Life of An Engineer In KIIT

The course curriculum consists of the core subjects related to the course and an additional of 1 or 2 elective subjects plus 2 or 3 laboratories. Most of the subjects are based on applications of the course subject rather than blatantly memorizing the topics . The areas that could be touched upon however is the allotment of course credits for certain subjects . Exams are held in 2 phases - mid semester consisting of 20 marks and end semester consisting of 50 marks .

Various companies like Infosys , TCS , Wipro , Cognizant have come for offering internships. The internships technically take place during summers and usually are conducted for about 45-60 days where students are taught new skills . The internships maybe paid or unpaid but nevertheless students should apply for them. Internships help during job interviews where the job interviewers look into the no of internships a students has done during their academic course .

Placements usually take place during the 3rd and 4th years . Placements are taken care of by the KIIT Placement Cell . For getting placed first students have to got through placement exams where based on their exam score they can sit for interviews conducted by different companies . The average package offered is anywhere between 3 lakhs per annum to 10 lakhs per annum although there are students who get much higher packages than that. KIIT strives to provide 100% placement although students getting placed also depends on their individual skills . After getting called for placements students can opt for either job interviews or going for higher studies .

The fees is relatively same for all B.Tech courses and vary for others . Scholarships upto 4 lakhs are provided to students who have been ranked top 1000 in the entrance examinations . Internships start around the end of 2nd year and companies come for placement from the 3rd year and students are allowed to sit in the placement exams based on their CGPA .

KIIT is a place for different technical societies such as KRS (KIIT Robotic Society) , KES and other societies such as debate society, animal society . There is the central library consisting of books of all the various departments and where all students can go to study and the department library for students of each department . Sports are also favored by KIIT where students are rewarded for their participation.

Most of the rooms in KIIT Hostels are well maintained and the air conditioned rooms are suited better for summer months . The food varies from hostel to hostel. Hostels where 3rd and 4th year students reside the food is significantly better whereas in freshers hostel the quality of food is bad . In some hostels food poisoning has affected the health of students and also affected the morale of the students towards the hostel. The menu is more friendly to vegans as non veg food is basically non existent when compared to the amount of vegan items in the food menu. PG or rooms are available for rent near Burger King and near KIIT square and are fairly cheap .

The admission process took place in online mode . 4 phases of the entrance exam was conducted and courses were alloted to the students based on their percentile. Courses like CsE and ECS required higher cutoffs while others just required students to score in double digits .