MAKAUT Experience

Artificial Intelligence has always fascinated me and after doing B.Tech in it, I decided to pursue M.Tech. I selected this university as one of my cousins did M.Tech from here and he found it a great place, so he suggested me to give the entrance exam conducted by the university. I too found this university good and applied here via the application portal. The process was smooth. My university’s aura is great.

I had to clear two exams to get admission here. First was the entrance exam conducted by the university itself, called WBUT PGET (Postgraduate Entrance Test) and the second was GATE. I performed well in both of them and received a call letter from the university. During the counselling, I showed my class 10th & 12th scorecard, graduation degree, WBUT PGET scorecard, and GATE scorecard. Once my documents were verified, I had to pay the fee.

The curriculum of my course comprised part from B.Tech, as an introductory part and later we were taught in detail about the new topics. Practical classes played an important role as it was very important to practically understand the functioning of Artificial Intelligence-related things such as AI robots and other mechanisms. The size of my batch was comparatively small than B.Tech, which helped in better communication with the teachers. The teachers had great knowledge and shared their ideas with us.

During the placement drive, I saw many famous, globally recognized companies that offered a good package to the suitable ones. There were companies like Google, OpenAI, AEye, Neurala, etc. The packages offered by them ranged from ₹10,00,000 to ₹15,00,000. I got placed at AEye with a package of ₹12,00,000.

My program’s annual fee was around ₹86,000 and no other fee was charged other than that. My books were around ₹6,000 for a year. I found the fee pocket-friendly as per the program. I paid the fee in instalments and no scholarship benefit was given to me.

Most of my time was spent in classrooms and laboratories, so I didn’t pay much heed to what was going on inside the campus. The library was huge with books from different fields. The infrastructure appealed to me and some events were also organized. The interior of my university was also nice, the classrooms were spacious, and with innovative tools.