Remarks
Admission is totally based on the ICAR UG examination. You have to score 350+ score out of 600 in the exam to be eligible for applying for this college. I was admitted in this course through the general quota. Counseling is conducted online by ICAR itself where if your marks reach the required limit you can apply for this college.
Course Curriculum Overview
I chose this course because agriculture has vast future prospects and industrial applications. PAU is one of the leading colleges in India for pursuing agriculture as a career. Here faculty and student ratio is 1:50. All faculty members in our college are well-qualified and they focus on research culture than normal lecture-based teaching. The course curriculum is revised when it's required. The course curriculum was last revised in 2016 to reach the advances in industries. There is a specially appointed mentor for a group of every 5 students. Semester exams are taken two times in a year and the passing percentage is 50%.
Placement Experience
Most placements are provided in the farm sectors by tractor and machinery manufacturers like John Deere, Escorts, Mahindra Agri etc. Almost 40% of students from our course got placed. The highest salary package offered is 8 LPA. Very less students opt to do internships in farm sector companies. Most of the students prefer industrial training.
Fees and Financial Aid
The fee structure is higher than other ICAR accredited agricultural universities to be honest. In my course, fees are appx. Rs. 130000 per year. Hostel and food charges are separately taken. I am a day scholar student so can't tell about hostel charges. Students who are from outside Punjab and admitted through ICAR get Rs. 3000 scholarship per month. Faculty members also give financial assistance to poor but meritorious students.
Campus Life
Lots of events, fests are held in our university campus throughout the year. Library provides a wide number of books and is packed with all relevant journals, materials. Classrooms are old and maintenance should be advanced. Wi-Fi facility is available at few and specific locations. Sports facilities are awesome as our university provides football ground, athletes track, swimming pool, basketball court, cycling velodrome etc. There is a special hospital with 3-4 doctors for medical assurance.
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