Education with Fun Campus life!

I applied for mechanical engineering in 1. National Institute of Technology 2. Manipal Institute of Technology The reason I did not get into NITs is that, since I am not an Indian, I had to get into one via SAT Subject tests. Even though I was getting mechanical in almost any NIT, the fees were almost 8 lacs higher for me than MIT (or even BITS if I had applied in it after getting suitable marks). Therefore, I took admission to MIT, which was my backup college. I had given MET in which I got a rank of 6284. I got mechanical engineering in the first round itself (General category, since it is all merit based). I guess the cutoff in the last round was 19000. I had heard a lot of good things about mechanical engineering in Manipal. I am about to finish my first year, and though we had our year mostly via online classes, the one month offline classes and experience gave us a brief idea about the campus. The workshops are massive, and the faculty of the mechanical branch is pretty good too.

I always wanted to choose mechanical engineering for my love of machines and cars. We generally have nearly 90 students in a class (rooms are pretty big). Since it was covid this year, the offline classes hardly had 45 students in a class (sections were divided into 2). Mechanical faculty is actually pretty good, and many teachers have a good way of teaching. Faculty from other branches are also pretty good (like physics, electronics etc.). We have quizzes and assignments pretty frequently (weekly) and midterms and end sems every 2 to 2 and a half months. Offline exams were not that hard. Passing is not at all difficult. Online exams though have a higher difficulty level.

Internships can be done from the first year itself if anyone wants to via sites like Internshala etc. There are student projects such as formula Manipal, Moto Manipal etc which help in building up the resume, CVs etc.

If I'm not wrong, campus placements start from the 3rd year. Companies include Daimler, Bosch and many others. I'm not sure about the number of offers though, it is available on the main website. The highest package every year is above 40-45 lpa ( I guess it is for CSE). Not sure percentage, but many students also go for higher studies. I plan to go for higher studies.

For mechanical engineering, the fees for first year is 325000 and from the next year onwards it is around 430000. So, for 4 years, it is around 16 lacs. I heard that we get scholarships for people who have a rank below 5k in MET, and also scholarships for the people with lower economic status (needs to apply for and an exam needs to be given). Many people go for internships in 3rd year.

This is probably one of the best areas of Manipal. The campus life at Manipal is just phenomenal. Clubs and student projects are plenty and helpful. Social life is pretty awesome too. There are sports grounds, complexes, pools etc. Classrooms have speakers all over to amplify the teacher's voice. Very well maintained classrooms and infrastructure. The Library is also pretty big, many research papers are also available. There is also a library site for accessing papers and books online.

Hostels are of different kinds. The old ones with common washrooms and new ones with attached washrooms and more privacy. Anyways, hostels are pretty well maintained. Messes and food courts are also pretty good, with decent quality food at almost all times. Registration is done through the hostel site (hostel.manipal.edu). As far as affordability is concerned, prices range from under a lac to almost 1.7 or 1.8 lacs including mess. I currently live in Hostel 5, which is one of the older blocks with common washrooms and higher affordability.