RMK Engineering College is a private college affiliated to Anna University and is located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The college has been ranked 61 for engineering by Times 2020. It offers 16 courses across 3 streams with a total of 840 seats. The fees range from INR 70,000 to 2 lakhs.

Velammal Engineering College is a private college in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is also affiliated to Anna University. It has been ranked among 251-300 by NIRF 2020. It offers 14 courses across 2 streams with a total of 996 seats.

RMK Engineering College:

Courses: It offers BE/ BTech, MBA/ PGDM, MCA, ME/ MTech, and Ph.D. across various disciplines. Admission to the program is through relevant entrance exams. The accepted exams are TNEA, TANCET, TANCET MBA.

Placement scenario:

• The placement rate is around 80%. The highest salary is around INR 11 lakhs and the average salary is around INR 4 lakhs.

• The top recruiting companies are Wipro, Infosys, Zoho, Byju's, Soliton, L&T Infotech, Cognizant, WDM Technologies, TCS, HCL, KPIT, DeltaX, Mind Tree, Hexaware, Coda Global, Virtusa, etc.

• The maximum students were placed from the ECE department (101), followed by CSE (69) and EEE (63).

Velammal Engineering College:

Courses available: The courses offered are BE/ BTech, MBA/ PGDM, and ME/ MTech. Admission to the programs is through TENA and TANCET.

Placement scenario:

• The overall placement rate is 90% with the best placement rate in the CSE department followed by the Mechanical department.

• The highest salary is around INR 12 lakhs and the average salary is around INR 4.5 lakhs.

• Top recruiting companies: Zoho, Tata Elxsi, Infosys, Amazon, Michelin Tyres, Coda Global, L&T Infotech, Gofrugal Technologies, TCS, etc.

• The maximum students placed were from the CSE department (128), followed by the Mechanical department (116), ECE (114), and EEE (70).

Both the colleges are equally good with similar fees structure and offer equal placement opportunities.