Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] (Information Technology) From CUSAT, Kochi

Both the options are good. There is no such difference in the quality of education, either in these two branches, or any other branch in CUSAT.

They make you work hard, focus on every detail, and stress a lot on the practical classes and labs.

As for the faculty, 85% are permanent. As for the quality of faculty, everyone will have a different view. According to my friends at CUSAT, the only difference you will find between the branches is that the EC people toil 3 times harder than the other branches.

According to the overall placement statistics the average and highest CTC offered to the students is 4 LPA and 15 LPA.

You should choose the branch that is better for you. Think about the branch where your interest lies, will you be able to manage the workload efficiently, does the subject interest you, or which branch has the better placements matter. However, I would like to advise you not to be bothered by placements any more.

If you are looking for placements for CS jobs, a lot of branches from engineering are eligible for it. These include IT, EC, CS, and even EE sometimes. These branches are included from both campuses, CUSAT and CUSEK.

Many students from CUSEK also travel to CUSAT to attend placements. A few students from M.Tech and MCA are also eligible to appear for these placements.

• The criteria for eligibility differ from company to company but if you have a CGPA of 8.3 (75%) and no other backlogs.
• You can appear for almost every company that visits the college for placements.
• Once you have qualified past the eligibility criteria, you will realize that there is not much distinction between IT and CS branch students.
• Most companies end up treating all students equally.
• If you are looking to target specific areas for your development, programming skills, and interview prepare the ones you should focus on.
• Other than this, your class rank, CGPA as well other past backlogs will not matter if you ace the first two.
• Next, if you are looking to rank ease of placements branch-wise and package size, computer science is the leader.
• This is followed by IT, SF and EC at a tie, EE, and lastly ME and CE tying off again.

In my opinion, securing placements for CS is not that difficult. Students with pending backlogs also are placed so you do not have much to be worried about. Just do your best.

In Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) engineering is offered by SOE (Kochi) whereas in CUCEK engineering is offered by (Alappuzha). Having friends studying in both the colleges, I can say that they are equally good.

• When it comes to the IT sector CUSAT introduced IT in India and is considered a pioneer for the IT sector.
• The IT branch is well facilitated in both CUCEK and SOE and is considered a good course to opt for here.
• Both the institutes are well established and have created a name for them.
• Faculties in both are well trained with a lot of experience.
• Both of them have world-class labs with the latest equipment and technologies to equip students with the latest inventions.
• Placements are also good for IT. Mostly they get placed in the southern region of the country like in Bangalore, Hyderabad and etc with good packages.

There’s not a single reason for not opting IT in these colleges. IT is a demanding branch and has potential to grow in the future as do these colleges.