Which is better, VJTI Mumbai E&TC or COEP instrumental?

VJTI Mumbai's E&TC program saw a 97% placement rate in 2019 and COEP's Department of Instrumentation and Control has a placement rate of 85% - 90% in general. Students at COEP get opportunities of working with PSUs like HPCL or BPCL. The highest package has gone up to INR 37 LPA.

The table below highlights the two programs as well:

Admission: Students will be considered for VJTI Admissions and COEP Admissions if they have 50-55% marks in 10+2 and graduation; and MAH-CET/GATE score, as per requirement.

Faculty

VJTI:

• There are 20 faculty members for the E & TC program including 5 members for the Diploma level and 7 for the Degree level.

COEP:

• There are 11 faculty members in the Instrumentation and Control Department; most of them have a Ph.D. from well-known national and international universities like the University of St Louis; University of Washington Seattle, IITR, etc.

Infrastructure

VJTI Mumbai:

• Under the TEQIP program, it has procured equipment for Communication, Virtual Instrumentation
• The High Voltage lab is funded by Siemens Germany and AICTE. The latest addition to its labs is the VJTI- L&T Low Voltage Switchgear Laboratory.

COEP Pune:

• There are department labs in the COEP Instrumentation department like the Johnson Control Lab, Advanced lab, etc.

Placements

VJTI:

• Most students from the E&TC department get jobs in consultancy firms, the finance sector,s and in IT companies.
• There are only a few core placements with Reliance, Airtel, etc. The major recruiters over the years have been Airtel, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, etc.
• The highest package offered in 2018 was INR 24 LPA and the average salary was 6.5 LPA.

COEP Pune:

• In 2018, the maximum package offered at COEP for instrumentation and control was INR 18 LPA and the major recruiters were Barclays and HP.

Also, 85% of seats are reserved for Maharashtra candidates at VJTI. Students must keep the above-mentioned features in mind when choosing.