Jadavpur University Physics Department Review

Jadavpur is a very versatile place. It gives the best of opportunities and the worst of distractions. The political scenario of the place is more disturbed than other places. One has to take responsibilities for one's own actions more than in other colleges. One should have the eyes to discern what is good and what is bad. But yeah, the situation here is nit as bad as the media shows it is. Many people think that JU has very toxic seniors. It is wrong and the seniors are mixed in population. As a whole, one would get very mixed experience here.

I think the course is up to date and follows the recent system well. It follows the UGC recommendations for the coursework and is definitely robust. The new CBCS system was adopted recently and hence the whole course is divided into six semesters. The number of exams varies from semester to semester with weightage give in practicals too. Elective subjects have to be taken in first 4 semesters too. Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course has to be taken too.

Jadavpur is known for its placements - Engineering in particular. Considering the present crisis in job market, Jadavpur offers good placements in engineering - probably the best in West Bengal ( excluding IIT Kharagpur ). Arts department doesn't have good placements though. Oneof the best things is that no University or college offers placement and campusing for physics students in West Bengal, except for Jadavpur. Though very few students opt for campusing and most opt for higher studies. Nevertheless, JU has more than average placement in comparison to regular job market in India. PhD stipend in JU is low in comparison to other higher education institutions.

Fests and events are way too common at Jadavpur. On an average, there is some event in some department in every week. Science department organizes less events but arts department experiences many events where prominent alumni members and other honorary members attend them. First year students get 2 Fresher's welcome - one from their department and from the University. Political events are also way too common too.

Being a Public State University, the educational cost of studying here is almost zero. The cost is only in fooding and lodging of the students as most of them are attending the University here but their homes are far. There is no monthly fee. A semester fee of ?1000( not sure if this is the exact amount but it is quite close to this figure) is taken. Thus totalling to just ?2000 in an year.

University itself does not offer loan facilities. In case a student can prove his financial hardships, University relaxes the semester fees of the student. Moreover, alumni scholarships are available for students (the amount is not fixed). In science stream, many students get DST Inspire, one of the best scholarships under Central Government. JBNSTS senior scholarship is also common amongst JU science and engineering students.

Cultural and extra- curricular activities are some of the strongest points of Jadavpur University. The University hosts Inter-departmental football, cricket and other sports competitions. Good performers are shortlisted for the University teams in different sports. In fact, many students come to study at Jadavpur University on the basis of Sports quota. Debates, extempore, speech and other competitions are also common at Jadavpur. National level prizes are common in this regard. Laboratories are some of the best in India, if not world. The geolgy department is exceptionally well- equipped and funded by Central Government. Many other Central Government funded laboratories are present too.

Jadavpur University has students across the whole whole world and even our Professors have a good network. We do get help from seniors when we need it. The seniors even help to get to know the campus qnd about the exam pattern. Contrary to what others think, the seniors of Jadavpur University do not heckle the students (except the day of fresher's) and are easily approachable. Yet, there are seniors those who would try to persuade the students to join politics. That is something to be wary of.

I had to apply for the course in the official website of Jadavpur University and fill up the online form. The form takes 30-45 minutes to be filled up. A application fee of ?150 had to be paid. The merit list was set on the basis of class 12th marks. We had to appear for final counselling and document verification on the date they mentioned and were admitted on the day of counselling.

Jadavpur University has one of the finest faculties is entire West Bengal. It is known for its engineering faculty but excels in Physics too. Being a student of Physics, I am quite happy with the faculty as they are quite helpful and easily approachable. Having more than 20 permanent professors us in itself a testament of the robustness of the faculty. Other departments have strength too as this is a very old Institution.