Honest review of Amity University Punjab, Mohali as a First Year B.Tech student

We all know the curriculum of computer science courses in India. this one is not much different from that but what I liked is the real world practice they make you do. From the first year onwards, there are labs of all the subjects everyday. They are also teaching us fundamentals of IoT which is like a hot topic in today's world. The teaching method can be improved by reducing the theory classes of some subjects like C and more focus on labs.

The internship oppurtunities mainly start from the 5th semester according to me. I don't have much information about it but I have heard the students who are interested in it get one. The roles are quite vast for it.

College provide placements but there is no batch of B.Tech that has graduated yet. The masters and BCA students have been placed till now by the college. But B.Tech students get eligible for campus placements from 7th semester onwards. One the B.tech student just got early placement in Goldman Sachs with a package of 55 LPA. Many great companies visit for placement in Amity like Google, Microsooft, Amazon, SmartData, Infosys, Intel, etc. My plans after getting a degree is to first do a job in a good company with a great package for a few years and after that I want to start my own Brand and design agency.

The fees per semester changes for every year. For the first year, it is 122500 per semester and then it increases 6500 per year. The registration fee was 1500 while filling out the form. The admission fee is 20000 which is refunded after some time. There are scholarships on the basis of JEE and 12th marks. For 12th from CBSE or ICSE they provide scholarship as follows: 100% for scoring 95% in PCM, 50% for scoring 90% in PCM. ANd for state board, 30% for scoring 90% in PCM.

The events are really good here. The main annual event is Amiphoria which happens in March. It is very good. Parmish Verma and Laddi Chahal came last time. There is also the annual sports event Sangathan in october. And there are all other small events happening every now and then. The library is great. there are all type of books and journals available there and also there are others available in the e-library which every student has access to. The classrooms are nice with windows facing the outside in every one and projectors and speaker system. as I mentioned, central AC. some classes are just next level whcih are basically Computer science labs with charging ports for every student, revolving chairs for comfort and what not. There are a lot of extracurricular oppurtunities for everyone out there no matter what interest they have. The clubs are endless, I can't even remember all of them. There is one for each interest.

I applied to Thapar Institute, Chandigarh University, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, DAVIET. I got accepted in all of them. I also appeared in JEE but failed to secure any computer science seat. I chose this college over others because of the real world problem solving they teach while in others, it is more assignments and theory stuff. except for thapar which is like really better than any of them but it's fees is like very very high so I chose not to go for it. The admission process for my college is pretty simple, first you register on the admission portal, then your form is checked and they contact you if you are eligible which mainly requires 65% in PCM for computer science. Then they conduct an online interview in which they ask you basic questions about the program you chose. and then if you are selected, you get your admission letter which you can accept and pay a part of the fees.

The faculty is pretty good. Most of them are PhD scholars and others are currently pursuing it. Mostly the faculty is young so the relation between the students and them is pretty good especially with Computer Science ones. I personally liked our mentor Dr. Akshay Juneja as he really listens to all our problems and helps to solve them wether it be professional or personal. Dr. Sarika of ENV is pretty chill with students too. Dr. Tanveen Kaur who's our maths faculty is pretty strict even though she doesn't look like as she's quite young. The exam system is a bit complicated. There are a total of 6 surprise test per subject per semester which are MCQ based out of which, the best 4 are chosen. The mid sems are 25 marks each. The end semester exam is also 25 marks which is subjective and a 25 marks one which is objective.