Comparing School of Engineering CUSAT and Jamia Millia Islamia is not suitable as both the colleges are well established and are holding their culture and curriculum really very well. So, choosing either of them would not be easy.

But, as far as I know, Jamia Millia Islamia was established 100 years ago and is better than SOE CUSAT.

Jamia Millia Islamia will offer you a productive and competitive environment. You will also get to do lots of extracurricular activities and will get to learn from highly efficient teaching staff in JMI.

In CUSAT, you might be taught by recently graduated teachers. This will not only affect the teaching methodology but a good exposure as well.

CUSAT is nicely harnessed and handled by various Political parties for their own benefit. You can see a few strikes now and then among students and parties. But it should not be your concern as you are going to study there and grow productively.

CUSAT has a very strict and necessary rule when it comes to placements. It doesn’t matter which branch you are in, you have to follow the rule irrespective of your subjects, stream, or branch.

The basic rule in CUSAT, in SOE, or CUCEK is that for placements, you must have an 8 GPA or a minimum percentage of 75 percentile. The GPA, however, does not guarantee you a placement from any company but it allows you to apply to any of the companies visiting the campus.

7.5 GPA or near about 70 percentile is also a good percentile. However, it’s not wise to approach your studies with a grade-oriented attitude. Try to secure good grades, but learn along the way too.

Between IEM Kolkata and SOE CUSAT, the former is the better choice for CS. I have a few friends at IEM Kolkata so I can give you some information about their CS department.

Cutoff: In West Bengal, IEM is one of the oldest private engineering colleges. Despite being a private institute the opening and closing rank for CS at the institute is quite high. According to the trends in recent years, it is around 1500.

Placement:

• In terms of placements, it is one of the best institutes in Eastern India.
• Companies such as ARW, SAP Lab, Samsung, Directi, etc. recruit from the college.
• Other than that there also mass recruiters like TCS, Cognizant, CTS, etc.
• The big four companies such as Deloitte, KPMG also comes for the placement drive. Indian Navy also recruits from the campus every year.
• According to the recent trends, the highest CTC and average CTC is 4 LPA and 72 LPA respectively.

Coding Culture:

The campus has a great coding culture. In recent years many students cracked TCS CODE VITA. Also, two teams qualified for ACM ICPC for 2017-18 regional.

Entrepreneurship:

• IEM has a strong E-Cell that consistently performs well in all India business summit competitions.
• From 2007 till now around 15-16 start-up was created under the guidance of the E-Cell.
• If you have any start-up idea you will get the chance to present it in front of some of the best investors in the country and abroad such as VCs, Angel Investors, etc.

The college organizes various workshops and events regarding entrepreneurship regularly.

Fest:

IEM has two fests, i.e. Tech fest (Innovation) and Cultural Fest (IEMPACT), you will get a lot of exposure through these fests.

Considering all these factors it is safe to say that IEM Kolkata will be a great choice for a CS degree.