Ahmedabad University: An Amazing Learning Experience

I am completely happy with my decision to choose Ahmedabad University over other premier universities owing to the amazing learning experience here. The liberal education and various events bring the students of all the branches and schools together creating an opportunity to learn and grow together. However, I am a little unhappy with the recent changes in the engineering school where a few great faculties have left and the field of ICT has been closed and the department of CSE has been placed instead. I really wish that the new faculties being recruited to fill in the vacant positions are as good as the ones who left.

I pursued Information and Communication Technology at Ahmedabad University and hence had a lot of electives to choose from during my BTech. The course curriculum is diverse and offers a comprehensive study on all subjects. Also, I participated in the Under Graduate Research Programme (UGRP) starting from my second year in an internationally funded research project co-PIed by one of the faculties in Ahmedabad University, ending up with two publications in highly reputed IEEE conferences. I will be pursuing my masters in computer science at Arizona State University in the USA and I would credit my journey at Ahmedabad University for helping me reach there.

Since the school has been recently established, the placement is still not up to the mark. However, a few good companies/startups with great projects have come for on-campus placements and internships.

BTech in Information and Communication Technology: Rs. 1,63,000 per year. The first year includes an extra amount of Rs. 6500 for the Career Development Center (CDC/Placement) services and a caution deposit worth Rs. 10,000, which will be refunded at the end of your degree.

I received a full-tuition waiver under the Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme (TFWS) offered by the ACPC where 5% of students in each university can avail this scholarship.

The campus is very lively and becomes more fascinating in the evening. Every student here is given the autonomy to use the rooms and labs without any particular permission encouraging and facilitating them to work on their projects in groups till late at night.

Yes, alumni network at Ahmedabad University is decently strong. The seniors who opt for masters after their bachelors help the juniors in choosing the best university and helping them settle in the new environment. Also, the seniors refer the juniors in the companies where they are working currently helping the currently enrolled students to get internships and jobs easily.

In 2015 after completing my 12th standard, I participated in the ACPC undergraduate admission process and filled my preference list of colleges for Computer Science. My ACPC rank was 765 out of 60,000 students participating, hence I had a pretty decent chance of getting into premier institutions of Gujarat. In the second round of ACPC, I was offered admission to Ahmedabad University with a full tuition waiver in Information and Communication Technology and I also had an offer from Nirma University in Computer Science. I interacted with students at Ahmedabad University and liked the project-based learning and research-oriented pedagogy as well as the faculty, compelling me to choose Ahmedabad University.

The faculty was highly qualified and the minimum criteria for any faculty to get into the university was a Ph.D. during my tenure at Ahmedabad University. However, a few major changes in the faculties have been observed in the engineering school lately, where three distinguished faculties left the school abruptly, leaving my juniors in a vulnerable state.