RGIPT Placement 2026: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Recruiters

I find it very illogical when people try to compare and evaluate an institute's worth solely on the basis of placements. There are many other crucial factors that affect your career prospects some of which have been discussed below

• Infrastructure: The campus and infrastructure of IIT Hyderabad are much better than RGIPT, except that RGIPT has better accommodation facilities than IIT Hyderabad.
• Faculty: Both colleges have equally qualified and experienced faculty pools
• Alumni network: Undoubtedly, IIT Hyderabad fares better in this aspect than RGIPT
• Extracurricular activities: IIT Hyderabad again is a winner here 
• Peer group: IIT Hyderabad has better and bigger peer groups. RGIPT has smaller peer groups and thus faces a slight disadvantage in this aspect.
• Fees structure: RGIPT does not have a fee waiver policy for General and OBC candidates while in IIT you can be eligible for a fee waiver.
• Placement: Placements-wise, RGIPT Petroleum gives an edge to IIT Hyderabad. This is because Petroleum engineers are highly paid globally. The majority of the placements are in core sector jobs, and thus have better job opportunities than a chemical engineer. Chemical Engineers rarely get placed in core sectors and end up with non-core jobs. Basically, IIT Hyderabad has better noncore opportunities while RGIPT has better core job opportunities. 

Overall, IIT Hyderabad is better than RGIPT in many other aspects and is preferable to RGIPT any day.