Delhi Technological University: All that glitters is not always gold

Course curriculum had been revised in this semester and honestly for good. It includes all the necessary 21st century skills and technologies like AI, CyberSecurity and IOT along with several interesting Core subjects in core branches. Irrelevant courses like Mechanical in IT have been removed which is honestly genius.

DTU is very well known for its placements and internships. Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Atlassian visit it several year with high CTCs. Students are eligible for oncampus interns from 3rd year onwards.The pfficial stats arent out so the total number of companies isnt sure. The highest last year was 85lpa offered by Atlassian while companies like Google offered 65lpa. They mostly recruited for SDE1 and the percentage is very fluctuating as it depends on the branch. Tech branches have really good numbers like 75-85% while for core engineering branches it is about 60%. I plan to work and gain some experience as SDE in a reputed company then MBA.

I paid 2,47,700 inr for the first year and 2,68,700 in second year then 2,86,700 in third year and then finally 3,06,700 in fourth and final year. This is the total fees and out of it Tuition fees is 1,63,00 for first year and 84700 is the extra curricular, lab, alumni and examination component. For General, EWS, OBC this was the fees scheme while for SC and ST tuition fees is waived off so they will have to pay non-tuition component only. The scholarships available are NSP scheme which offer scholarships for reserved classes. Along with that there is E-District scholarship, Dell Aspire Scholarships and fee waivers offered by DTU for meritorius students every year.

DTU has a vibrant campus life which has various extracurricular societies, clubs and various fests take place. Although this year, frequency of fests have decreased due to some reason. As of societies, I am a part of Debating Society, Content Writing Society called Sahitya. Fests like Yuvaan, Aahvan, Engisfest take place in usually December-February frame. Library is technically and literary rich with all form of docs and books academic or non-academic come handy. It has a great architecture I must say.

I gave JEE mains and Advanced and qualified both. I applied to IITs and NITs, IIIT Delhi,DTU and NSUT. After all the filtering I was left with mid NITs, New IITs, IIITd DTU and NSUT. I wasnt getting CSE in NIT and IIT so I didnt prefer them. I was confirmed for IT in NSUT and CSAI in IIIT D and IT in DTU. But IIITD is a very expensive college so I didnt choose it. Narrowing down my choices I was left with NSUT and DTU after which I chose DTU because of its bigger brand value, proximity to my home and higher alumni network.

Faculty student ratio is a bit messed due to high student intake, but approaching teachers individually is fruitful. Our Mathematics faculty is really good who is one of the few teachers we saw in the first sem, really into his subject and being a senior proffesor was a very enthusiastic teacher. A few teachers are there who wouldnt give marks if we write self formatted answers and will be marked only if you write fron their PPTs. Exams are moderate with two exams midsems and endsems held every semester. You need to score 21+ in the theory papers to pass and around 5-8% of students may get backs in these. Course structure is very relevant and has courses related to 21st century skills like AI, Cybersecurity etc.

No there were no GDs or Interviews for Btech admissions. But There will be Interviews for admissions into streams in which admissions are through CUET. Like for BS-MS, BBA, BDes and MBA. For Btech we just needed to give JEE Mains and pass it with a decent rank.

I am a Day Scholar so I may not be the one to perfectly describe the nightlife. But there are many places to hangout. Be it OAT and Clock tower, the iconic monument signifying DTU. Then we have Sports complex, Lush greenry, Parks throughout the campus. There are enough places to hangout. Hostel timings I dont really know much. There is an open Gym, Various food plazas and canteens like Deltech, Hims, Dosa Plaza, Raj Soin etc.