For CSE, there is no clear winner between the SRM Ghaziabad and SRM Sonepat. Both are part of SRM University and offer similar education, facilities, and placement assistance.
For CSE, SRM Sonepat placements are pretty good. According to the placement highlights, the CSE average CTC is INR 2.55 LPA. While SRM Ghaziabad CSE average package is INR 3.5 LPA. So, you won’t miss out on much, if you choose one of these institutes over the other.
Both the SRM campuses are popular for their degree courses in Engineering. While SRM Sonepat is considered to be ranked at number 1 amongst private Universities in India by Deccan Chronicles, SRM Ghaziabad is ranked at 32 in the All India University rankings by NIRF in 2019.
Let us have a look at the difference between the programs offered by the two colleges.
Campus:
The campus facilities at SRM Sonepat are much better than SRM Ghaziabad in terms of practical labs, infrastructure, classrooms, workshops, and technological facilities.
SRM Sonepat has better-equipped classrooms and updated versions of software as compared to SRM Ghaziabad. The campus is relatively bigger and offers better research-oriented facilities.
Faculty:
SRM Ghaziabad has 300+ faculty members who are academic professionals in their respective fields. Within the CSE department, faculty members are extremely helpful and most of them have doctorate degrees with years of expertise in the industry.
SRM Sonepat employs over 80+ faculty members who focus on a more practical based approach to teaching. Some faculty members are also known to help students with internships and job placements.
Specializations:
Apart from offering a 4-year full-time general degree in CSE, SRM Ghaziabad offers a BTech in CSE with a specialization in Cyber-security.
SRM Sonepat on the other hand offers a general CSE degree and a specialization degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. It also offers a specialization in the cloud and mobile-based applications which is in association with IBM.
Admissions:
For taking admission to both the campuses students need 10+2 with mandatory subjects Physics, Chemistry, and Maths.
The examination scores accepted in SRM Ghaziabad are JEE Mains, SRMJEEE.
At SRM Sonepat the qualifying examinations are JEE Mains, SRMJEEE, IPU CET, NEET.
SRM Ghaziabad has a total intake of 600, and SRM Sonepat has a total intake of 250 students for CSE. The course fee at both the institutes is around 8.22 lakhs.
Placements:
The top recruiters at SRM Ghaziabad are Amazon, Bank of America, Blue Star, Capgemini, Cisco systems.
Whereas the major recruiters at SRM Sonepat are Airtel, Cognizant, Experis IT, Aptara Corps, Click Labs. The placement statistics for the institutes are as follows.
The given factors should help you in making your choice between the two academic universities.