College review

College respects the students from different background and culture. It provides good space for people to mingle with each other. Strict anti ragging policy allows a smooth relationship with seniors.

The course structure is revised every academic year based on the growing industries. It has ties ups with many foreign universities where a student can pursue a semester abroad program for their final year project. It allows students to work with professors and reaches scholars and encourage to public their research work.

Many mechanical based industries such as TVS groups, Ashok leyland, L&T, Blue star, Caterpillar, Murugappa groups and various other startups visit for campus placement. SASTRA has a very good HR team for placement preparation. Pre-final year students are trained for 1 complete year for placements.

SASTRA conducts various inter and intra college festivals such as cultural events, sports events and technical symposium. Apart from these events inter department technical events are conducted in a periodic fashion. SASTRA values our culture and heritage. All the local and national festivals such as pongal, diwali, holi, dashara,etc. are celebrated in a grand fashion which encourages students from diversified states to get along.

The fee for engineering courses are so nominal when compared to other private universities. There are no extra fees need to be payed to secure admission. Admission is done only based on merit. The fee breakdown is highly transparent. The bus fee for day scholars and hostel and mess fee for hosteler likely to vary.

College offers good scholarships for students belongs to creamy layer every year. Apart from this students with good academics and maintaining good conduct are provided with hostel mess fee waiver.

All the technical, cultural and sports clubs are directed and driven by students board. Various clubs such as tamil sangam, english lits, dramatics club, robotics club, arts club, etc are conducted by student body. The selection is highly transparent and opportunity is provided equally for all people.

SASTRA provides 2 hostels exclusively for first years. The rooms are shared by 4 students and it contains a common mess and toilet. SASTRA follows strict anti ragging policy. Apart from this it contains 5 more hostels for seniors which contains single room, 2 sharing, 4 sharing and 6 sharing. All the hostels are enabled with free wifi, petty shops and stationary stores. Room generally cost between 8000 per annum for 4 sharing and 18000 per annum for single sharing. Mess fee, electricity, news paper and maintenance charges together constitute around 3000 per month.

Alumini team visit the campus and help the juniors for their campus placement. They mold the young engineers to meet the industrial market world.

SASTRA university is one of the high reputed universities in Tamil Nadu. It offers varied course. Its infrastructure is good especially for research. SASTRA provides a research oriented teaching and believes on practical learning. I chose Mechatronics because I was interested in AI and robotics.

There are sufficient faculties in each department. Most of the course are inter disciplinary. The university recommends a PhD to all the faculties which ensures the quality of the professors. The university also demands at least once publication from each faculty per year.