar are ranked 11th and 22nd respectively by the engineering category NIRF 2020.

IIT BHU being an older institute does have a large alumni network which results in good placements but it lacks modern infrastructure which is better in IIT Bhubaneswar. Being a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar has better hostels than any other IITs. Thus in terms of infrastructure, IIT Bhubaneswar is better than IIT BHU.

IIT BHU is located in Varanasi which is not the capital city of Uttar Pradesh but IIT Bhubaneswar is located in the capital city of Orissa giving it the advantage of better connectivity with the metropolis, airport and as a result, it attracts more multinational companies.

The closing rank in IIT BHU for CS is under 1000 and that of IIT Bhubaneswar is under 2500. Thus students with a better rank often choose IIT BHU. Coding Culture, Faculty, etc. are also better in IIT BHU.

Placements are also better in IIT BHU for Computers than IIT Bhubaneswar. But despite being a newly established institute the first batch in Computers of IIT Bhubaneswar got placed with an average salary package of 15 lakhs per annum.

So, IIT BHU is a better choice for computer compared to IIT Bhubaneswar is also worth considering because their Computer Engineering department is the most popular. In 2019 placement in Computer Engineering was 100%.

The 100 years old IIT BHU is recognized worldwide for the academic environment it offers. Hostels have large well-maintained lush green courtyards. Each hostel has its badminton court, gardens, and mess. Food provided in the mess is hygienic. There are different types of the mess facilities available like South Indian, Swastik (Jain Mess). For the internet, hostel rooms have LAN port and wifi. Internet speed is pretty good. Each hostel has its parking under camera surveillance. Anyone can keep any vehicles without restrictions. You can also hire cycles on rent (Paddle Services). The campus has a gymkhana, swimming pool, a large auditorium, Vishwanath temple, a library, cafeteria, tea stall, mother dairy, fruit corner, and stationery shop. 

It has many clubs that students can become a member, like dance, music, robotics, astronomy, aerodynamics, science and technology club, film and media club, animation, photography, design, etc. Sports, cultural, and technical facilities are quite good and organize inter IIT level competitions. 

Outside of the campus, there is a lot of historical places to visit like Kalbhairav (Kotwal of Varanasi), Sankat Mochan temple, Ramnagar Fort, and Ganga ghats, etc. Overall, IIT BHU provides a mixup facility of old and new IITs.