A complete guide about RBU

The curriculum was fulfilling, tough, and interesting and covered almost all topics present in the PhD. I feel this curriculum has changed my way of observing things people and ideas. Sociology is a subject which covers almost all parts of society and is studied differently if not studied in proper structure as in stages, it might not be interesting or fruitful for the students. However, I would say this university and this department have incredibly designed the curriculum. One issue is there is that the gaps between each semester are too short. It became difficult in the fourth semester when the dissertation came as we had to balance completing our dissertation as well as each paper.

The fees are not paid yearly. It is rather paid per semester. Fees change based on different departments of charges. However, each semester I did not pay more than 2000 rupees. They take tuition fees of around 750 rupees,100 rupees for Registration fees,200 for admission fees and fees for other sections keep on changing. As it comes under Government universities, the scholarship programs are also government-initiated. Vivekananda Scholarship is available for students with more than 60% of marks in each semester. They pay 24000 rupees for the entire two years.

My campus life to be honest was not that active as I was too focused to work on my subject and as I said we had serious professors who were too regular in classes so I could not spend my free time after classes. However, the exhibitions, and programs were attended by me and my friends. However, the availability of books was not that good in the library.

I applied to Delhi University, Benaras Hindu University, University of Calcutta, and Kalyani University. In the first place, I couldn't get the minimum cut-off marks in the DU entrance. For BHU, I did qualify for the exams but due to some miscommunication, I couldn't go ahead. In the case of the other two universities, I heard better reviews about my university in case of professors, education culture and all. The admission process in simple. If you have the minimum cut off you can apply and then keep an eye on the website regularly after the deadline for the application. Once they upload the lists of selected students, you can take admission. If your rank is a little low then you can wait and keep checking the updated lists as some students might not take admission whose names are mentioned in the list so, in that case, the students from the lower ranks can take the place on the list.

My faculty was great. We used to have open space for discussion on topics, ideas and brainstorming sessions. Many good seminars were conducted by my department of faculty. However, the Arts Faculty as a whole was not too functional for sociology students. Faculty members were good in number but not good enough for the entire Arts department. The marking system is not that bad but the system of scheduling two written exams a day sometimes reduces the writing power in the second exam. In the case of the Professors of the sociology department, both permanent and guest lecturers were good at teaching, discussion, and coordinating. However, before I passed out, a few guest lecturers were recruited whose potential I am not aware of. Curriculum is apt for the future studies especially for PhD aspirants.