Finding a better college is totally depends on the requirement of a candidate considering several factors such as quality of education, good placements with maximum salary, the well-built infrastructure around, and many more. Every college can’t have all the facilities so it’s absolutely based on the requirements of a candidate.
Like in the case of KIIT Bhubaneswar and VIT Vellore, both have an equal balance at offering good placements. But there are several factors where one is better than the other such as VIT Vellore has a good NIRF ranking compare to KIIT Bhubaneswar, whereas KIIT ranked 1st place in ARIIA 2020 among self-financing institutions of the country.
So keeping these factors in mind, here in this article, we are providing you with details of both the colleges like overview, courses offered, rankings & awards, placements, and scholarships offered to help you consider the one.
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Highlights of KIIT Bhubaneswar vs. VIT Vellore:
| Parameters | KIIT Bhubaneswar | VIT Vellore |
|---|---|---|
| Full-form | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Vellore Institute of Technology |
| Establishment | 1992 | 1984 |
| College Type | Private | Private |
| Accreditations | AICTE, UGC, NAAC A, BCI, DCI, INC, NBA, MCA | AICTE, UGC, NAAC A |
| Courses Offered | UG, PG, and PhD | UG, PG, and Ph.D. |
| Admission Criteria | Entrance Test | Merit and Entrance Test |
| Admission Mode | Online | Online and Offline |
| Entrance Exam | KIITEE | VITEEE |
| Avg. Placement Package | INR 6.5 Lakhs per annum | INR 6.39 Lakhs per annum |
KIIT Bhubaneswar
KIIT (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology), Bhubaneswar is secured 24th in the category of university ranking and bagged the position of ‘Institution of Eminence’ among 20 other colleges. This university provides several study programs as UG, PG, and Doctoral Courses in a variety of disciplines.
KIIT, Bhubaneswar conducts its own entrance exam called KIITEE for admission to BBA, BCA, MBA, and other UG courses for several schools of the university. Students, who want admission into medical courses, have to have a valid NEET-UG or NEET-PG score to be eligible for the admission criteria. The last date of the registration process for KIITEE 2021 is 31 May.
Rankings and Awards
Mentioned below are the rankings of KIIT Bhubaneswar:
- KIIT is ranked 44th for the overall category by NIRF in the year 2020.
- It is approved by AICTE and accredited by NAAC with an ‘A’ Grade.
- In the year 2020, this university ranked at 42nd and 32nd by NIRF for the category of engineering and medical college respectively.
- It bagged 1st place among self-financing institutions of the country in the ARIIA 2020 of the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
Courses Offered
KIIT University offers several courses in the field of engineering, medical sciences, and management programs as well. Following are the courses that are offered by KIIT, Bhubaneswar:
- B. Tech
- B. Arch
- B.Sc.
- B.Com
- BBA
- BCA
- B. Des.
- M. Tech
- MCA
- MBA
- M.Sc.
- MBBS
Placements
KIIT University, Bhubaneswar has its connections with many global leaders such as IBM, Siemens, Oracle, Tata Steel, Microsoft, Accenture, and SAP on the basis of academic structure. Its placement cell has more than 500 corporate recruiters with a network of many alumni having a record of 100% placement.
As per the last year’s placement record, it shows that in the year 2020, the average placement package was INR 6 LPA and the highest Package was INR 30 LPA that was offered by Amazon.
Scholarships
KIIT University, Bhubaneswar offers scholarships to students under several categories. A few of them are mentioned among all the scholarships:
- Two poor and meritorious students are offered totally free education every year under Pradyumna Bal Memorial Scholarship, in memory of Late Pradyumna Kishore Bal (Founder President of KIIT).
- There is a KIIT Merit Scholarship that is provided to university toppers who are ranked in the Top 3 of each semester for six months and it also offers free education to the topper of KIITEE.
- And KIIT offers a scholarship to top 1000 rank holders of KIITEE for B. Tech during their whole study period.
VIT Vellore
In the year 2020, VIT (Vellore Institute of Technology), Vellore is ranked 15th by the NIRF ranking of Engineering Institutions. It has good placement stats for 7 years that have been recorded in the ‘Limca book of records’ for the highest number of recruitments through placements done from a single institution by IT companies.
This university provides several undergraduate, postgraduate, and research study programs in the field of engineering, management, sciences, architecture, agriculture, law, and social sciences. Admission to the courses like MBA, MCA, M. Tech, M.Sc., & M. Des courses is done on the basis of merit and VITMEE entrance exam.
Rankings and Awards
Mentioned below are the rankings of VIT Vellore:
- It received a 5-star rating for employability, teaching, facilities, and innovation by QS.
- It ranked 801-1000 in the World Ranking and 228th in Asia Ranking for QS World in the year 2020.
- It also ranked 16th in the university category and 28th in the overall category by NIRF 2020.
- It bagged 2nd place among self-financing institutions of the country in the ARIIA) 2020 of the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
Courses Offered
VIT Vellore offers several courses in the field of engineering, management, sciences, architecture, agriculture, law, and social sciences. Following are the courses that are offered by VIT Vellore:
- B. Tech
- B. Arch
- B.Sc.
- BA
- B.Com
- BBA
- BCA
- B. Des.
- M. Des.
- M. Tech
- MCA
- MBA
- M.Sc.
- Ph.D.
Placements
VIT Vellore has a placement cell that gives job and internship opportunities to students. The highest salary package of INR 44 LPA was offered by Microsoft in the year 2021. The average salary package of INR 6.39 LPA was offered to PG whereas the students of B. Tech got INR 6.07 LPA.
Scholarships
VIT fees is totally based on student's ranking. The selected top 100 students who have their scores well in VITEEE are offered scholarships. If students get a good score then they will have less fees, with nominal hostel & mess fees. Apart from that, the Central and State board toppers are offered a 100% tuition fee waiver for all four years.
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