Ok lets analyse the differences :

1. Student Quality : CU is better no doubt... Check the closing ranks... Even in decentralised counseling (which happens a month after normal counseling to fill vacant seats in gov. colleges) the closing rank for CSE in CU was 1.5k which is better than 1.7k (round-3 closing rank of IEM). Makaut has closing ranks higher than both of these institutes.

2.Faculty Quality : Studying in a govt. college has its own perks but this is the top one!...Quality of faculties in any dept. of CU be it applied physics, radio physics, computer sc. etc. its miles better than IEM. Also I have no hesitation in saying that for some dept. its even better than JU. Don't know much about MAKAUT

3. Exposure : It goes without saying that CU is currently the best state funded university in India according to QS/NIRF/ARWU rankings... Last year W.Bengal govt. have spent 450 crores for R&D, capital expenditure etc in CU which is on par with central funded universities like JNU... Student while doing B.Tech publish articles in top journals and get MS/direct PhD offers from Princeton/Northeastern/TUM etc... If you want an academic profile theres no better place to start than CU. #sorry for ignoring MAKAUT XD

4. Infrastructure : It will be a joke to compare as IEM will score ZERO in it. The whole college is just one building or 2~3 floors exactly. Whereas the technology campus is spread over 5 acres and has well equiped labs, Ac classrooms etc. The Rajabazar campus is even bigger and has seperate DST SAP sponsored department buildings... #again

5. Placement : If it was 2015/16/17/18 I could have told IEM is better until I knew the first 4 year B.Tech batch bagged offers from Uber,Texas instru, lnt infotech, tcs digital, etc... The median package for CSE is above 7lacs and highest was 12 from Uber... due to small batch size (less compt.) all got offers above 6.5lacs and off campus ppo was from work application singapore (package 20lpa)... The 2019 batch also had GATE toppers like Arka Roy who got AIR 9 who is now doing mtech from IISc.. #and again xD

Hello Sayantan

All the mentioned colleges are good, However, some college excels in one branch and the other in the different branch to give you precise information please let us know the branch you want to take admission in.

Hi Sayantan,

I would provide some insights about these colleges.

Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM) , is a private engineering and management school located in the state of West Bengal, India. Founded in the year, 1989, it is the oldest private engineering school in the state. IEM group has recently opened a university in Kolkata named University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata. IEM is a NAAC grade 'A' college.IEM is regarded as one of the top engineering institutes in the state of West Bengal. Highest campus offer was Rs 15.5 LPA .

University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata. Internationally, the University of Calcutta was ranked 751-780 in the QS World University Rankings of 2018. The highest package was around Rs.10 LPA . The average package is around Rs.3-4 LPA .

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology , West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB), formerly West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT), is a public state university located in Kolkata, India. Founded in 2000 and funded initially by the Government of West Bengal, MAKAUT, WB provides facilities for the pursuit of degree and advanced-level courses in engineering, management and other professional areas through affiliated institutions and in-house departments. As of October 2017, it has 194 affiliated colleges with jurisdiction over the entire state of West Bengal. The highest package is around Rs.7-8 LPA . The average package is around Rs.3.2 LPA .

As per the above facts, you can choose which college fulfils your expectations that you have from the college.

Thank you and best of luck.