Delhi Technological University B.Tech Review By Khushal Mahajan

Delhi Technological University (formerly known as Delhi college of Engineering) is one of the most reputed university in India, ranks 8th in India Today Engineering Rankings 2023 and 29th in NIRF 2023. Campus life is awesome at DTU, especially for hostlers, whereas for day scholars college life can be a little bit hectic. DTU provides great placement opportunities for all branches, that's why allot of JEE Main rankers opt for this college. It hosts North India's largest fest that is ENGI-FEST, where thousands of students from various institutes enjoy together. Also academics at DTU is of high quality, the curriculum is well designed for the in depth knowledge of the subject. Campus is also amazing. It has an open air theatre, large auditorium hall, sports complex and large industrial machines for practical knowledge of the students.

Academics at DTU are of high quality level. You can get admission in Tech branches like computer science, software engineering, Information Technology, mathematics and computing and core branches like Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Production Engineering. Very experienced professors with industry experience and working on various projects with government and MNCs teach here, whose knowledge is unmatchable. The curriculum is well designed to provide an in-depth knowledge of the theory as well as practical portion of the subject. Even level of questions in examination is also quite high so one needs to prepare accordingly. You can perform practical’s in the labs to have better understanding, even M.Tech students from other colleges comes here to perform practical’s due to availability of machines and other equipment, from a hydraulic ram to boiler, you can find every type of machinery here. You must clear JEE MAINS with a decent all India rank to get into this college, it had reservation of SC/ST/OBC and EWS categories also.

Very qualified professors teach here (some of them are IITians also), they have in depth knowledge of the subject. Every semester the faculty changes subject wise so you learn from a variety of professors. (Approximately you will be learning through 40 professors in your whole engineering, which is great to explore). Overall faculty is amazing they are helpful. You can do various internships under them to enhance your knowledge. Even you can publish research papers with them, which helps you in building your resume.

Placements at DTU are amazing. The highest package that was offered in year 2023 was 82 LPA (for Computer science) branch and average package was about 23 LPA (for tech branches) Whereas in core branches this varied from 6 to 10 LPA (it’s usually low in beginning for core branches, but increases with experience.) Companies like Google, Amazon, Sprinkler, PWC, American Express, Hero Motor, Maruti, L&T, TCS, Bajaj, Flipkart, OLA, Uber etc. visits here for recruitments and internships as well. So approximately in 2023, there were around 2600 job offers out which 1800 students were placed, whereas the other students mostly go for higher studies like MBA, M.Tech or prepare for government examinations. DTU has its placements cell which is 24x7 active during the whole placements season to help the students.

Yes DTU provides a hostel facility, but only to those students who are living at least 45 km away from the college. During first and second year of college students have to live in sharing that are 2 or 3 students together, but from third year onwards you may get single rooms also. For single seater non AC room’s price is around 60,000 annually, for double seater around 56,000 for triple seater it's around 52000. AC rooms available in triple seater only costs around 72,000 annually. Mess fees is different, you have to pay extra 32000 for the food. Infrastructure is old and not much clean. Students can issue sports equipment from the hostel and play to enjoy. Wi-Fi is also available in hostels. Food quality is average.

Infrastructure of DTU is of top quality, with Wi-Fi in complete campus. We have a 165 acre campus that is full of greenery. You may find monkeys and peacocks in the campus too. Classrooms are large and air conditioned, they have projector facilities too, buildings have elevators. Students have library facility from 9 AM to 10 PM, which is fully air conditioned and has numerous books including fictional, history, literature and engineering books. There is canteen facility from 7 AM to 7 PM, DTU has a Nescafe, cheap stationary shops for practical files and printout is also available here. DTU has a large sports complex having a cricket ground, football ground, volleyball court, gym and indoor hall for badminton and table tennis. Students can wander campus in late nights also. A large Auditorium is also there and an open air theatre for hosting events and competitions. It's near a bus stand and Sambalpur Badli metro stations, so transport facilities are also available near the college.

College life is very diverse in DTU. You get to interact with best minds of the country from various parts of the nation. Students can join Tech teams and societies for enhancing their knowledge and improve their personalities. There is not much academic pressure, so students can devote time in their skills building, which helps them in their placements. ENGI-FEST is celebrated at a massive scale, students themselves feet chance to become organizers in the fest and manage the things like food, security and artist. DTU has its own art and dance societies also there are various cultural activities in which you can participate. DTU also has NSS and a NCC unit which helps you get C certificate (useful for students planning to join defense services).