Can you tell me which is better between IITR (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) and NITT (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli)?

I find both IITR (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) and NITT (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli) are good institues.

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee was established in 1847 in British India by the then lieutenant governor, Sir James Thomason.

It was given university status in 1949 and was converted into an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in 2001, thus becoming the seventh IIT to be declared.

Rankings

Internationally, IIT Roorkee was ranked 401–410 in general category and 194 in Engineering and Technology in the QS World University Rankings of 2011 and 65 in the QS Asian University Rankings of 2012. In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked 4 by India Today in 2014 and 6 by Outlook India in 2011.

In the Mint government college’s survey of 2009 it ranked 5. Recently in the top universities list produced by Times Higher Education, IIT Roorkee has fallen in the category of top 351-400.

It was rated AAAA+ by Careers360. IIT Roorkee was ranked 50 in the world and 3 in India by QS World University Rankings 2015/16 when considering "Citations per Faculty".

Departments

• Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Architecture and Planning
• Applied Science and Engineering
• Biotechnology
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Earthquake Engineering
• Earth Sciences
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Hydrology
• Management Studies
• Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
• Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Packaging Technology
• Paper Technology
• Polymer and Process Engineering
• Physics
• Water Resources Development and Management
• Sciences
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Business
• Management Studies
• Humanities
• Humanities and Social Sciences


National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

The National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli is a public research university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. It is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007.

Rankings
NIT Trichy has been ranked as the 8th best Engineering college of India in the Outlook engineering rankings 2016. The institute was ranked 1st by the Times of India National Institutes of Technology rankings 2014. NIT Trichy has been ranked 1806 in the world by Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.

NIT Trichy is ranked 12 in National Institutional Ranking Framework published by Ministry of Human Resource Development in April 2016. The 2017 Outlook India and NIRF rankings will be published soon.

Departments

Academic Departments

Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Instrumentation and Control Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Production Engineering

Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Mathematics

Other major departments
• Architecture
• Corrosion and Surface Engineering
• Computer Applications
• Energy and Environment
• Management Studies

Allied departments
• Humanities
• Physical Education