A look inside IIT Guwahati

The faculty-to-student ratio for the first years is not that good, considering everyone is taught the same courses for the first year. People are generally divided in generally 4 divisions where each division has a strength of 250 people for 10-15 teachers. However, from 2nd year onwards, you have a much better student-to-faculty ratio. All of the faculty are highly qualified in their respective field and are excellent at their work including that of teaching. The term exams can be pretty much cleared with a week's worth of study before they begin.

The placements for IIT Guwahati are excellent, with 99% of people getting placed through college in my department. The MEDIAN salary of entire B.tech degree is 22lpa which is inargubaly one of the best in nations, and the MEDIAN salary of CSE department is around 36lpa. The highest package offered in 2023 was 2.4cr/pa to a 4th year in the CSE department.

The college coming under an institute of national importance receives a good amount of funding from the government of India itself and thus can provide with excellent infrastructure and facilities with an acceptable fee structure. Although, in the case of the current fees structure being expensive for classes, there are numerous scholarships that can be availed.

The college life is pretty fun and lots of fest are conducted all around the year, from the biggest including the likes of ALCHERINGA, TECHVINCE, and TECHNICHE (which also is the largest tech fest in north east india). The college provides access to large dedicated spaces on campus for the souls interested in sports for their personal and professional growth. The central library of the college is very well maintained with over 2lakh! books that can be borrowed by anyone and also provide a 24*7 connection to fast internet.

There are thirteen hostels in the campus, (10 for boys, 3 for girls). I only speak for my hostel although the facilities are pretty much same everywhere. For the first two years, we're given a shared room which includes, study table(s), almirah, and two beds. The mess food generally is very good(except maybe lunch times), if you're expecting mess food to be terrible, you're gonna be surprised! Some days, the taste is similar to that of restuarants!

The admission procedure for IIT Guwahati is through IIT-JEE(Joint Engineering Entrance Advanced). There is an eligibility criterion of a minimum of 75% in central or any other associated high school board in the 12th standard. One also needs to qualify for JEE mains before he or she is eligible for JEE advanced exam.