IIT Kharagpur - The Entire Journey

To get admission to this course and college, you are required to get a 98+ percentile in JEE Mains and less than 10,000 Rank in JEE Advanced. The easiest option is to Google and you will find these details in the first link. I have availed OBC-NCL to obtain a seat in this department. There aren't any improvements needed in the admission process. If your preparation is good enough, you have chance for other interesting departments such as Economics, Industrial and Systems Engineering, etc.

This course is a culmination of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering in terms of coursework. With about 12 faculty in the department, the professors are easily approachable and are ready to support you in terms of coursework and career prospects. These professors have studied in the world's best colleges for this department and have published some groundbreaking papers which makes them one of the best people in this field. If you can listen to classes, clearing courses is relatively easy. If you take notes and revise before exams, you can guarantee very good grades.

On our campus, the internship opportunities for working with professors are only known by reaching out to them. The work needs proper dedication from the students' side to yield good results in terms of publications or future internship opportunities. The projects are offered in every Department on campus but the availability of projects is very uncertain since in-campus students are always in a competition to get into such projects.

Campus placements are one of the major sources through which most of the students get placed. With an ever-improving Career Development Cell, there is an increase in the number of students getting placed through the cell before December. The placement packages can start anywhere from 10L and go as high as 1Cr+ with companies from foreign countries looking for the best talent on this campus. After getting a degree, there are multiple avenues such as Masters Abroad, MBA, UPSC, etc., with most students preferring for going to a job.

You have to pay before every semester with multiple scholarships being announced every year. One of the famous scholarships is Merit-cum-Means Scholarship which is offered based on the grades secured by the student and the financial background of the family. This scholarship will significantly cover your study expenses.

On campus, there are multiple opportunities for holistic growth starting from hackathons to participating in various competitions conducted across IITs and also across hostels. With multiple books and journal access in the Central Library, access to academic content is always there. During your first year of stay, the curriculum mandates a compulsory extracurricular activity to promote skill development in sports and social services. To learn about various fields, there are more than 20+ societies on the campus where you have multiple opportunities to hone your skills and also develop your network by reaching out to alums and learning from them.