UPES Dehradun Answered Questions

I would not say excellent. But, it is a decent college that provides suitable courses and a lot of specializations in various fields. The packages offered are same as any other engineering college. Teachers are helpful, a decent library and large food court forms a good combination. In terms of study and packages offered compared to fee charged by UPES, it is an average college as these features can be found at a lower price in other colleges too.

It is on rank 3rd for petroleum engineering all over India. In terms of placements, petrology gets the highest placements here.
For CS, there are 17 specialisations you can choose.
CS branches also gets good placements. Top recruiters are IBM, LNT, Microsoft, VMware, Dell, etc.
The highest package for petroleum was around 27 LPA last year. And it was 17 or 18 LPA for CS.

It is tough to get petroleum branch with 5000 rank, as the course seats gets filled up first and fast. Students mainly opt for petroleum branch only here at UPES if computer Science is not chosen. So, 5000 is tough to get petroleum stream in UPES, Dehradun.

It depends upon the course. I am doing B.Tech in CS so my fee is around 12-13 LPA (excluding hostel fee).
As for the hostels, there are three different kinds of rooms. So the basic charge of a room is 1.3 - 1.4 LPA. If you want a room with attached bathroom, then there will be different charges (around 1.5 LPA ).

Hello there, see its all depends on your interest but as you have said that you like all the three branches then let me tell you about the branches. If we talk about mechanical branch, it is not a bad option, it is a evergreen branch because it runs on the machines and machines will never stop. So it is a secure branch. Now lets come to Aerospace branch, it is a nice branch. This branch has its future in India and abroad also, only few colleges provide education for this branch. Now come to Computer Science branch, it is the branch which is in trend right now. It is at the boom at this scenario and it is the branch which has a vast scope in itself. In UPES, it has 18 specialisation in Computer Science. It has very much scope in India and abroad also. It is a safe and secure branch because its a world of computer and technology.

Government colleges have more reputation than private colleges. But if you are looking for good placement, then some government colleges don't provide good placements (not all of them).
And there is also mass recruitment in all colleges. So you have to be unique if you want a good package. UPES provides good placements. But mass recruitment is also present in UPES.
VM provided more than 15 LPA. Microsoft gave an offer of 11 LPA.