Life at IISc- Pros and Cons

The curicculum is considered one of the most flexible curricula in the country. But, till the end of second semester we need to study many subjects which is quite hard for someone like me who is only interested and focussed on a particular subject. The subject is taught by experts in the respective fields in the country. Some courses are too easy for us with basic and memory based questions in the exams which can be improved. The frequency of the exams depends on the course instructor but typically we have an exam every two weeks for every subject on average.

I am still a fresher but, according to the data I have, there are good internship opprtunitites with government organisations like ISRO, BARC, DRDO etc. and also with other private organisations like TATA industries, INFOSYS etc.

Most of the students after completing four years, continue to stay here to get Masters degree after one more year and pursue PhD from world renowned institutions. Very few people (<7/100) per batch will sit for campus placements and most of them will be selected with a good annual package of 30000 at an average. Some students, mostly Physocs majors can give government exams like ICRB, GATE to join ISRO and BARC as scientists

The tution fees is quite less and does not increase that much. It costs around 4 lakhs to complete the course (including tution, hostel and mess charges). 99 percent of students get a scholarship of 60000/- per annum (people who do not get it is the ones who failed in the semester in the previous year and can renew it next year) which is either from INSPIRE/IISc Promotional Scholarship. There are no major employment opportunitites that I have undertaken since I am just going to seciond year now.

There are quite a good number of fests happening every year like Pravega, Rhapsody, etc.. The campus is soo green and the infrastructure is also good. It is located in Bengaluru which makes the climate soo good. There is a main library JRD Tata Memorial Library which has wide range of books and journals also with access to e-content. Labs are quite good and have very good equipment Sports are really good and we have atleast one event with sports every month. We also participate in the Inter IISER Sports Meet every year There are many clubs with a set of clubs called ASCEND mainly focussed on research along woth other clubs for sports and literature. They are a good source of recreation.

Hostels are good with basic aminities like water, electricity, house-keeping, bed, study-table and chairs. The ventillation is good in most of the rooms and new hostels are being built to accomodate 2000-4000 more people. Mess food is really tasty and healthy. Hostels are quite affordable with fees ranging from 6000-7500 per month including room, mess, all other aminities.

Eligibility Should have passed 12th class or similar examination with Mathematics and two of Physics/Chemistry/Biology with 60% marks. Should have qualified atleast one of JEE Mains/ JEE Advanced/ KVPY(not there since last year)/ IAT/NEET in the year of admission These exams are held once every year. Difficulty level IAT

The faculty-to-student ratio is pretty good. Most of the faculty are reachable and chill. They put more stress on learning the subject than getting good grades. Most of the faculties are from reputed universities across the world.