A Brief Review of Jadavpur University , Kolkata

The curriculum is quite good and industry relevant . The focus is more on building of concepts and their application to solving real life problems , rather than rote learning and scoring marks. The curriculum is also flexible with elective subjects in the 3rd year . However , a few topics may a bit irrelevant that needs to be removed . The exams are held 2 times in each semester , midsems and endsems . Midsems are of 30 marks and cover 60% of the syllabus , while endsems are of 100 marks with full syllabus. They are a bit difficult due to application questions which require critical and out of the box thinking . Overall , the curriculum and exam structure is very good.

Various internship opportunities are available from the third year onwards. Companies like Microsoft , amazon , oracle etc for tech roles and core companies like bechtel , cesc etc for core opportunities take interns from our colleges.

The campus placements are very good . Our campus has a placement cell which assists the students in getting placements .Students become eligible for internships from 3rd year onwards , while the campus placements happen in the 4th year . Big MNCs and companies like Google , Microsoft , Oracle , Texas Instruments etc visit our college. For almost all branches , about 95% students get placed . The packages are quite good . The average and highest package for electrical department are around 10-11 LPA and 35-40 LPA respectively , with major recruiters being CESC , Texas instruments , Bechtel etc . The average and highest package for CSE department is 20 LPA and 65-70 LPA respectively . Year after year , the placemets at JU have been impressive.

The fees at Jadavpur University , Kolkata is very less. Due to this , its ROI (return of investment) is the best in India . For all courses (other than Information Technology) , the fees is around Rs. 3000 annually . The total fees for four years is just Rs.12000 and it includes all the tution fees , regisration fees , developement fees etc.

The campus is lively at all times . Cultural fests name is Sanskriti and happens each year during March. The techfest of the electrical department , Convolution , includes many interesting events and activities. These helps us to connect to students of different colleges and to grow our contacts. Our library is stocked with all necessary books , journals , research papers and other things. Football , cricket , badminton competitions are held each year. There are various clubs like Finance club , Photography club , astroscience club, Code club etc which help us to pursue our hobbies and passion along with the academics. The students also have a faculty and we take an active part in decisions taking place in the campus.

I tried to get admission to other colleges like IITs, NITs, BITS etc. I secured a rank of about 14k in JEE Advanced and 7k in JEE Mains but was not getting a suitable college+branch combination in the IITs and NITs. I secured a rank of 855 in WBJEE and easily got admission in the electrical department at JU. JU ranks 12 in engineering , 9 in universities and 17 in overall category as of NIRF 2024. It is also very good for placements and research opportunities .Also , fee structure is quite less and it is near my house , so was very suitable for me . The admission process was also a smooth one . We has to report at JU with necessary documents and we got a provisonal admission form . After successful fee payment , i got admitted in the electrical department of JU. Most students prefer the CSE or IT department due the high packages. The cutoff of CSE is 150 , IT is 400 , EE 1100 rank as of 2023 in JU based on WBJEE exam . So , it is quite competitive to get admission here.

The faculty is very helpul and skilled . The teachers are very learned and experienced in their respective fields and also have many contacts in the industry . They focus more on understanding and application of concepts , rather than mugging them up and scoring marks . The curriculum also includes the relevant topics needed in the industry . The subjects are a bit difficult and cumbersome , but are manageable. There are 2 exams for each subject in a semester , midsems and endsems . The midsems are of 30 marks and have about 60% syllabus , while endsems are of 100 marks with full syllabus . The exams are a bit difficult , as they are application based . However , most of the students pass the exams . Each semester generally has 6 subjects and 2 labs , all of which are relevant.