B.E - CSE from RVCE, Belgaum

RVCE is surely among the top 5 Engineering colleges of the region I live in and that's the reason I decided to pursue my Bachelor's degree here. The college is affiliated with VTU, Belgaum and runs under Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi. It is approved by AICTE & NBA and the college got 63rd place for B.Tech in NIRF 2019 rankings. Admission process at RVCE is quite simple, as you must have a valid score in KCET/COMEDK entrance for selection.

Engineering courses are the flagship one's and the college offers BE in 10+ branches. I did my B.E course in Computer Science and got a great experience. Our college had over 40 faculty members and most of them belonged to Engineering domains. The structure of the course makes students pretty busy and if you aren't really invested to revise regularly then it could be a problem when the Exams arrive. The course is of 4 year and total 8-semesters are included in the programme.

The Internships at RVCE are really good and I can certainly say this because I have experienced it by myself. The main thing in such work stints is the things you learn and the Skills you obtain. I had some objectives to join the internship round and I can say that I've ticked most of them through my work experience.

It is prominently the Placement that has given our college a name among Engineering colleges of our state. Our college recorded a whopping package worth INR 49 LPA for Engineering during 2020 placements while the average salary was INR 8.5 Lacs. Leading names that I remember seeing in the round were Cisco, Qualcomm, Deloitte, HCL etc. Both the highest and average package for our 2020 batch had improved from the 2019 batch of our college.

Fee structure is surely a disadvantage in this college but I would suggest that you can take this risk because the opt-out or placement opportunities are pretty good at RVCE. The college even helps eligible candidates with some fee concessions or Merit Scholarships. The total fee for the B.E-CSE program was INR 24 Lakhs, divided into annual shifts for the students

RVCE's campus is spreaded over 51 acres while the campus life of the college is filled with a lot of Events and Facilities. Our library included over 1.4 Lac books and various magazines & journals were also available there. Sports facilities, Cultural events and Technical activities were the most entertaining part of our college because it used to help us get some fresh vibes in the usual hectic schedule of the programme. Food court, Banking and internet facilities are also provided in our college.

Hostel services are available in the college at a large scale which is why 4 boy's & 3 girls hostels are provided by the institute. The annual charges for the facility was around INR 30,000 . Both mess and accommodation services in the college are good with all the basic needs being fulfilled by RVCE. If you want to get additional facilities in your room or the mess cuisine then you must pay some extra charges for them. However, I haven't lived in the college hostel during my Graduation.

As, I was from Karnataka itself, I had to appear for the KCET entrance exam while students belonging to other states must have scored a good score in the COMEDK entrance exam. The eligibility for the course is that students must have done their XII with a minimum of 65% marks from any recognised Education board.