Aishiki Ganguly's Review On Jadavpur University - [JU], Kolkata

Jadavpur University is an esteemed university which is known for its excellent academic record worldwide. The university has the top most faculty members and guest lecturers. This college not only caters to a student's academic success but also provides a lot of exposure through extra curricular events and activities.

The course curriculum of my subject is pretty student-friendly. The faculty members are quiet experienced and teach everything from the scrath (this is because a lot of students join from the non-socio background as well). Being sociology students, we expected to get hands-on experience of field work from the very beginning but that did not happen which is no doubt a set-back for all of us. Apart from that we are given research topics to work on, which provides an in-depth knowledge about the subject.

The placement cell of our college is excellent. Some of the top companies like samsung, dee shaw, optum, sapients etc have hired a number of students from our college. Every year atleast 80-85% students get placed after their final years. Each company conducts a three-step exam which includes coding, written test followed by interview. The placement coordinator is very helpful and reliable.

I would blindly give a thumps-up with it comes to writing about campus life. This college provides the best campus life a student can dream of getting. Along with regular classes, time to time seminars and workshops, there are innumerable number of events and activities that take place all throughout the year. There are a lot of student-run clubs and societies like dance, music, painting, debate, photography, quiz, mountaneering, fashion etc. The footfall for each event goes upto minimum 10k people. We also call artists and famous personalities for being a part of these events as judges, panelists, guest performer etc. We also have inter-departmental sports held every year for both girls and boys.

The campus infrastructure is very scattered types. In some faculty and departments the infrastructures are very good but in some it is very poor and shabby. The science labs are non air conditioned with poor ventilation. Wifi is good only in selected areas. The Central library is very spacious but contains a very limited collection of books (for certain depts). The departmental libraries are comparatively smaller in size but has good books and journals. There is an uni sex gym as well for the students. The washrooms are not cleaned regularly (barring a few).

I am not staying in a hostel but I can briefly say about it since a lot of my friends are staying. The girls hostel rooms are comparatively cleaner and well maintained than the boys hostel rooms. Only two students are allowed per room. Food provided is not upto the mark and most of the times students have to rely on outside food. The accomodation cost is 2000 including food. The rooms are not quiet spacious also.