NIT Warangal- where learning meets opportunity

I chose the college over the course. Nit warangal is close to my home in Hyderabad. The courses I was getting based on the previous year closing ranks for the course were only 3. Out of these, biotechnology ranked the best in terms of placement and package in the past year, which is why I chose it. So far in 1st year, the courses are pretty useful and good to learn about, but just the amount of information and syllabus that is expected from us to learn is a little huge. The exams are pretty well timed, but I believe there should be given gaps between every exam, at least in alternate days. We don't do it like that in nit warangal though.

Internships are given by institutes like iits, iisc and foreign universities. Stipends vary quite a lot- some are paid maybe 10000 rupees stipend, whereas others are unpaid internships that are only research-based.

Students are eligible from 3rd year to participate in the campus interviews. The highest package the last two years was 88 lakhs per annum once bagged by an ece student and once by a cse student. The college has about 80% of students getting placed in the campus interviews. My plans after degree is to get a job in IT or as a software engineer of a decent package in the campus interviews itself.

The fee structure for 1st years in the academic year 2024-2025 was- Caution deposit- 15000 rupees Tuition fees- 62500 rupees for 1 semester Other things- 30000 for things like id card, registration, admission Hostel and mess fees- 30000 rupees for 1 semester From 2nd year, the fees will decrease by around 30-40,000 rupees. SC/ST students don't need to pay the tuition fees, but just the hostel and mess fees. People with income between 1 lakh and 5 lakhs pay 2/3rd of the fees. People with less than 1 lakh annual income don't need to pay any fees. There is National Scholarships for such people of generally weaker economic backgrounds. Fees is increasing over the years for mess and hostel, but the tuition fees is pretty constant

We have 2 annual festivals in warangal- technozion ( technical festival) and sprinspree (cultural festival). The technical festival takes place in the odd semesters/ generally around September or October, and sprinspree takes place in even semesters around march. Sports facilities offered are for basketball, athletics, volleyball, badminton, weightlifting, tennis, cricket, etc.

Cots are provided, mattresses and pillows are not. Every room has at least one fan, and every floor has 2 sets of washrooms in the 1st year building for girls. The meals always have rice, chapatis and some sort of curry, sometimes pickle or sweet, etc. there is a special dinner alternatively veg and no veg every month or so.

I got a very good rank in eamcet, which a state-level exam conducted in Telangana to join the colleges in Telangana through counselling. I was getting cse in all the top colleges in Hyderabad like vnr, cbit, vasavi, and jntu. But the opinion I had in choosing nit warangal was because of the nit tag- it truly goes a long way. Eamcet is not very hard to crack and so, a lot of people were joining these colleges, I wanted to do something just a little better. For getting admission in nit warangal, you must've written jee mains, and gotten a good enough rank either in open category or whatever reservation you have. This course and college choosing happens through josaa counselling. There are 6 rounds in josaa counselling which is used to make a list of our choice of iits(if qualified in jee advanced), nits, and iits. The only exam for students in India to join here is jee mains. Nits, iits and iiits don't have any spare of management quota, wherein you join just by paying money. The admission is based purely on merit in certain exams only- either academic or sports-related, but generally in academics. The overall process of josaa counselling is a bit tedious and there is a very high chance of confusion during the whole counselling and admission process. I consulted with previous students who had joined in josaa counselling, and took a lot of help from youtube videos.

Faculty to student ratio is about 1:20 ratio. Faculty are very knowledgeable but there are of course some that don't teach extremely well. The best faculty are generally appointed to teach the 'lower' branches I.e., the non-circuit branches. The curriculum is extremely hard and tough, but I suppose that is to be expected from an nit. In 1st year there are no midterms, but there are 2 minors. From the 2nd year, there is 1 minor, 1 midterm and 1 end sem examination. There is generally some marks given to teacher evaluation too- this can be another test, or assignment. The midterm is for 30 marks and the end is for 40 marks.

There is a gym inside the campus itself, there is a department store which closes around 8:30 pm every day. There's a store that is near the 1st year boys hostel which is open till very late. All students are supposed to be inside the campus by 11 pm, after which there will be a mail sent to your parents if you are not in the campus. The hostel timings for 1st year girls is 10 pm. Inside the campus, there are lots of hangout places- there is Times Square (called TS), near the sports stadium, near the department buildings, near NAB.