What is placement of civil engineering at IIT Kanpur and KGP?

Irrespective of the Institute, placements for Civil Engineering are just average and not at par with IIT standards. Here’s why:

• Very few reputed firms make it to the placements for CE
• Core companies prefer experienced professionals rather than freshers so students are instead taken as a trainee the pay for which is very less
• The work of a civil engineer is extremely risky and only those with immense practical experience contribute to the firm's success. So your pay and job security is increased only after gaining considerable experience.
• One needs a lot of patience to stick to this sector.
• The majority of the batch prefers non-core jobs as the pay is much better and no such experience is required.
• Employees tend to switch industries to secure a better package both in core and non-core although the scope of this is more in noncore companies.

These placement highlights were related only to the Indian market and not the situation outside India might be different.