Manipal

Same fee. Both of the colleges have unusually high fee. Poor academics: Thapar University provides you with almost 0 practical education. When I joined my company, I had 2 projects. (Thapar University asks you to do a summer project, the other one was my own). On the other hand, Manipal University students had 10-12 projects each. Trust me, this is a huge advantage. Manipal's infrastructure is much better than Thapar University. Manipal University has better placement. Being a college based in south, they have much wider and quality companies that visit for campus interviews. You can verify this yourself, ask any Thapar University and Manipal University graduate. Manipal University has better location. Although, the area around Thapar University is developing fast, but Manipal University currently leads in this department. Do note, while the quality of students joining Thapar is deteriorating every year due to high tuition and bad teachers, they still have better ranking students, because of their reputation (which is rapidly declining).