IGDTUW Revealed – A Glimpse into Campus Life, Career & Chaos.

For general category students like me, the yearly fee is around 1,50,000. This includes tuition fee, development charges, lab fees, exam fees, registration fees, and all that. In the first year, there's also a one-time caution money of5,000, which is refundable Now, for students from SC/ST categories, i dont have much idea but there are many scholarships and financial aid that are provided to them. Management quota students pay more than us.

Life on campus is a mix of chaos, fun, pressure, and a whole lotta memories. The social scene’s actually active considering it’s an all-girls college. We’ve got proper annual and tech fests— Taarangana (Cultural Fest) in Feb Innerve (Tech Fest) around Oct-Nov These are big events with celeb nights, open mics, tech expos, competitions There are tons of clubs—dance, drama, coding, literary, finance, entrepreneurship, and more. Okay infrastructure, this is where it’s a bit hit or miss. Labs have decent equipment and most classrooms have ACs installed now.

So I applied only through JAC Delhi, and honestly? I didn’t go too deep into applying everywhere else because I knew my focus was fixed on Delhi colleges. I didn’t want to leave the city, and I was only looking at places like DTU, NSUT, IIIT-D, and of course, IGDTUW. I chose IGDTUW ‘cause I was getting a good branch according to my JEE Main rank, and the placement stats looked strong, especially for girls in tech. Other colleges had higher cutoffs for the same branches and I didn’t want to settle for something random or not-CS related. So this was the best option that clicked. Admission process is all through JAC Delhi counselling. You need a valid JEE Mains score, and the cutoffs are different for Delhi and Outside Delhi categories. CS and IT close early, like always.

The faculty here is a mixed bag. Some professors are actually pretty solid—they explain things well, keep the lectures interactive, and if you show interest, they’re helpful and supportive. You can reach out through mail or after class and most will respond decently. But yeah, not everyone’s like that. Some just read off slides, rush through topics, or act annoyed if you ask basic stuff. The approachability depends on the prof tbh. Some will happily guide you with projects or doubts, while others act like they’re just waiting for the clock to hit the end of lecture. The faculty-student relationship is chill with a few, awkward with others. You’ll figure out early on which ones to vibe with and which ones to just survive through. Exams happen twice every sem—midterms and end terms, with some quizzes and assignments thrown in randomly. Internals matter a lot. If your attendance’s low or you miss submissions, you’re in trouble. Passing is not that hard if you study regularly, but failing does happen especially in tougher subjects like DSA or Maths. They don’t hand out marks for free. So yeah, the curriculum is okay, not amazing. You’ll learn stuff that matters, but a lot of the real skills come from what you do outside the syllabus.

It’s not one of those campuses where you’re out till 2 AM grabbing momos or vibing under fairy lights. IGDTUW's campus shuts down early, like 6-7 PM, and the library and cafeteria both close before it’s even dark. And yeah, hostel in-time is 8 PM sharp, no matter how chill the evening’s feeling.