Sharda University - The world isn't here and you shouldn't be either

Official Curriculum: Good What was actually taught: Just horrible We were taught pre-ANSI C in the first year We were taught outdated DOM APIs in WebDev classes that were deprecated and strongly recommended against We were taught Java 1.8 instead of modern Java and a lot of times the teachers insisted that the syntax I used was incorrect even when the code was compiling and running in front of their very own eyes with the same syntax in place.

I was on a 60% scholarship program for the first 3 years and a 40% for the final 4th year. The regular course fees waa 2.16L + ~10% fees yearly I paid around 80K I also paid 55K and 60K for transportation via the private school bus in the second and third years since I was travelling from South East Delhi to Greater Noida, KP-III.

Students clubs and the people part of it were good. However, even though the student club was headed by a fellow student, almost all extra curriculars we tried to arrange were impeded by management officials. People in the Uni were not friendly towards foreigners (the likes of African immigrant students, or Afghan or Kashmiri students) and the attitude towards women was unacceptable. Female students recieved different levels of respect and kindness depending on how conventionally attractive they could be deemed. Unattractive women were the target of many derogatory or mean jokes and conventionally attractive women were often treated with pretend politeness, and unwarranted generosity. Students also often engaged in ganging up against other students who did not have the same level of connections and riches as some of the other students. Students who did not bow down to the student goons were often threatened and on some rare occasions, hit or abused. Teachers were often concerned with students' personal lives such as what they wear or if they're engaged in relationships. This was especially true in B.Tech. for female students.

I wasn't planning to stay here. Sharda University is an institution which, outside of Sharda, is known for "hariyali" which is simply a misogynist and perverted way of referring to rich party girls that tend to do humanities courses here. The university is not only known for its terrible culture of predatory behavior towards female students, it is also known for hooliganism, students who are sons or daughters of politicians or local road goons.

More often than not, we students didn't have specialized faculties for each subject. Lecturers were overworked by forcing one teacher to give lessons on completely unrelated subjects that may not even be their specialty. A lot teachers disliked certain subjects more than others and the difference in their understanding, teaching style and overall performance was clear as day between different subjects. Although, I will say, most lecturers were good, humble people and were very likely to be cooperative with students - especially lecturers not serving at higher management positions.

I did not participate in night life. Having experienced the "day life" where it was a mix of cat calling, SA, and hooliganism, I was not particularly excited about the night life. If I had to guess, it is probably even worse.