A comprehensive Review of Vellore Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh

The curriculum is quite up to date. It does focus on real life application and implementations of topics. Questions in exams are application based questions, making the exams both challenging as well as requiring students to understand the concept rather than mugging up theory. But there should be more teaching hours for a lot of courses as they seemed rushed. Exams are conducted every 1 and half months with weightage as follows: Continuous Assessment Test 1 - 50 marks (15% weightage). Continuons Assessment Test 2 - 50 marks (15% weightage) Lab Final Assessment Test - 50 marks (40% weightage) (If Lab component is there) Final Assessment Test -100 marks (40% weightage)

University tries to provide interships to as many people as possible. Companies that had offered interships are Adobe, Uber, Accenture, Sleepwell, etc. Those who are not able to do an interships can complete the credits offered for interships by doing capstone project.

Students become eligible for placements for 3 year 2nd Sem. Placements are centralised for all campuses of VIT. This year as of yet 10,000 offers has been given by 407 companies. Last year 82% of students got placed from VIT AP with an average CTC of 7.8 lakhs.

The current tuition fees for me is 304,000/yr since I got admission in category 2. The fees structures varies based on which category you get your admission in. The fees structure based on each category for B.Tech courses are as follows: Category 1 - 195,000/yr Category 2 - 304,000/yr Category 3 - 402,000/yr Category 4 - 445,000/yr Category 5 - 490,000/yr One time caution deposit for all category (refundable) - 3000 The fees category is based on the VITEEE rank and VITEEE Counselling. This fees is fixed once admission is completed, it doesn't change

The annual cultural and sports fest is called VITopia held around February and the annual tech fest is called VTAPP held around December. Journals and books in the library are available for every student of the university for free of cost. Each classroom is wifi enabled with projectors. The indoor and outdoor sports facilities of the university is also extensive. Clubs and chapters are also quite active with over 250 clubs.

The hostel room is a 4bed Non AC room (I opted for it). Each person has a bed, table, chair, cupboard, charging port, personal light and a ceiling fan. The food quality is acceptable but could be much better. Hostels are based on hostel counselling which is based on NCGPA ranking. rented rooms and PGs are available in Inavolu, Mangalgiri and Vijaywada.

VIT is a well known brand, is much better than most other institutes out there in India. My preference was Chennai - Vellore - AP but I was getting much higher categories for both Chennai and Vellore campus. Thats why I joined AP campus.

The faculty members in the university are experienced, and although some of their teachings might not be that clear, but they are well qualified in their field. The faculty to student ratio varies for department to department. For CSE, its 1:65. The faculties that I like: Dr. Anshul G. - Due to their enthusiastic way of teaching, approachable behavior, and kind heartedness. The faculties that I dislike: Dr. RMP - Although they are knowledgable, they are not approachable and don't respond kindly to students. Exams are moderate to Hard. You atleast need to study for 3 days before exams, and that too if u have paid attenion in classes. The % of students who fail to clear a course varies greatly from courses to courses. The course curriculum is quite relevant.

Hostel intime for both girls and boys (UG and PG) is 8:30pm. The university is absolutely safe to roam around even at night. There are a lot of good hangout places but the most famous one is Food Street.