Life at IISER Kolkata

Name: Life at IISER Kolkata
Item: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - [IISER]
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

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Faculty

5.0

Course

5.0

Campus

5.0

College

4.5

Hostel

5.0

Internship

4.0

Anonymous

IISER Kolkata, BS + MS, Mathematics

Reviewed on May 17, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

What Students Say

Likes

A great exposure for research(if you are interested )
professors are helpful, they take feedback and work upon those

Dislikes

campus indeed needs much upgradation in infrastructure

Course Curriculum Overview

the curriculum is designed in way that you have divesrse options,mostly the curriculum focuses on multidisciplinary.we have a 4 month semester so we have a midterm exam after 1.5 months and a endsem at the end

Class Size: 250Course Fees: INR 90000 per year

Internships Opportunities

you can get a internship in academia, can work in a lab during the summer. you will generally not get any stipend for it. and there is no such company internship.1st year generally dont get a internship. from 2nd year it is usual to do a internship.

Fees and Financial Aid

fees hike is not as such for me as they have already told us the amount at the starting and that would be the same throughout the course no increament.you will need around 3000 a month for mess , no as such scholarship provided by the institute

Campus Life

we kind of celebrate every cultural festival over here from all regions of India, we have a library which have all the books you may require during the course duration. we have cricket ground,tennis court,football ground,volleyball court,kabbadi mat and many more things.

Hostel Facilities

The hostel is good for the 1st 2 years you will be 3 in a room, from 3rd year you will be in a double sharing room. Meal over here is affordable it is subsidised. and the hostel fee is nominal for a semester like 2000

Hostel Fee: INR 5000 per year

Admission

You should get minimum of 60% in your 12th. Application can be found on iiser portal. Difficulty level is medium. you can get here by appearing iiser aptitude test . my rank was 594(gen) and i got IISER kolkata in the 2nd round. exam happens every year around june,july

Faculty

the ratio between faculty and student is well managed like per faculty two students. all of them have phds , most of them have post docs, generally from abroad. you can interact whenever you want just drop a mail to them for appointment . they are well recieving

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Dislikes

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fee is also quite more if we emtered via test
biology background students need to learn maths and maths background students also need to study biology

Course Curriculum Overview:

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IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITKGP], Bachelor of Science [BS] (Chemistry)

Reviewed on Sep 24, 2025(Enrolled 2023)

THE KGP, THE TEMPO, THE PEACE

Likes

IIT Kharagpur doesn't discriminate among girls and boys. all the rules and regulations are same for both the gender.
Campus has a very beautiful night life you can roam inside the campus with your friends on a cycle and explore campus beauty
IIT Kharagpur has a very good infrastructure it has 2100 acre campus and provides facilities like a central library which operates 8am to 12pm.

Dislikes

poor connectivity form the city like if you want to catch a flight you have to go to kolkata that is around 110 km from campus.
Being the oldest iit some buildings are very old and need maintenance hostel rooms feels very old and boring.
some times people feels very loaded academics and i feel that pressure is quit higher here

Placement Experience:

For placement and internship we have CCD ( Career development center ) and it ensure that students are getting all the opportunities for interview with top companies like Microsoft, google, Goldman Sache amazon and so on. students can apply for internship in 5th semester and can sit for placement in their 8th semester, other than campus placement students can apply anywhere for off campus placement if they are meeting thier crieteria.

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Akula Ashish

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Institute has different number of clubs where students can connect with a bunch of like minded people.
The fests are way engaging in the whole January month.
Activities in the hostels are highly interactive and make yourself get out of comfort zone

Dislikes

Mess food depends on the hostel you have alloted.

Placement Experience:

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Dislikes

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Course Curriculum Overview:

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IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITKGP], Bachelor of Science [BS] (Chemistry)

Reviewed on Jan 30, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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Likes

Huge campus of 2100 acres with a lot of greenary
Good sports facilities for tennis badminton table tennis etc.
A lot of shops for buying books food etc.

Dislikes

Mess food is hit or miss some hostel hv very bad food
Campus so huge that cycling will make u tired .
Professor are great acc to wht I got but some say not all that gud

Course Curriculum Overview:

I choose my course that chemistry because of the fact that I had got the rank that came under it and another reason is chemistry department is quite old here even if kanpur chemistry department is better for core, you will get chance for non core too here. Courses now deal more on chemistry related stuff. No need for course improvement Frequency is near end and mid sem there will be exams mode

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4.1

IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITKGP], Bachelor of Science [BS] (Physics)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Life at IIT KGP

Likes

The campus is complete in itself. Although it is in a small town Kharagpur, we have everything available inside the campus.
The campus is lush green with very positive energy.
Campus has all the facilities for all kind of activities. We have two big auditorium, a running track, a big swimming pool and may other things to pursue your habits

Dislikes

The girl to boy ratio is very very poor.
The campus is very competitive and demands your constant efforts. If you don't perform as per the requirement, you might get stressed.
The campus is in outskirts and we don't have immediate access to the city. Although we can go to kolkata but it is still far.

Placement Experience:

The placement is good in IIT KGP in comparison to other colleges. People are eligible to sit for placements in their fourth year can sit for placements through CDC. The placements are held in two phases. In session 24-25, we have seen 1000+ offers to students in first phase. After getting degree, I would also go for doing job.

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Firoz alam

3.5

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - [IISER], Bachelor of Science [BS] + Master of Science [MS] (Physical Science)

Reviewed on Sep 17, 2024(Enrolled 2019)

WANT TO BE SCIENTIST , JUST GET ADMISSION IN IISER KOLKATA

Likes

Campus is quite good. Seniors are really good. And no ragging at all.
Wifi is unlimited, you can watch YouTube and other websites but gaming is Blocked in this wifi. And porn websites are also blocked and that is quite good for new students
Computer centre is always open 24/7 . You can go there and study on your desktop freely.

Dislikes

Some of professors are not good . Like i was in physics department and i really didn't like some professors because of there attitude and lack of sincerity.
Hostel management is not quite good. Lack of washing machine and improperly managed
Food in the mess. Mess food is not so special there. It is below normal

Course Curriculum Overview:

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Student (Anonymous)

3.8

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - [IISER], Bachelor of Science [BS] + Master of Science [MS] (Chemistry)

Reviewed on Sep 17, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Can be Helpful...

Likes

I like the way we celebrate the festivals of all communities together.
Here you're free to do anything so it's kinda positive thing.
You get chance to participate in different club activities.

Dislikes

Firstly i dislike the dominance of one community.

Placement Experience:

It's a research Institute so no one really thinks about placements but still there's a placement cell in college and it tries it's best get as many company as they can... Placements are decent in chemistry maths and biology

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Student (Anonymous)

3.9

IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITKGP], Bachelor of Science [BS] (Physics)

Reviewed on Sep 15, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

IIT Kharagpur: Honest Review

Likes

department change,hall culture,society culture ,placement services,mentorship You get right advice
largest area,gymkhana facilities,open culture,internship,infrasturcture,amentities
supportive,college fests like kshitiz,spring fest,curriculum is some rigorous in I st yr afterwards it is normal

Dislikes

girls to boys ratio is very less around 16%
hall change after I st year cause detach from college friends
ragging and stopping free mixing of girls and boys

Placement Experience:

The placement in Our college is quite good.Normally around 80% of the people get placed through CDC which is the on campus organisation that connects students with companies.The placement cell even provides some foreign internships and jobs due to immense amount of connections they have around the world.They even conduct workshops to help the students know about the industry and acquire soft skills which are needed to get placed.

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IIT KHARGPUR- WORTH IT?

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