Tania Liza Ninan's Review On The Oxford College Of Engineering, Bangalore

Don't like the college management. They make stupid rules sometimes and make life kind of hard for us.

I took CET and NATA. Scored 104 in my NATA exam. My scores along with CET weren't that great so my options weren't many when it came to choosing colleges. After the counseling I took a look at this college and it didn't seem bad. People assured me that the HOD was a very smart and nice person and is sure to help this institution grow. I took feedback from a lot of students and finally came to a decision of joining this college. It was also very close to home and enabled easy commute so this was my best option.

There are no placements in our department. There have been no such visits from any companies. We've only had architects visit us to broaden our minds about the course but since there are no job placements there's not much else I can say in this column.

The college usually gives u holidays during festive season. No particular celebrations as such. Our department holds our own celebrations for days like Onam,Christmas,Ethnic day and so on. We love to learn about culture and we love to be involved in our department so we try our best to celebrate any tiny occasion whatever chance we get.

Since I got in through CET the yearly fees is not expensive. It is a reasonable amount of not more that 50k and is feasible. The management fee structures are quite high.

Competitions and tournaments happen throughout the year. We are allowed to participate in fests and other extra curricular activities. The B.Arch department is more lenient towards this and allows us to take part in NASA and other workshops for our betterment.

I haven't stayed in the hostel but I've been told it's not that great with strict rules. The girl hostelutes are not allowed to leave the campus after 4 and they are confined there most of the time. I'm not a hostelite so I can't speak much on the matter.

College is quite new so we have only one batch of Seniors. They are nice and helpful. When they joined, the college was very different. It lacked sufficient faculty for B.Arch and had limited knowledge on the course. Later on, once the college gained a name, we had better faculty.

Semester system. Internals every month. Drills our brain quite a bit. Definitely not chilled out during our final exams.

They're not as good as I'd hoped. We've got new teachers every year. It's hard to adapt. Some teachers don't know much and some are very good at teaching. Our teachers have changed every year so it's hard for us to maintain good relationships with them.