IISER Mohali Reviews on Placements, Faculty and Facilities

The course curriculum is best i guess because everything is balanced in first year we have toh learn basic sciences of every subject then from 2nd year we are able toh take premajors which soon in third year become our major

The course is relevent as it covers more basic and fundamental topics in core years and then more research oriented topics in major years. It is really well suited for anyone who wants to do research. The timings and Lecture hall complex is a bit old and small which can be improved. The frequency of exams is really quick which results in a continuous evaluation.

The curriculum in terms of syllabus of the IISERs is just like any other BSc and MSc colleges in the country, and is nothing special. In fact, it can be quite overwhelming sometimes, and personally needs to be revamped a lot. But the other aspect to curriculum, which encourages research, is unparalleled and unlike any other. Interdisciplinary courses are taught with equal importance as department specific courses, and interdisciplinary studies are encouraged as well. The frequency of exams is again which I feel should be looked at, but instructors can choose not to take 2 midsems and take no exams at all. Overally, if you want to take up a PhD later on, you will be quite prepared to take up a position elsewhere I feel after studying here (not because of the syllabus, but the structure of the curriculum).

Teaching methods are relative to the instructors. The theory classes are beneficial and electives should be chosen wiswly depending on minors you wish to take. Labs are interactive and occur once weekly.

The course curriculum is very nice, as it is a national level institute of the government. It is excellent for people who want to pursue research. There are excellent faculties that encourage people to take up research. The degree is recognized worldwide. I personally don't think the frequency and timing of exams needs any improvement. The difficulty level is also not very high.

Students get eligible for placements in the 5th year. Deloitte, mckinsy like companies come to campus placements. Highest package is 18lacs pa. Very less number of students sit for placements. A large number of people go abroad for phd.

The course structure now concist of one core year, one pre-major year and three major years. In the co year we have to study all the subjects available, in pre major two of them and in major, one. For now we are the first batch to have pre major(before it was two core years). So its experimental and hence we get delayed response from the admin. This should be improved. This curriculum teaches well enough to get on with the modern day research problem from the bachelor years only. And abou the exams, we have continuous evaluation, three major exams per semester.

The curriculum is set in a way to encourage for further research. It does prepare for real-world applications and future academic persuit. In general the courses are quite interactive but sometimes if feels like it's running faster than what an average student can grasp. Sometimes there are problems with exam since there are three exams in semester of four months and at the end it feels like we are only studying for the sake of exams

The curriculum of IISER mohali is very different from any other college in India, it is designed to give students real life application with understanding of fundamental concepts of all the subjects. The most interesting part of the curriculum is inclusion of social science with traditional science subjects, so that students stay conscious about real life problems and society, and help to remove the problems. The labs cources are well designed with problems from ongoing research. The teachers use interactive boards to elaborate us topics with audio visual medium. There are 3 exams in a semester, two mid semster exam and one end semester exam. The student who might fail a course given chance to pass it in summer. The difficulty of exams depends on proffesor. But most of the exams in first two year are easy to moderate but from third onwards its moderate to difficult. The curriculum is designed to specifically who want to persue research in future and provides really great foundation.

The course structure has very good HSS courses, as well as all the other courses and very well balanced, some of them are hard but through consistent learning you can get an A pretty easily. With the new introduction of premajors, even the need to do 4 subjects for 2 years has been reduced and we can now opt for 2 subjects after 1st year. The frequency of exams is a bit hectic, since we have to appear for 2 midsems and 1 endsem in 4 months with additional quizzes and assignments in between.