Honest review of CU as a B.Tech student of ECE

The curriculum is useful for jobs in the industry which led me to opt for this course. The current trend in the industry is not covered in the curriculum. The curriculum should be updated ragularly to match the industry statndards(which is not updated). The frequency of exams are high with hard difficulty.

In 6th sem students get time to go for intership and stipend depends on where they land their internship. During that time students can opt for a mini project which will act in their benefit later on.

Students become eligible for campus placement from 7th sem. From 2024 placements SMS group, PWC, TCS Digital, Airport Authority of India etc. Around 50% from ECE opted for placements other opted for higher studies. My plans are to apply for jobs.

As it CU is a state university it is quite affordable for students to pursue studies here. For B.Tech the fees is around 40k for the full 4 year course. To enroll themselves in the B.Tech curriculum one must pass the wbjee exam- During wbjee councelling 5k is paid which is then adjusted in the 1st semester fees. So for 1st sem- Tution fees: 5k (paid during councelling) Library fees: 800 Lab fees: 800 Athletic fees: 5 Union fees: 5 Magazine fees: 5 Studnets' Aid funf: 5 Students' Health home fees: 2 Identity Card fees: 50 Total = 6772 And for next 7 semesters- Tution fees: 3000 Lad fees: 1500 Athletic fees: 5 Union fees: 5 Magazine fees: 5 Students' Aid fund: 5 Students' Health home fees: 2 Total = 4522 Total fees for 4 years = 6772 + 4522x7 = 38426 rupees (without hostel)

No technical or annual festivals are celebrated here, there is one sports fest but that's it. The libraries are vast and old the range of books are huge. In our dept most classrooms have smart boards and many have projectors. There are some clubs which are totally student-run but they are quite inactive.

I had applied to JU and GCECT, GCELT. I was accepted in GCECT and GCELT for CSE and other brances but opted for CU ECE because of its reputation and future scope. I didn't clear the cutoff for JU Instrumentation. To get in the college one must clear the wbjee exam and follow through the councelling process. Cut-off depends changes every year quite the year when i took admission in ece it was around 1.8k.

In our dept we have mentors for every students, faculty to students ratio is quite great and they are very easily approacable. Dr. Sumitra Mukhopadhyay is my mentor and she is very friendly and easily approachable, Dr. Nikhil Ranjan Das is one of the senior-most and respected professors in our department, his classes are very insightful and very easy to understand. Dr. Debatosh Guha's experience working in the industry and easy to understand classes are also quite good. There are 2 midsems in our dept and the difficulty is medium to hard in most cases. Around 10% of the students fail.

No gyms are there food in cafeterias are cheap but quality is not upto standard in mos of them, there is a park in the middle of campus and there is one ground. It is in the heart of kolkata so many places are there around campus one cannot even travel all the places in their 4 year time and roads are always busy even at night as it is quite near sealdah station.