Both Assam University and IIIT Manipur are very reputed and popular institutes. Here is a brief overview of the two institutes. 

Assam University: 

• Assam University is a central university and the technical department of this university has been functional since 2006. It is situated about 25 km away from Silchar and there are no problems traveling to the main campus. 
• The administration of this university is quite poor being a central university and there are many issues that are not being addressed yet. 
• There are very few hostels available and only 30-40% of the students get allotment in hostels. 
• There are internet facilities available but some services like fee payment are yet to be made online. And the results never get declared within 45 days of time. 
• The placements of this university are not very good as many companies don't prefer to visit the campus due to its location but there are many students who have received good offers from reputed companies through off-campus placement. The average CTC offered at campus placement is 1-2 LPA. And some students are also pursuing MS from top foreign universities. 

IIIT Manipur: 

• IIIT Manipur is a newly built institute and it is situated in Heingang which is nearly 10 km away from the main city of Imphal. This institute now has 5 departments including physics and mathematics from pure sciences. 
• The first batch of this institute has passed out in 2019, so there are no such statistics about placements, but it has the Indian Institute tag so it will definitely attract some reputed companies to visit the campus especially from the IT sector. The average CTC offered is 5 LPA.
• But in this college there have been some issues about ILP (Inner Line Permit), so keep this in mind before taking admission to this college. 
• IIIT Manipur has been very promising in sports and the students of this college have bagged various medals and awards in many intercollegiate competitions. 

Hence, Assam University will be a good option in terms of academics and infrastructure but in terms of sports and placements, IIIT Manipur will be a better option as this institute will beat Assam University in terms of placements over the coming years. Scoring better marks is also easier at IIIT Manipal.