The Right Choice | BE or BTech, is one more valuable than the other? Experts weigh in | Education News,The Indian Express
Both are four-year undergraduate programmes with the same learning modules. Then what explains the different names?
(‘The Right Choice’ is a series by The Indian Express that addresses common questions, misconceptions, and doubts surrounding undergraduate admissions. You can read the stories here.)
Whether the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree and the Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree are the same and offer similar prospects is a question many grapple with. Both are four-year engineering undergraduate courses, so why the confusion?
JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, Vice-Chancellor Dheeraj Sanghi explained that the difference between the two was simply “historical” and that the recurring belief that the BE course was theoretical as opposed to BTech being practical was a “misconception”.
“There is no difference. Historically, some institutions offered BE and Master in Engineering (ME) programmes. The curriculum and the subjects offered in BE and BTech are all the same…If a student wants to choose it, they just have to look at the institute they want to pursue the degree from,” he said.
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