Hi ABHINAV VIJAYAKUMAR ,

Main difference lies in the word Hardware.

What I mean by that?

CSE & IT Main Difference:

This branch students study about design, implementations of both software and hardware whereas IT students deal with installation, development and implementations of the computer systems and applications.

So, the main thing is :

CSE Students learns to build the computers, processors, their working, architecture as well. but IT Students basically knows to work on the built hardware systems.

PS: ** There are some colleges in Karnataka region where one more branch is there ISE. now dont think ISE is IT. NO! ISE is a twin brother of CSE. They are almost identical twins.

JOB ASPECT:

Basically, CSE graduates possess job profile of Software Development Engineer 1,2,3 , Software Engineer, System Engineer, etc.

And if we talk about the main job of IT then it is IT Specialist. BUT Now a days IT students hares the same job prospect of the CSE because both learn about Data Structures and Algorithms so, both the kind of students are welcome for Big giants like amazon, google.

And besides job, both share the same prospect of higher studies too!

IT students can appear for GATE under computer science stream.

Hope that Helps!

Hello Abhinav.

So, basically IT and CS degrees can lead to similar jobs but there are subtle differences involved. For example, IT is selection of a proper hardware and software for a given task while CSE would be what constitutes that particular hardware and software.

IT professionals should be interested in installing softwares and applications, while CSE professionals should be able to create the Mathematics and Science behind that application.

This is only one major difference, so do read up!