Remarks
The positive part is the college has a very disciplinary environment on campus. Some of the teachers are very helpful. Though some of them I found quite satisfactory. But the overall experience was good for me.
Course Curriculum Overview
The course curriculum is overall good. Total 6 streams are there Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Applied Electronics, Computer Science and Information Technology. Total 8 semesters are there distributed over 4 years. In each semester you have to appear for two internals and a one-semester exam for each subject.
Placement Experience
Academy of Technology maintains its fame by providing a consistent campus placement. Every year almost 80% of students are placed through campus placement. MNCs like TCS, Wipro, Mindteck, Mindtree, Oracle finance come to hire students every year.
College Events
There are many cultural events occurred every year in AOT. Those are Regatta - for freshers welcome, Techfiesta - a sports and cultural activity, Arcadia - an annual function of the college. Every year a celebrity comes to Arcadia.
Fee Structure And Facilities
1st semester - Rs.37500, 2nd semester - Rs.38000, 3rd semester - Rs.38500, 4th semester - Rs.39000, 5th semester - Rs.39500, 6th semester - Rs.40000, 7th semester - Rs.40500, 8th semester - Rs.41000.Note admission fee - Rs.25000, training fee extra - Rs.20000 to Rs.30000, semester exam fee - Rs.1200 per semester.
Fees and Financial Aid
There is a scholarship scheme Tuition Fee Waiver(TFW). In this scheme, you don't have to pay any semester fee. Others fee applicable.5% of students for any streams get this. Also, a half waiver scheme is there where half of the tuition fee or semester fee will be waived. Various banks come at the time of admission to offer loans.
Campus Life
Lab Infrastructure is quite satisfactory. Many of the electronic instruments are faulty. Sports activities are there Cricket, Football, Volleyball, technical bot games are there. Students enthusiastically participate in all these games. Also, the intercollege competition is there.
Alumni/Alumna
Alumni are requested every year to come and join the college annual function Arcadia. Most of them go and join the programs. They are also helpful in guiding the juniors in a proper way. In my case, I got a lot of help from the seniors.
Admission
You have to appear for West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination and secure a proper rank. Rank varied for different streams. So by securing a proper rank you can get admission to this college through the counseling process.
Faculty
Some of the faculty members are very knowledgeable and polite, they keep the wish to help the students in a proper way. Especially in exam times they are very helpful and discuss a variety of questions. But few are really poor and need to change their mentality towards teaching.
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