Use Education for Social Change, A great campus life at Azim Premji University

I choose B.Sc. B.Ed. mathematics because I want to improve methods to teach mathematics in primary classes. The faculty-student ratio is 1:20, usually, the ratio revolves around 1:25. Faculties at Azim Premji University are well-qualified with a lot of teaching experience and they review their teaching by collecting responses from anonymous forms at the end of every semester. Term exams happen every 6 months and it is moderate to pass for that you have to study properly and regularly.

At Azim Premji University, students can get internships to work with a wide range of NGOs. In April, University release a comprehensive list of NGOs with requirements (Skills, In person or online) for students to work with them.

In the last semester, students become ready for campus placements. Companies like Reliance Foundation, Adani Foundation, and Azim Premji Foundation came as recruiters in placements. They made offers of around 80%. The highest Package is around 40,000 per month and the average package is around 30,000 per month for the post of program manager and teacher, and curriculum developer. Most of us planning to go for post-graduations.

Azim Premji University completely supports students with needs as their vision says Education for Social Change. Hostel Fee is 72000 rupees per year, Food Fee is 5000-6000 rupees per year. Tuition fee is 225000 for B.Sc. B.Ed. mathematics four year course. University provides a wide range of scholarships based on annual family income. Sholarship will exempt you from fee, it can be 25% to 100% (In 100%, it includes food and Hostel fee also) based on income range. You can work for community engagement programs, libraries, labs, and other contemporary projects. This work will pay you 125 rupees per hour.

'Unmukt' is an Annual fest. It happens every year in Feb. Social events, lecture by experts from outside of the university, and club events happens on a weekly basis. A wide variety of books are available in the library in terms of subjects, genre, and language. Classrooms are equipped with projectors for interactive teaching. Sports clubs organize different leagues like frisbee league, football league, and volleyball league timely.

For applying to B.Sc. B.Ed. mathematics, applicants have to give the Azim Premji University entrance exam which happens two times for a batch. One is the early round, for this round applications start in October, the exam in December, and the Interview in January. Another is the regular round, for this round applications start in January, the exam in April, and the Interview in May. The application fee is 500 rupees. For more details, you can visit the Azim Premji university website. Only state reservation is allowed for Karnataka students which is 25%. The entrance exam is designed in such a way that it gives opportunity to students of all backgrounds because it asks only basic maths, RCs, and descriptive questions.

Topics of the Interview will be general like why you choose a university, why you choose a particular course, whether will you be able to adjust to hostel life, and course-specific based questions like for B.Ed. students, they can ask why you want to become a teacher. The entrance process is easy and for practice, you can find sample papers from the university website.