Review of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India

Aligarh Muslim University is one the best across India in terms of overall every aspect. The latest national ranking showcases AMU to be under the Top 5 central Universities. Overall academics and social life are the best I've ever experienced during my whole lifetime. Although, placement sections are continuouusly showing much greater results than recent years. Students from every part of India are enrolled at AMU, even students from International countries like Egypt, Yemen, Saudi, UAE, Indonesia and more get admit here too on a large scale. Now, one can easily guess the cultural diversity and unity found in AMU. Trust me, you won't regret a single second at AMU, whether it is academics, social life, research, or placements. The admission forms usually start by the end of the February, while most of the entrance exams are seen between April, May and June, since there are over 100 departments and many faculties. You can find more details on the the University's official site: amucontrollerexams.com and amu.ac.in. I strongly recommend you to apply at AMU.

Faculty members and Professors also quite high profiled and caring towards the students as even most of the profs at every department are doctorates, post-doctorates from AMU, IITs and numerous International Universities. The course curriculum is quite updated as per the CBCS system and follows the latest teaching method with totally modern AC equipped classrooms and engagements of latest techs like projectors and smart boards for teaching. The exams are timely and following the course curriculum and academics would let one to score good score, although working hard is a must everywhere for every student to score good.

Many have been selected for numerous internship with stipends programs through AMU' Traning and placement Cell. Moderate and higher corporates and companies usually visit the campus like Chegg, Wipro, TATA, TCS, and many visit AMU every year.

The placements and job opportunites are continuously improving as the TPO cell is inviting more and more multi national companies during the last recent years. Internship Opportunities stand the same. Many undergraudates and graduates grab a wholesome amount of packages. Although, the ratio of placements are not at the peak, but continuously increasing with time. Almost equal number of students after their Bachelor's get selected in the companies and many goes for Master's and higher education.

Fees are quite low as compared to any other institute, even one of the lowest. Hostel fees are also quite low. Even so, many external scholarships are available are announced frequently for students looking for any sort of financial assisstance.

Overall life at the campus is amazing. Social life is quite exquisute inside and outside the campus as there are many things to enjoy and explore across University. There are numerous clubs open to every student looking for engagements in such activities, whether is sports, drama, literature, softwares, robots, codings. Even many clubs are associated with prestigious companies like Google, IEEE, and many more are present for every interested student. The overall infrastrucutre is one of the most eye-soothing part of the university as the aesthetic of every single building and department is unique in its own way along with the essence of nature and greenery adds even more beauty to the campus. The classrooms are well equipped and maintaied with high techs like projectors and smart boards. AC classrooms along with NON-AC ones are there, additionally, huge conference rooms in each department are also there.

Students are assigned a Hall, which is further divied into several hostels. Hostel rooms are good and almost every facility is provided within, ranging from laundary, wifi, sweeper facility, newspapers and more. Dining Halls are also present at enough walking distance, proper water filters are provided as well. The quality of meal is fine enough to go with, but the menu is quite great as they provide variety of 3 time-meals over the week. Sometimes, students are not able to get hostel rooms during the first year of their enrollment, so it is suggested to look for some PGs or rooms near the department. The best localities for PGs near hostel are Chungi, Zakaria, Dodhpur, Shamshad and Medical Road.

Written Test, usually MCQ based questions are asked in the entrance exam. The exams attracts many students across the country, so one needs to be prepared good enough to score the cut-off marks to get admitted.