Vaishnavi Raghavan's Review On SRM University Vadapalani Campus, Chennai

I wrote all the standard engineering entrance examinations which every aspiring engineer gives after 12th grade. JEE MAINS, BITSAT, VITEEE,etc I was mostly aspiring for Private Universities like SRM, VIT, Manipal University etc. My score in the VIT exam proved useless as i would not get the course i desired.

Course structure is a little different than the regular colleges. First year has subjects from every discipline and is mandatory for everyone. ( i even had Biology). 2nd year onwards there is a focus on your core subjects. There is an option to choose from various Department and Open Electives every semester.

The curriculum encourages the student to undergo at least one internship before the 3rd year ends. There are some companies which come for offering internships at the end of third year(Samsung, Amazon etc.) but the tests are really hard to crack and only very few students actually end up bagging those.

Almost everyone gets a job in the end. SRM makes sure to provide ample opportunities for every student irregardless of their academic performance. The computer science department has the best placements.The top companies offer very high paid jobs(7L+) but their tests are equally hard to crack. All the IT giants visit (Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, Wipro etc.) with the average salaries starting around 3 Lac p.a.

The vadapalani campus is the least expensive when compared to the other campuses. It stands around 150000 per year plus an extra 15000 for career development(which is one subject we have every semester where students are prepped up with skills essential for placements like public speaking, etiquette, quants etc).

Scholarships are provided for top 3 scorers in the department (fee waiver). Also it provides scholarships based on caste, Physical disabilities etc.

We have labs for 2 to 3 subjects every semester and each lab goes for around 3 hours. It is pretty fine as long as you finish your work on time(easy to do). Exams are a little hectic because we have exams at the end of almost every month. That's the only time you have to work really hard. But a little bit of smart studying will do the trick.

I scored a decent score in the SRMJEE entrance examination and scored a rank of 20000. I was called to attend the counselling in the SRM Main Campus located in Katangalattur (Chennai). You'll be made to sit in their gigantic auditorium where there will be screens which would display the number of vacancies in every available course. You'll be called in according to your rank.

All of them are well qualified and are pretty chilled. Some of them are really helpful. Some of them are not. In the end, your capability to self study( or a helpful friend) is all that is gonna matter. More you progress, more lenient they are. Partiality is not an issue faced my students.