Both the colleges, Sir MVIT and BIT, are part of VTU and are well known for Engineering courses and MBA. They offer almost every undergraduate course in engineering including:

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Information Science and Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering and many more

Location: Sir MVIT is situated on the outskirts of the Bengaluru city near the airport. This gives a good environment for studies and students remain away from the city’s noisy & hectic crowd and unwanted distractions. There are hotels available for students near the institute to enjoy quality food at a good price. Decathlon and other showrooms are also situated near the campus. While talking about BIT which situated in the heart of Bengaluru city. Markets, Restaurants, pubs, and all other facilities are easily available for a student of BIT. Mobility for students is very easy as National College metro station and KR Market metro station are within walking distance from the college.

Campus: SMVIT has a huge 133 Acres campus. It is said that SMVIT has the biggest campus among all colleges in Bengaluru. Unlike BIT which has the main building and all classrooms and labs in it, SMVIT has different buildings for each department. The hostels in SMVIT are big and spacious but students are not allotted single rooms here. The hostel has a gym, Badminton court, Table Tennis, Chess and Carrom facilities available. Whereas BIT has a boys hostel on campus but the girls’ hostel is nearly 10Kms away in JP Nagar.

Fee Structure: The annual fee for B.E. and M.Tech course in Sir MVIT costs about Rs.78,000 and for the MBA program, it is around Rs. 68,500. In BIT, the total fee for B.E. costs about Rs.5 lakhs and the annual fee for M.Tech is around Rs.67,500. The complete MBA program in BIT costs about Rs.7.5 lakhs. So, clearly SMVIT has a lower fee as compared to BIT.

Placements: Every year many top IT companies and core companies including some mass recruiters visit Sir MVIT and BIT campus. Most of the MVIT students get placed in IT companies irrespective of their branches while in BIT, students get placed in IT as well as in few core companies. In 2019, 474 out of 544 students of Sir MVIT got placed and a total of 573 offers was issued. The average placement was 88% in 2019. The institute claims to have an average of 94% placement record of the last five years. Whereas talking about BIT, in 2019, 479 out of 976 students got placed and a total of 662 offers were issued. The institute had an average 70% placement. The average package for a BIT student is around 6.5 LPA.

Looking at the placement records and all other factors, Sir MVIT gets an upper hand over BIT. It is suggested to go for Sir MVIT over BIT if a student is interested in getting an IT job but not getting a good branch.