NIT Trichy - National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli Answered Questions

There is no specific cutoff as such, it varies every year depending on the how many students apply, any student who has a valid score can apply to NIT Trichy. If you are shortlisted, your admission will be based on your subsequent performance in GDPI.

Major is your primary subject, while minor is a secondary subject which helps to understand the major better. While elective may or may not be from your major. It is an additional course which you can take according to your interest. Minor is compulsory and has no option.

In 2016, the percentage of total students placed was 96.7. For EEE department it was 100 percent for both 2015 and 2016. Talking about the companies that come for recruiting there are reputed names like Schneider Electric, BHEL, Eicher, BGR energy Bharat Bijlee. But many students from circuital branches also opt for roles in IT/CS and management as such. In these sectors we have some really big names like Amazon, Google, Facebook in tech and Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Delloite in Finance/management role. The training and placement cell of NIT Trichy is well managed and every year it brings down some of the best companies to the campus. NIT Trichy is constantly working on making its students industry ready and it is showcased in the placement statistics.

NIT -Surathkal is said to be in top 3 but its position keeps on fluctuating. If we see the MHRD ranking for engineering colleges NIT, Trichy stands at 11th rank while NIT, Warangal stands at 22nd rank. Coming to the CSE department, the curriculum of both the colleges is similar. The faculty in both the colleges is comparable as they follow government rules for recruitment of professors. Coming to the placements. In 2017 NIT, Surathkal saw a placement of 100% for the CSE department while NIT-Trichy also had 100% placement for 2017. According to me, the industry as such sees NIT-Trichy's students as more employable than that of NIT-Surathkal's. Some people may disagree. Apart from academics, NIT-Trichy focuses on all-round development of its students through various extra curricular activities. There are clubs like Delta and Spyder where students can learn and do projects on app dev, web dev, etc. ,. .