What Students Say
Likes
- IIT Delhi provides you exposure ranging from various clubs like dance, music, photography and event academic societies like aeromodelling, robotics, physics and astronomy and so on, and their events and workshops are great learnings and fun.
- IIT Delhi academics is rigorous, but at the same time it is one of the best education of the country. The professors are highly skilled with respect to the course they take upto, which helps students get the maximum quality info about subjects.
- The friends you make here at your hostel, will give you the best memories of the campus. Whether it be late night campus tours or overnight study sessions, everything just becomes awesome, if you have a great set of hostel friends.
Dislikes
- The pressure of the academic excellence is one of the most difficult issues for a student here, as you feel imposter syndrome if you are not able to perform upto mark.
- The quality of food in hostel mess becomes really bad sometimes. This creates a lot of problem for students.
- The infrastructure of old hostels is really a problem as they need renovation, which is constantly being neglected.
Course Curriculum Overview
The curriculum is changed from time to time and the professor adds a research project or class presentation, making the course interesting and more relevant. This majorly influences many decisions regarding courses on campus, along with the grading and teaching style of the professor.
Internships Opportunities
The internships are available in every domain for the students from Technology, Core, Finance, etc. It just depends on what courses you have done before and what is skillset you have for the job. Companies shortlist candidates based on criteria like CGPA and other areas that they generally look for.
Placement Experience
As the final year starts, the placement drive starts happening for students. For the placement drive, you need to apply through the Office of Career Services(0CS) which conducts the placement drive. The core package of chemical engineering ranges from 12L-30L depending on the company and profile.
Fees and Financial Aid
For students with poor financial backgrounds, IIT Delhi and its alumni background have a pool of scholarships that they provide to such students. Also, students who have high scores, get scholarships based on merit, by the institute. In the final year, you can also apply for TA opportunity, and a good stipend is awarded to such students.
Campus Life
There are a lot of fests held at IIT Delhi, but the main fests are Rendezvous(The cultural fest) mostly held around September, Tryst(The Technical fest) mostly held around March and Kaizen(The NSS fest) mostly held around January. The campus exposure of the clubs concerning extracurriculars is amazing, as you have a club for everything here, whether it be dance, music, or design. Also, there are really good workshops conducted by departmental societies for students, especially clubs like robotics, aeromodelling, etc.
Hostel Facilities
The hostel is quite decent, you are provided a table, chair, fan and bed in your hostel room. The mess menu varies from hostel to hostel, but it is quite decent as menu changes from time to time. You are allotted a hostel when you get selected for IIT Delhi, and it provides you with the best memories of campus life.
Admission
The rankings of JEE Advanced decide which branch you get at IIT Delhi. Every branch has an opening rank and a closing rank, which can be seen through the JOSAA counseling page. Every year, JEE Advanced is prepared by different IITs across India.
Faculty
Generally, the faculty-to-student ratio is poor compared to top QS-ranked foreign universities, but it does not create a huge learning problem as there are TAs who assist you with class assignments and understand the course, during tutorial sessions. The faculties have great research experience, so if you want to pursue research with them, you can learn a lot from them, otherwise, the teaching style of every professor is subjective to the course.
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