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Name: About IIT-KGP
Item: IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITKGP]
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anik Ghosh

4.6

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Placement

5.0

Course

4.5

Campus

5.0

College

4.5

Hostel

4.0

Internship

4.5

Anik Ghosh

IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITKGP], M.Tech, Biotechnology And Biochemical Engineering

Reviewed on Jan 14, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

What Students Say

Likes

Campus life is one of the best over here.
Infrastructure of the classrooms, labs, departments are really good.
For placement purpose IIT-KGP is considered one of the best.

Dislikes

Some of the hostels are really old & need to be renovated.
In some hostels food quality is not that good & hygienic.
The campus is situated in a remote place. It is very far away from Kolkata.

Course Curriculum Overview

4.5

In the Bioscience & Biotechnology department MTech course is designed in such a way that you'll learn life science from the technical point of view. Lab courses are also very carefully designed to train each student to the highest standard. There're 16 professors right now in the department.

Class Size: 23Course Fees: INR 108000 per year

Internships Opportunities

4.5

Internship opportunities are vast in the IIT-KGP. Students also get PPO after internships in the companies. Big giants like Google, Microsoft, BCG, McKinsey, Deloitte, etc. Mostly the profiles are software developer, data analyst, backend developer, credit risk analyst.

Placement Experience

From placement point of view IIT-KGP is one of the best. If the students prepare accordingly to the placements, mostly they get a job with very good package. Many students go for higher studies like PhD after completing the degree here.

Fees and Financial Aid

The initial admission plus 1st semester fee was ?61k. For subsequent 3 semesters course fee is around ?46k-48k. Each student get ?12,400 per month as a teaching assistantship. There're lots of opportunities for doing internships in the institute itself & also in industries. Chances of getting placement with a good CTC is very high.

Campus Life

Campus life is awesome & very much vibrant. There're lots of social & cultural clubs inside the campus. All of them conduct lots of events throughout the year. Spring fest & Kshitij are the most important among them.

Hostel Facilities

Hostels are available for all the students with lots of facilities over here. There are single, dual & also tripple sharing rooms in different hostels. Generally hostels are known as Halls here. Food quality is quite average in all the hostels.

Hostel Fee: INR 60000 per year

Admission

Admission is totally based on GATE score. After the declaration of GATE exam result you have to register to the COAP portal & apply to all the IITs seperately. Then you'll be getting the offer according to your GATE score.

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