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    Dipmalya,

    Last year cut off for various branches in IIEST shibpur general for other state was

    Aerospace Engineering  13560

    Civil Engineering  31632

     Computer Science and Engineering  12339

     Electrical Engineering  20802

     Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering  17628

     Information Technology 16540

     Mechanical Engineering  20844

     Metallurgy and Materials Engineering 35030

    Mining Engineering  36714

    So

    Dear,

    IIEST is a good college but placements are better in NITs. Some top NITs are:

    1.National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
    Tamil Nadu
    2.National Institute of Technology Rourkela Odisha
    3.National Institute of Technology Karnataka-Karnataka
    4.National Institute of Technology Warangal-Telangana

    Some NIT's like warangal trichupalli and more are better than IIEST

    Hi


    Who told you that you can apply online for admission at IIEST? 


    As a student of IIEST Shibpur, let me tell you that, you have to appear in JEE Mains examination to be eligible for admission in BTech at IIEST Shibpur which be through JoSAA or CSAB. There is

    Hi


    As a student of IIEST Shibpur, you have to take JEE Mains examination to be eligible for admission in BTech at IIEST SHibpur. There is no other entrance examination for the same. For MTech you have to take GATE. And for PhD courses, you can apply in the college

    Hi


    As per this year's cutoff in Mechanical Engineering at IIEST Shibpur, the closing rank for a General Candidate under OPEN seat was 24308 for Other State Students. You can check the same in the official site of JoSAA.


    Best of Luck.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers!

    Hey Farhan, 

    NIT Patna is no doubt a very good college but still IIEST Shibpur has got an upper hand instead. If we talk in terms of ranking, then IIEST takes a lead over NIT Patna and obviously the degree holds a national level importance too.

    You can compare both

    both the colleges are very good for pursuing Engi

    Hello, 

    IIEST shibpur is ranked significantly more better than nit patna.

    IIEST shibpur has a edge over nit patna over these aspects -

    • Much larger amount of research projects 
    • More faculty with phd
    • Very descent placements of about 6 lakhs per year
    • Far better consultancy projects 
    • Highly specialised labs and

    Hi,

    Congrats on your score. With this score, i think you could get IIT Madras easily.

    I suggest you to check previous year's cutoffs to get a decent idea about it-> https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff-for-nits

    https://collegedunia.com/exams/gate/cutoff

    See both the colleges are good, but my answer is somewhat inclined towards iiest shibpur . This is due to several reasons . Shibpur is a old college with good professors . Also after becoming a college of national importance it is rapidly improving . It is having a nirf
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