JU review

Ju is an unique blend of art, culture, technological innovation and academic excellence.

The course is relatively modern and there are subjects geared towards industry specific needs but these are usually in the final year by which time most students are already placed. There are no industry visits organized by the college. However there is a good atmosphere for undergraduate research as students are encouraged to work with professors on various projects as early as their second year.

This year our college was visited by Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Samsung R&D, wells Fargo, PWC, Synopsis, Texas Instruments and many other reputed companies. These companies usually hire both interns and full time employees. I secured an internship at Samsung R&D in my third year, and after the internship they made me a pre placement offer. Roughly 80% of the students sitting for placements get a job.

We host a technical fest "jontro tontro" and a couple of cultural fests. The cultural fests are called "sanskriti" and are hosted by the arts department and engineering department. The fests attract huge crowds from all over Kolkata. Both students and renowned bands and artists play in the cultural fests.

The fee structure is extremely affordable. It is so designed to make higher education available to economically backward students. The fees total roughly 20k for all 4 years of study which is very cheap.

I haven't opted for any scholarships or student loans but several of my friends have. The criteria for scholarships are low income and academic excellence.

The engineering streams are mostly male but the gender ratio is healthier compared to several top iits. However because of the arts and science streams the overall gender ratio on campus is roughly 50%. There are several clubs and societies one may join, like science club, photography club, chess club, code club. The campus is very diverse as it hosts people from a variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

The alumni network is quite extensive with passouts spread across various industries and countries. In my experience most of the seniors are very helpful.

JU is the best university one can enroll in through WBJEE. The admission process requires the students to fill out a form applying for the WBJEE entrance. If you rank in the top 1200 then you get into one of the engineering streams in JU. The stream you get depends on the preference list that you have to provide during admission and your WBJEE rank. My rank was 234 and I enrolled in ETCE dept which was my second choice after CSE. There are 3 rounds of counseling. Each round sees some students opt out of JU which creates vacancies that are filled rankwise. So there is a chance one might get their desired department after all 3 rounds despite having a lower rank. There is also an internal round after admission where students can upgrade to the next higher choice in their preference list because of further vacancies.

The faculty consists mostly of elder professors with very few qualified young teachers coming in. My department has associate professors and tenured professors with the former being very few in number. All the teachers have phDs and some are quite renowned in their respective research domains.