IT311 colleges

Information Technology

Offered in 311 colleges. Compare cutoffs and 5-year history across districts.

Cutoff trending up (+7.6)
Geographic spread
Colleges offering this branch per district — top 12 of 38 districts.
College
OC
BC
MBC
SC
YoY Δ
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (Autonomous)
198.0
1,321
197.5
1,770
197.5
1,977
191.5
10,572
+1
Government College of Technology (Autonomous) Thadagam
196.3
3,110
195.5
3,912
195.5
4,210
190.0
13,469
+1.33
Kumaraguru College of Technology (Autonomous)
194.0
6,070
193.5
7,042
191.5
10,632
178.5
39,694
+1.5
Chennai Institute of Technology (Autonomous) Puduper
194.0
6,158
193.5
7,507
192.0
9,566
184.0
26,159
+3
Sri Eshwar College of Engineering (Autonomous)
192.5
9,311
190.5
12,186
187.0
19,733
173.5
52,143
+4.5
Prince Shri Venkateshwaraa Padmavathy Engineering College (Autonomous)
192.5
8,770
191.0
11,458
191.5
10,858
187.0
19,600
+0.5
Alagappa Chettair Government College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous) Karaikudi Sivagangai
191.5
10,344
189.5
14,505
190.0
13,912
179.5
37,321
-
Rajalakshmi Engineering College (Autonomous)
191.0
11,917
188.5
16,941
186.5
20,519
172.0
57,348
+2.5
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous)
189.0
15,769
186.5
20,712
182.5
29,461
154.5
105,524
+3
Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous)
188.5
16,438
186.0
22,030
181.5
31,803
180.0
36,240
+4
Karpagam College of Engineering (Autonomous)
188.5
16,841
186.0
21,468
181.5
32,168
167.0
70,981
+3.5
Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous)
188.5
16,219
185.5
23,104
183.0
29,332
153.5
109,461
-1
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (Autonomous)
188.5
16,487
186.0
22,220
183.0
29,309
166.0
73,900
+1
Government College of Engineering (Formerly Institute of
186.5
20,420
183.5
27,092
184.5
25,127
177.5
41,704
-1
Saveetha Engineering College (Autonomous)
186.5
20,743
183.0
28,636
179.0
39,035
153.0
110,185
+7.5
University College of Engineering Tiruchirappalli (Bharathidasan Institute of Technology) Tiruchirappalli
186.5
20,341
182.5
30,095
181.0
33,930
168.5
66,584
+5
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (Autonomous)
185.5
23,464
183.5
28,016
179.5
37,476
138.5
151,018
+1.5
R.M.K. Engineering College (Autonomous)
185.5
22,824
183.0
28,740
178.0
40,854
158.0
96,005
+1
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College (Autonomous)
185.0
23,925
182.0
31,234
179.0
38,045
150.5
117,551
+6
Karpagam Institute of Technology (Autonomous)
184.5
24,730
182.0
30,709
180.5
35,309
153.5
108,769
+4
Easwari Engineering College (Autonomous)
184.0
26,586
180.5
35,050
178.5
39,634
161.0
87,058
+5.5
National Engineering College (Autonomous)
184.0
25,826
180.0
36,316
174.5
50,164
149.5
120,282
+4.5
Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous)
183.5
27,621
179.5
37,000
174.5
49,988
137.0
154,029
+3.5
St. Joseph's College of Engineering (Autonomous)
183.0
28,713
177.5
42,144
175.0
48,561
153.5
108,696
+4
Kongu Engineering College (Autonomous)
183.0
28,943
181.5
32,363
178.5
39,744
131.5
168,414
+3
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What you'll study in Information Technology

Direct links to Anna University's curriculum PDFs for this branch — every subject, every semester, by the body that actually sets it.

Universities revise curricula periodically. If a link 404s, browse the source institution's academics → syllabus page — the URL pattern is usually stable.

What you'll actually study — 8 semesters

R-2025 curriculum, snapshot of ~6 subjects per semester. Each subject also has a code (CS3491 etc.); see the official PDF for the full credit + L-T-P table.

Semester 1
  • Matrices & Calculus
  • Engineering Physics
  • Engineering Chemistry
  • Problem Solving in C
  • Engineering Graphics
  • Heritage of Tamils
Semester 2
  • Statistics & Numerical Methods
  • Physics for IT
  • Digital Principles
  • Data Structures
  • Discrete Maths
  • Tamil & Technology
Semester 3
  • Probability & Statistics
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • DBMS
  • Web Technologies
  • Computer Networks I
  • Technical Comms
Semester 4
  • Theory of Computation
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Engineering
  • Full-Stack Web Development
  • Mobile App Development
  • Open Elective I

Source · R-2025 curriculum (CAC); CEG T&P 2024 placements bulletin

Where this branch actually goes

Five representative entry-level roles from TN's major recruiters. Not a placement guarantee — a concrete picture of the typical first job.

  • Zoho
    IT Operations Engineer
    Chennai, TNProduct
  • HCL Technologies
    Software Engineer
    Chennai, TNServices
  • Cognizant
    Application Developer
    Chennai, TNServices
  • Infosys
    Systems Engineer
    Mahindra City, TNServices
  • Hexaware
    Associate Engineer
    Chennai, TNServices

Entry-level salary band

Typical first-job CTC after a 4-year B.E. Honest range, not a single hero number.

3.4 – ₹7.2LPA · median ₹4.2
₹010 LPA

IT trails CSE by ~₹0.3 LPA at the median; ceiling close

Source · Anna U CEG T&P 2024 bulletin (2024)

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Quick answers
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