Remarks
Getting admission at Amity University is really easy, the only criteria were acquiring a percentage above 50 in high school with subject constraints based on the applied course. Students were interviewed face to face by a faculty member at the campus, and some basic questions were asked. For foreign nationals and NRI students, the interview process was conducted online through Skype, with basic questions and a paragraph writing test on a topic provided by the faculty, which was to be written in word doc and submitted through email at the email id provided by them. As an NRI myself, on the admission day, I was required to carry multiple documents, like the IELTS certificate and grade sheet, visa, passport, mark sheets, etc. If you have applied here, then basically you are in, irrespective of your performance at their interviews and coming across numerous admission formalities, because lumpsum fees from students are their only concern.
Course Curriculum Overview
I am a graduate of Amity University(Btech biotechnology). I got admission as an NRI, I preferred to pursue my higher studies here as the course which I was looking for was unavailable at the colleges at my country of residence and, heard a lot of good(wrong) things about this university. Here are some honest reviews from my personal experience at Amity: Outdated syllabus from 10 years ago, which is still being taught here. Only 10% of faculty members were genuinely ready to solve your doubts and are actually knowledgeable. Many teachers have poor communication skills here. Favouritism towards CRs, extra marks is given to them in exams even after writing wrong answers and cheating. Basically, a primary school kids drama kind of environment, where faculty members lack maturity and dance to the CRs' tunes, who are students themselves. Teachers here blame other students to cover up the CRs' faults. I wonder how such attitudes of teachers don't make them question their qualifications.
Fees and Financial Aid
Unfortunately, I've seen more cons than pros at Amity. The fees for admission are quite high for locals and even higher for NRI students like me. Compared to the high admission fees, they offer placements at just 2 or 3 fortune 500, average to some low-level companies. Honestly speaking, it is assumed that NRIs will anyways work abroad, and when this idea gets engendered in the dept, they are subjected to indirect harassment by the departmental placements in charge. No matter how well students performed at the interviews, universities like this one have some kind of deal with the companies behind the scenes to select backbenchers, and low achievers whose future doesn't seem too bright in that company, and CRs included, obviously. Many of the fellow international students were also subjected to such dirty politics during the placement process. It is an utter waste of time, money, and merit getting admission to this university, that cant train students on the current technologies.
Campus Life
One of the major pros of Amity is its infrastructure, which has attracted many students globally to study at this uni. Moreover, there are a lot of fests happening on the campus, there are good opportunities to showcase your talent as well, and spacious swimming pools and sports fields. Classrooms and labs are well equipped with the necessary tools along with air-conditioners. The best part of the university is the library, where an ample number of books can be found related to various subjects.
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