Aligarh Muslim University is one of the most reputed universities in the nation. Its overall NIRF ranking is 19 for the year 2020. It has a well recognized and felicitated team of faculty members who groom aspiring engineers to the standard of the leading organizations in the market.

Many reputed companies like TCS, Accenture, Infosys, IBM, JK Techno soft, HCL, Wipro, Bharti Telesoft and PSU's which include ONGC, IOCL, NPCIL participate in the recruitment drives. Over the years, the average placement rate has been over 60% with the average package at offer being between 4-7LPA. The statistics denote that for the computer science and electronics branch the placement rate has been higher, mostly over 75%. Key highlights of the 2017-18 placement session:

• 167 students got placed in companies like Wipro, Siemens, Adobe, Voltas among many others
• Highest package at offer was 15.5LPA
• Average package at offer was 8.7LPA

The 2018-19 placement season was a sombre one, the key highlights being:

• Average placement rate around 80%
• Highest package offered was 15.6LPA
• Average package offered was in the range of 3-5LPA

Apart from bagging jobs the students have also been offered internships by many MNCs and core government agencies. At first sight, it looks like the placement record isn’t that great but if one excels in the field of study then there are ample number of opportunities present.

AMU is ranked 33 among all the colleges in India in the 2020 NIRF rankings. The department of Economics was established in 1920. It has flourished well to be one of the main constituent departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The total fees of the course are INR 2.32 lakhs. The basic academic requirement for pursuing this course is B.A. with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate and in Economics or a B.Sc. with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate and minimum 60% marks in Mathematics/Statistics is eligible to apply for the course. A departmental test is conducted for the admission of students in this course and there are a total of 65 seats. The syllabus is updated regularly with the advancement in the subject, balancing emphasis on theoretical analysis with that on applied economics. This college also holds a good placement record, approximately over 100 companies visit the college every year for placement drive. The college has a good 85% placement rate maintained for the last 5 years. The median salary offered is around 5 LPA.

The Computer Science Department is one of the oldest and growing departments at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and came into existence in 1971.

The overall infrastructure of this department is quite good and has smart classrooms, conference rooms, seminar libraries with many specialized books in Computer Science. It has central computing labs for both undergraduate and postgraduate students and a separate lab for the research scholars.

The department offers various courses like B.Sc(Hons), MCA, PGDM, PGDCP, MCA, P.hD. and the syllabus of these courses is designed keeping in mind the requirement of time and also the demand of the industry.

80% of students get placed through placement drives each year. Reputed companies such as TCS, Accenture, Infosys, IBM, JK technology software, Wipro, etc. visits to hire students and offer an average salary package of 6-8 LPA.

Mechanical engineering is the broadest discipline itself and it is good at both Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI). For the research perspectives in any specialized subjects of mechanical engineering, AMU is quite good and for exposure or entrepreneurship, JMI is the better option having 10th NIRF rank among Indian colleges.

Course Highlight

These are the aspects of mechanical engineering at both the colleges;

Faculty

AMU has about 50 faculty members whereas JMI has 25-30 faculty members. All the faculty members of both the colleges hold Ph.D. degrees and are well-experienced.

Laboratory

There are around 20 labs (4 : fluid mechanics, 6 : thermal engineering, 4: machine designing lab, and 8: industrial production) at AMU and 19 at JMI.

Placement 

JMI is much better than AMU at placement record, they offer an average salary package of 5-10 lakhs per annum. Companies like Siemens India, Cummins, Maruti Suzuki India Limitedlimited, Mahindra, and Mahindra, etc. visit the campus for placements through placement. 

The following graph shows a comparison between Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University based on their ratings:

AMU BA LLB is not up to the mark in comparison to other law colleges in India. Instead of going for AMU, you can look up other well-known colleges like NLUs or any other private law colleges. If the option of other colleges doesn’t work you can choose to study in places like- Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata (preferably in this order). After completing the studies, join law firms and visit the college only to give exams. Similar to correspondence education. Check the rankings of the opted colleges on law websites, not the rankings like India today, etc., and then choose your respective college.

The previous year's examination question papers of Aligarh Muslim University can not be found on the internet. The main reason behind that is AMU does not make their paper public.

If you want the previous year's papers, contact the members of the seminar library of the AMU chemistry department. Or else you can check the Maulana Azad Library about the previous year's papers of MSc. If you know any research scholars in the department, they might help you. Moreover, in Aligarh, there is a Shamshad market, famous for bookstores. You can buy reference books, previous year papers, etc. from the bookstores there.