Galgotias College Of Engineering & Technology- A complete review

The course curriculum consists of 5 theory subjects each semester (EX- Maths, physics,PPS, EVS, EE) and all the subjects have 5 chapters each.The subjects changes every semester and the first year syllabus for all the branches is same. In the successive years the syllabus modifies according to your branch. My branch is CSE-DS where I have to study the topics like DSA, DBMS, DAA, cloud computing , computer networks etc which are relevent for the real-world applications. Some improvments can be made in the course curriculum like old languages (eg-C) should be replaced with the more used languages like C++, Java etc. Also the subjects not related to the specific branch need not be taught to that student. The teachers must also come with real-world examples of the given topic and its usage. Also using technology more comprehensive and modern style of learning should be implemented. The exams occur roughly every 1-1.5 months along with the provision of extra classes based on the performance. The exams have timing slots - 10:00-11:30 or 1:00-2:30 (for 40 marks exam) and 10:00-1:00 or 2:00-5:00 (for 70 marks exam). The internal exam are of moderate level and mostly from pyq;s and class-discussed topics whereas the external exam is lengthy and moderately tough .

The college attracts some companies for interships. Major companies- coding ninja (SDE-intern) stipend-15-20 k JLL (front-end dev intern) stipend-approx 15 k expergo (SDE intern) Codesquadz etc. The students have to make projects on latest tecnologies using frontend, backend, fullstack, mern stack etc for web development and cpp, java , etc for software development. It may be like employee management kiosk, ticketing systems, cyber security, networking etc. the duration of internships vary from 3 months to 7 months depending upon the companies and role .

The college offers decent placements. There is a seperate placement cell with coordinators and teaching mentors who will help you get placement ready. The students become eligible for campus placement from 3rd year (5th semester onwards). List of some companies : CodingNinja, Capgemini, Infosys, Tcs, Maqsoftware, Soprasteria, Accenture, Paytm, Razorpay, Autodesk etc. Number of offers made varied from 1 to even 200(mass recruitment) Highest Package last year- 39 lpa (Autodesk) Average Package- 5 lpa percentage of students getting placed: 80-85% After getting my degree I would try to get a campus placement in a product based company where I can hon my skills and can make my sincere contributions.

The annual fees of this college for all branches of b.tech is Rupees.115603/- in 1st year. The annual fees for all branches is successive years (2nd , 3rd & 4th) is Rupees.109603/-. The fee structure is as follow: Tution fee=109603/- Application fee= 1000/- (To be paid only once at the time of admission) Security fee=5000/- (To be paid only once at the time of admission) ID card fee=1000/- (one time, if lost re-apply fee=500/-) The AKTU exam fee is Rs.7500/- annually. The students admitted through counselling (UPTAC) can avail UP govt. scholarship. The students admitted through FW(fee wavier) quota seats have to pay Rs.6000/- only for complete course of 4 years. All other students (UP domicile) can apply for UP govt. scholarship if- For SC/ST- Annual income of family<250000/- For others- Annual income of family<200000/- The scholarship amount varies according to the category and annual income from Rs 60000 to Rs.90000.

The overall experience of my campus life is quite soothing. There are many annual fests and programmes which takes place all around the calender. examples of some fests: Dandiya nights (october) freshers party(november) farewell (march) Concerts(december or january) Internal hackathons(Sept-oct) The central library has a vast resources and all categories of books available for students. Anyone with college ID can get the books issued for a max of 15 days in one term. All the classrooms have smartboards and ACs installed for students, The smartboards are very helpful for storing notes and video lectures . The campus is very engaged in sports and often acts as a host for state level and zonal level sports competitions. The sports offered include Cricket, Football , Atheletics , Basketball, Badminton , volley ball etc. Also every year our college players tops the medal charts and earn a lot of medals. There are many social clubs like - Eco club, rotaract club , coding club etc. which regularly organise seminars , competitions , activities for students to encourage their extra-curricular skills.

I had applied in - GL Bajaj (greater noida) Abes engeneering college(ghaziabad) HMR institute (Delhi) I chose this college based on a comparative analysis of all the parameters (Affordability, Location , Placements, Alumini reviews , campus life etc). This college was relatively affaordable as compared to other colleges which I had applied for. The campus life and vibe of this college is better with more clubs and co-curricular activities. Its loaction is very near to the metro/bus services and has a campus area of about 19 acres. The placements of this college was better than most of the otheer colleges I had applied for. I did not get rejection from any college I had applied in , I just chose this college on the basis of my comparative analysis. ADMISSION PROCESS- 1) Management quota: The admission is based on class XII merit and first come first serve basis. You first have to apply on college website then you recieve a provisional admission letter . After recieving the letter you have to pay rs.25000/- within one week. Then, in july if you get into the provisional merit list , you have to come to the college with all your documents for physical verification and fee payment. 2) UPTAC councelling: The 1st 3 rounds of councelling are only for JEE mains and UP domicile students. The subsequent rounds are for XII MERIT/ CUET/ JEE MAINS. The cutoff for btech cse for general category in jee mains is about 80-85%ile. Most of the students (85%) are from councelling and rest 15% from management quota. The overall admission process is lengthy with a long list of documents required at the time of admission.

The faculty to student ratio is about 1 is to 50. Most of the professors are easily approachable and encourages students to have all their doubts cleared. Some of the faculty are really impressive (for eg- Dr. Nitesh Kr Singh, Dr. Virendra ) and their teaching style is very student-friendly and approachable. Course Structure- Each semester consists of 5 subjects Each subject consists of 5 units The labs are considered separately and their exams are separately taken by aktu Exam system:- 1.Internal Exams- CAE-1 (40 marks) syllabus-2 units CAE-2 (40 marks) syllabus- Next 2 units PUT (70 marks) full syllabus 2. External exams- AKTU semester end exams-70 marks (full syllabus) The internal exams are of moderate level and mostly comes from the pyq's and class discussed topics. The external exam is from moderate to tough level . Around 10-15% of the students fails to clear the exams and have to complete the backlogs in next years exam. The course curriculum is same for all branches in 1st year and has a mix of relevent and non-relevent courses. Some of the syllabus is outdated and not in use.

The college location is very appropriate and open. The college is in knowledge park at just 100m from the metro station. The area is full of colleges and hostels/pg with students roaming everywhere. In the opposite side of college is the expomart with all kinds of cafe and resturants like mcdonalds, kfc , pizza hut , starbucks etc. There are private hostels/pg and flats for accomodation with bus and tiffin services. The campus-hostel has both AC and non AC rooms , play area , mess etc. The hostel last entry time is 10pm. The library remains open from 9 am to 6 pm from monday to saturday.( on exam days till 10 pm and open on sundays) hangout places near hostel: Expo center, pari chowk , vennice mall, jagat farms , noida sec 18 , advant etc.