Pulkit Gupta's Review On Jamia Millia Islamia University-[JMI], New Delhi

From 2016, FET JMI started accepting JEE Main Scores as a criteria for admission. I took the JEE Main and scored 176. I opted for Jamia Millia Islamia since its a Central University and also because I got the stream of my desire- Computer Engineering.

The course curriculum requires you to study every course that you would ever require in your engineering. The focus is though less research, more rote. First year subjects include Basics of Mechanical Engineering (BME), Engineering Drawing (ED), Mechanical Workshop practice, Basics of Civil Engineering (BCE) etc. Though you won't be required to study all at once - different group of sections study only half of it per semester.

FET JMI does not provide internships. You can still get them off-campus though. The JMI tag would definitely help you get hold of some good internships off campus.

Placements in Computer Engineering (COE) are good, if not excellent. Over 90+ offers are received every year for a batch of just 70. Domestic packages as high as 15 l have been given ( Snapdeal) to COE students. Adobe ( 11.5 l) is also a regular on the campus. Though other core branches do not boast of the same record. Though packages as high as 15 l have been given to students of Mechanical Engineering(ME), dequate number of offers are not received. Branches like ECE and EE also face a similar shortage.

JMI is not a college of fests. As the atmosphere is academic oriented, so don't come expecting to see DU-styled concerts or larger than life fests. Though a lot of smaller fests are organised by College societies ( such as IEEE, CSI). For example, Encomium is am annual technical fest organised by IEEE JMI. Algo Rhythm is the annual festival of CSI JMI.

Since JMI is a central university, therefore, there's no dearth of funds. Thus, it translates to a very low annual fees for its students. For B.Tech course (first year) it's about 10,000 for the whole year. No additional charges are billed to you throughout the year.

Campus is clean, green and well maintained. Though FET is smallish ( about 45 acres), it still houses all the important buildings including a library, reading room and auditorium. Gender Ratio is about 1:7, which is not bad at all. A lot of cultural societies operate in JMI. Though my application for the same was not responded so can't give too much info on it.

Hostel seats are extremely limited and only a lucky few manage to get it. A two-way process, that includes a personal interview round is followed before hostel allotment is done. Economically weaker sections are given preference in hostel allotment. Hostel charges are approximately 30,000/ year ( including the mess).

Alumni network of JMI is humongous to say the least. Recently, JMI has also started making efforts to get the network go online. Seniors are moderately helpful and no sense of superiority is there in them. JMI is a ragging free campus due to this attitude of theirs. My interaction with seniors was a very pleasant affair.

Exams consist of the following : First Mid Semester, Second Mid Semester and finally the End Semester. Mid semester last for about 3-4 days while the end semester would last for upto 20-25 days. Lab exams last for another 3-4 days depending on your subjects. Exams are so designed as to be not hectic on you. Physics and chemistry lab exams, for example, are pretty chilled-out affairs and labs like Language lab, Mechanical Workshop are like walk in the park.

Faculty is highly qualified with many Professors assigned to you from first year itself. Nearly all of them have numerous research papers to their credit and command a good understanding of their subject. Though not all of them are necessarily "good teachers". Some just teach to complete the syllabus and this means that they will complete topics at breakneck speeds.