All about VIT Chennai

I have interest in both computer engineering and electronics so I opted for Electronics and Computer Engineering. The curriculum of this course includes all the core subjects of Computer science and electronics. The curriculum of the subjects is well updated and relevant to what industries need. Some courses are not relevant but taught for aptitude. There are two Continuous Assessments Tests (CATs) and one Final Assessment Test (FATs) every semester. The papers difficulty level is moderate to hard.

There are many companies that came for recruiting students for internships like Marvell, Texas Instrument, Samsung, MotorQ, Qualcomm etc for the roles like Software Developer, Hardware engineer, RTL Intern etc. Mostly companies give stipend around 45000-55000 per month to students. Their selection process is of three rounds, first round is based on resume then coding round and then one technical Interview.

The placement of the college are far better than other private colleges. The eligibility for students for campus placements is that the cgpa must be above 6 and no backlogs. The companies like Microsoft, Texas Instrument, Samsung, MotorQ, Qualcomm, Marvell, Deeshaw, TCS etc came for recruiting students. The highest package for the last year was 1 crore per annum and the average package was 12 lakhs per annum. Almost all the students get placed in some companies. After graduation I also want to go in some super dream company with good package.

The fees in VIT Chennai is category we get during councelling. The fees for one year for category 1 is 198000, for category 2 the fees is 303000, category 3 the fees is 400000, category 4 fees is 450000 and category 5 fees is 500000. Along with the tution fees students have to pay 15500 as a caution deposit in the first year and 15000 as admission fees. There is no management seats and no scholarship available for students. Every year the fees is increased by around 8-10%.

In VIT there are two fests organised every year, one is technical fest TECHNOVIT and other is cultural fest VIBRANCE. The Technical fest is organised in month of September and the cultural fest is held in month of March. Many events takes place in the fests including Technical or non technical. The library in VIT is well maintained with a good collection of books, international and national journals, research papers etc. The labs and classes infrastructure is also well maintained and labs having all the necessary equipments that industries uses. The sports facilities are also good , the sports department also organises events on the regular basis like inter college tournaments etc. In Vit there are 170+ clubs are there including all the technical and cultural clubs. These clubs organises technical and non technical events like Hackathons, open mic, workshop, hands on experience on tools etc.

I applied to many other colleges like SRM Ktr, COEP Pune etc, I also got confirmed seats there also but I choose Vit because of its placements and overall growth of the college. I got rejection from some colleges also because I was not able to clear the cutoff for that course. For taking admission in VIT students have to give one exam VITEEE and based on the ranks of this exam the students get admission. The level of the exam is much easier than JEE Mains. The cut-off for Computer Science category 1 was under 500 and th cutoff for Electronics and Computer Engineering was around 18000 for category 1 and 30000 for category 2. After getting the ranks students have to appear in the councelling process which occurs online.

The faculties in VIT are well qualified (mostly all are phd holders). Faculties are always ready for discussions during or after the classes. Many students works under professors for Research papers , projects etc. Faculties teaching style is also good with practical examples. The faculty -to-student ratio is around 1:15 in VIT. Dr Neeraj style of teaching is very much practical with real world examples. There are two Continuous Assessments tests and final assessment test in VIT every semester. The weightage for CATs is 15 marks each , the 30 marks are for internal that are evaluated by assignments and weightage of Fat is 40 marks. The passing marks is 50 overall out of 100 for every course. The difficulty level of the exams is moderate to hard. The curriculum of the courses is relevant to what industries want and updated also.

In VIT there are many places within the campus where students spends good time after the classes like Gazebo, Dominos,North Square, Gymkhana etc. The in timings for girls in hostel is 7pm and for boys is 9pm. In every hostel the gym is present for students. The library opens till 11:30 pm every day. Around VIT there are several malls present where students can go and spend timeike phoenix maal, marina mall etc. The locality around VIT is safe in night because the security is present in and around the campus.