What is the difference between ECE and CSE?

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

ECE is about electronics and how the different electrical components (Microprocessor, RAM, etc.) communicate with each other. It has more physics in it. There is a little programming involved but not much. CSE deals with telling these components what to do and when to do it; by programming them. It has a lot of logic involved and maths too. Placement wise, ECE is a little better than CSE as it has more offers in the public sector (govt. jobs). Also ECE is considered to be somewhat of a evergreen branch. If you do specialization (e.g. M.Tech in VLSI design) after doing B.Tech in ECE, there is a great demand in the market for such people. ECE person can also get a job in IT; but this is not the same level as a job a CSE engineer can get. E.g.: Intel, AMD, BHEL (and many other govt. companies) CSE also has very good placements and the average salary is higher than ECE. But it is not an evergreen branch. E.g.: Google, Microsoft, Infosys, etc. People say that ECE is more difficult than CSE. But I don’t really believe that; it all comes down to your passion. If you love CSE, you will find ECE hard and vice-versa.