Now I have completed 1 year at the university. My experience has been very good so far. Be it with the professors, infrastructure, academics, exams etc. I am a social person and have now found a lot of friends at university with whom I organize a lot of events as well. They offer language training courses as well which is really beneficial.
Course Curriculum :
The subjects are quite up to date and are really beneficial to get jobs in those specific domain. For ex. Deep Learning is a course that is taken by many. Though not so easy to pass, several industry experts recommend taking this subjects and ask about it in interview. Further based on your interest you can contact any professor and they will surely assist you with your ideas or recommend you projects and assist as well.
Exams :
I wrote IELTS and scored 7.5 Though it is not mandatory to have a language test score, it is recommended. For the application, one needs to submit an SOP, 2 LORs and a CV. The orientation towards the modules opted and the university has to be specified. Special care has to be taken when you are entering the data of the subjects taken in Bachelors as that is the crucial step. Interviews are quite rare cases and only when there seems to be some issues with the documents or subject list.
Placement :
There is no concept of placement here, you have to apply for jobs and research by yourself and almost everybody gets a job. The observed median salary is 60K euros per annum. There are job fairs every semester in which over 100 companies visit the campus.
Internship :
I am currently doing working student in Lauer consult and I get paid roughly 20 Euros/hour.
Fees :
The total cost is 1666 Euros, the tuition fees is 166. and the additional 1500 Euros is only for international or Non-EU students.
Scholarship :
I have received Deutschland Stipendium which one gets once in Germany. For that the applicant must have a good proven track record of academics and cultural/social activities. The scholarship amount is 300 Euros per month for a year. You have to reapply for the next year.
Faculty :
The faculty to student ratio is quite healthy, almost 1:9. And they all are very welcoming and proficient in English and German. Dr. Marco Aeillo is one prof. that I like the most because of his knowledge and he has a lot of industry experience as well.
Campus Life :
There are a lot of clubs in University, be it for sports or cultural events. STUVUS and AEGEE organize a lot of events and parties for Students every semester. The Hochschule sport is the club for sports and they have a long list of over 100 sports that one can register for including a Fitness Studio. Library is quite huge and has enough space for students. There are 2 campus, one in Stadtmitte and one in Vaihingen and both have huge libraries. Both the campus have WiFi as well.
Hostel :
There are several dormitories managed by studierendenwerk and VSSW. The Average rent varies between 310 to 390 euros. The dorms are either 4,6,8 or 11 sharing. Everyone has their own rooms. Only kitchen and bathrooms are sharing. In 4 or 6 sharing dorms, there will not be Janitor for cleaning, everything has to be done by the tenants. Apply as early as possible in their website for the accommodation.
