Review of Department of Microbiology, Dinabandhu Andrews College

Positive remarks - Location is good, well-connected by road and rail. Administrative staffs are good, faculties are well-experienced & provide the best guidance. No issues were faced by me during my graduation days. Negative remarks- Infrastructure can be improved, online options for fees payment and other office works (like exam forms, etc.) should be provided.

My course was microbiology. It's a three-year course with yearly exam pattern conducted by the university. The course has equal weightage for both theory and practical, the theory part is information-intensive and conceptual, with a deep focus on every aspect of microbiology. The practical part is also well-structured, starting from basic techniques to advanced ones. At present, the exam pattern & course structure has been changed to semester pattern, with two semesters each year, cumulating to six semesters in three years. The syllabus has also been changed by the university after our batch.

Since our college has only U.G. with no technical/industrial based courses being taught, hence, there is no opportunity of placement. However, graduate students may find jobs of their choice on their own efforts and hard work. Faculties may give recommendations and guidance as and when required.

Since it is a government-funded college, the fee is very low (as compared to other institutions) and feasible. It can be afforded by most students. Various scholarships are also awarded by the government which a student can avail. However, no course-wise scholarship is offered by the college separately.

All government scholarships are available. Any student can avail any of them. All required help for applying for these scholarships are heartily performed by the college authorities. No course-wise scholarship is offered by the college separately.

My departmental lab was well-equipped for all the experiments scheduled in our course. Other departmental labs are also good. Every year during winter, annual sports meet is organised by the university.

Alumni network is poor. We don't have any official social media group or something where all alumni can interact. It's purely based on personal connections. Alumni's are helpful enough. I have received good help and guidance from few alumni.

Admission is based on the merit of XII marks. Application is online-based, merit list is prepared based on marks. All eligible students are called for admission on a specific date. Admission for most subjects occurs on the same day. The admission process is long, it takes almost half a day (ends before evening). All mark sheets are verified by faculties of respective departments. If some seats remain vacant for a particular course, the second merit list is prepared and eligible students are called for admission on another day. All information regarding the admission process, course, fee structure, cut-off marks, merit lists, number of seats, etc. are updated regularly in the website during admission tenure.

Our college faculties are too good. They are all well qualified, best experienced and student friendly.Their method of teaching is so good that every student can understand well. Best guidance is definitely assured.