Good College with Good Placement statistics but cut-throat competition.

The admission procedure in Chandigarh University is quite simple, you just have to call any of the available Admission helpline numbers on their website and the rest of the procedure will be taken care of by one of the Admission executives. Other than that, you can also register yourself on the website or by going to the university admission desk physically. The eligibility criteria are pretty simple, you must have passing marks in 12th Boards and nothing else. If you have a decent score then you will get admission here. Although, there are a variety of processes by which you can avail yourself of scholarships during your admission. One of them is the entrance exam also known as CUCET. Application fees are nominal 1000 rupees and you can book your seat in university by paying Rs.10,000.

I will talk about each of the things separately, first, let's talk about curriculum. So, I am pretty disappointed with the curriculum but it's not the fault of the college. The standard curriculum set b the Education Department is very old and I feel not par with the current industry demand. You will have to do that part by yourself, need to study by yourself. Next about faculties, in one sentence, they are decent. There are some teachers who really work hard and try to do their best by helping each and every student. Most of the teachers have enough knowledge and educational qualifications to help you out throughout the year, but to perform better than others and stand apart from the crowd, you will have to work hard by yourself. Now, talking about exams, so exams in CU are pretty frequent. Every month you will face an examination for sure. There are 2 MST and 1 End Sem Examination in a semester of 4 months. So, you will be occupied with your examinations the whole semester.

There are some companies that take students for internships from the college, but most students do their internships on their own. The student community is strong in the sense of helping each other for GSOC and other hackathons. University provides training programs during the summer and winter vacations also known as Institutional training with collaboration with companies. This program helps the students also a lot.

There are a huge number of companies visiting the college. According to official data, approximately 650 companies visited the college last year. And as a fact, most of the students are placed(approx 95% of students who sit in placement drives). But, one thing that must be mentioned is that most of the students placed don't get a great amount of salary. The average salary is nearly 4.5 lakhs. And just 8-9% of students get a salary of more than 6-7 lakhs. So, I can easily say that there is a cut-throat competition in this college. Talking about companies, the best companies visiting are Microsoft, Google, Adobe. And companies taking the most number of students are TCS, Wipro, etc. The highest package offered last year was 36 lakhs and the lowest offer data is not available but should be around 2.5-3 lakhs. As for internships, you will have to find them on your own, but college support students doing internships as much as they can.

The fee structure of the CU is as follows: Semester Fee: 80,000 per semester, Hostel Fee: 90,000 per year, Examination Fee: 2,000 per semester. So, the total cost comes out to be nearly 10,16,000 rupees. But, there are many ways to avail scholarships at CU. I will mention some of them. First of all, as I mentioned previously, there is an exam called CUCET at the time of admission and it offers up to 90% scholarship on semester fees to the students. Another way is by JEE-Mains. Even if you have a percentile above 90 in JEE, you can avail of a scholarship from 10-100% depending upon your rank. Another way is by 12th boards, students having about 90% in boards will get a 10% scholarship. And the last way is by scoring above 9 CGPA in the semester examination will get you a 10% scholarship. Of course, to maintain any of the above scholarships you will have to score above 7.5 CGPA in all following semester examinations.

The infrastructure of the college is okayish. It is not great but will definitely not disappoint you at all. Labs and libraries are good. You will not lack any book/lab facilities at all. Classrooms are however a bit lower than expectations. Classrooms are made to accommodate 80-90 students and without a microphone facility for teachers, voice is nearly inaudible on the last seat. There is a dedicated complex for sports and that is pretty big and full of facilities. You will find gears for nearly every famous sport. Also, there are gym facilities in every hostel. There are a lot of extracurricular activities going around in the college, from games to workshops to club activities. Events and fest in college are good. They are large-scale and fun events. Many celebrities also visit the college at these events. Events are enjoyable. There are freshers and farewell parties also.

The college has hostel options as in 3 seaters, 4 seaters, and 5 seaters. Both AC and Non-AC rooms. There are single and double rooms also but mostly for foreign students. Facilities in Hostel rooms are quite normal, a bed, an almirah and study chair+table. Bathrooms are shared and mess in every hostel building. There are 3 hostels inside the campus(NC, LC, and Zakir) and one outside campus(Govind). Food in a hostel is like every other hostel. It's not too good, but not bad either. Somedays you will not like to eat the food at all, then you can always go to the canteens inside the campus. There are many canteens inside the campus. The hostel price is 90,000 per year for everything combined i.e. Hostel+Mess. Laundry facilities will have to be availed by yourself. The hostel can be booked by sending a mail to the Hostel Care Unit of the University. If you are looking for PG or rented room, then you have to look outside the campus. There are rooms from just outside campus till Kharar.