NIT Kurukshetra vs NIT Bhopal - JoSSA Opening & Closing Rank, B.Tech Specializations, Placements

Through the following article, we will try to answer the question - which is the better NIT among BIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal by taking into consideration certain things such as B.Tech specializations offered, JoSAA opening & closing ranks, NIRF rankings etc.

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B.Tech Specializations Offered at NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal
NIT Kurukshetra vs NIT Bhopal JoSAA Opening and Closing Ranks
NIT Kurukshetra vs NIT Bhopal Previous Year Placement Statistics
NIT Kurukshetra vs NIT Bhopal Previous NIRF Rankings

Whenever students and academicians have the discussion - Which NIT between NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal is better, they always seem to reach an impasse as there is nothing much based on which they can tilt the balance towards a particular NIT. As there is nothing much to differentiate between NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal, we still wanted to come up with this comparison article to find out whether or not the question has any merit. In this article, we will try to compare NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal through various factors such as the previous year’s JoSAA opening rank & closing rank , B.Tech specializations these institutions have to offer, placement record and previous NIRF rankings.

B.Tech Specializations Offered at NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal

The following table contains the list of B.Tech specializations which are offered at NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal respectively -

NIT Kurukshetra	B.Tech Specializations Offered	NIT Bhopal	B.Tech Specializations Offered
NIT Kurukshetra	Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering and Management Mechanical Engineering Information Technology Computer Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering	NIT Bhopal	Chemical Engineering Material Science & Metallurgical Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering

NIT Kurukshetra vs NIT Bhopal JoSAA Opening and Closing Ranks

The candidates must go through the table below for the previous year’s JoSAA opening and closing ranks of NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal -

Specialization	2020 Opening Rank	2020 Closing Rank
Civil Engineering	16247	35495
Computer Engineering	2692	6551
Electrical Engineering	12855	20333
Electronics and Communication Engineering	7893	14994
Information Technology	5423	8754
Mechanical Engineering	195	24956
Production and Industrial Engineering	23216	44723

Specialization	2020 Opening Rank	2020 Closing Rank
Chemical Engineering	15892	37343
Civil Engineering	21828	34967
Computer Science and Engineering	3463	8292
Electrical Engineering	12373	19229
Electronics and Communication Engineering	5720	13395
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	27542	43969
Mechanical Engineering	14340	26461

NIT Kurukshetra vs NIT Bhopal Previous Year Placement Statistics

The previous year’s placement statistics of both NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal have been provided in the table below -

NIT Kurukshetra	2020 Placement Statistics	NIT Bhopal	2020 Placement Statistics
NIT Kurukshetra	Total Students Placed - 66% Highest CTC Offered - INR 43.31 LPA Average CTC Offered - INR 10.91 LPA Total Number of Offers - 576	NIT Bhopal	N/A

NIT Kurukshetra vs NIT Bhopal Previous NIRF Rankings

We have tried to establish whether NIT Kurukshetra is better than NIT Bhopal or vice versa based on the NIRF rankings released by MHRD in the year 2019 and 2020 -

NIT Kurukshetra	NIRF Ranking	NIT Bhopal	NIRF Ranking
NIT Kurukshetra	58 (2022-23) 41 (2018-19) 40 (2019-20)	NIT Bhopal	62 (2018-19) 65 (2019-20)

We hope that the above information is helpful to you with regard to the JoSAA opening & closing ranks of NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Bhopal. The students must note that these closing ranks may change, and it is advisable to consider the above data as a basic reference. Also, the placement statistics of these two institutes will be updated here after the conclusion of placement season every academic year.

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