Thapar University B.Tech Review By Bhaagwat Sharma

I had joined TIET, Patiala in July 2024. It has been only 3 months since I came here. The overall experience has been pretty good. I have been admitted into the Computer Engineering department. Although there are many branches related to computer field including Computer Engineering(COE), Computer Science and Engineering Patiala Campus(COPC), Computer Science and Business System(COBS), and Computer Science and Engineering Derabassi Campus(COSE). This year a new branch called Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning(AIML) has been added catering to the needs of the market. TIET is a huge campus covering an area of 250 acres. The best thing about the campus is that it is located in the heart of the city. All other big engineering colleges are located at the outskirts of the respective cities, but this is not the case with TIET, Patiala. Patiala is a big city in Punjab and the campus is near to almost every important place in the city. It is very convenient to reach here either through bus or train. It is well connected to all other cities in Punjab. The best thing is that it is a very clean city and greenery is everywhere in Patiala. The campus is also covered with a huge green cover which makes the air cleaner to breathe. The NIRF ranking is 29 among Engineering institutions.

I have been admitted to Computer Engineering department that has the most number of seats and is one of the oldest branches here. I have already specified many computer related branches. Other branches include Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, Electrical and Computer, Electrical, Electronics and Computer, Electronics, Civil with Computer applications, and many more. The university offers masters program in various domains as well as doctorate and post doctorate programs as well. Few years ago, fields related to Liberal Arts, Commerce was also introduced, and now they are growing very rapidly. There is a Polytechnic university is also situated in the campus that offers diploma programs. Admissions for BE/ B.Tech is through two ways, one is through the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) and other way is through Class-12 board exams. Most of the seats are filled through JEE Mains. There is a 50% state quota offered for the students of Punjab domicile. Further, minimum of 75% aggregate in 12th board exams is necessary for admission to any B.Tech course. The courses offered are good and they keep updating their curriculum every year to cater to the needs of the market.

The faculty here is very experienced and well trained. All the professors are from top institutions of country. They are very friendly. We can contact them easily even after the lectures to ask our doubts. They have adapted themselves very well to the new-age teaching methods. Regular trainings and workshops take place for the professors to ensure that they are well ahead with the new technologies. They do not only teach the concepts with the exam point of view but instead they try to give us real life applications of the concepts and keep giving examples till the time each one of the students present in the class is not clear with anything.

Yes, we do have a placement cell at our institute. It helps students get jobs in various companies. However, this year the placements were not satisfactory because of layoff happening in the market.

Without any doubt, I can say that our university has one of the best hostels in the country. There are a lot many hostels inside the campus. In 1st year, the hostels are good but the hostels allotted to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year are nothing less than 5 star hotels. The mess in most of the hostels is with third party mess management called 'Sodexo'. There is AC as well as Non-AC rooms in the hostels ranging from single to four seater. The mess provides healthy and nutritious food thrice a day. There is a tuck shop and a night canteen in the mess itself for evening and late night snacks. Laundry services are also included in the hostel itself where we can give our clothes twice a week. Every hostel has a GYM, reading room, common room, and many other such facilities for recreational activities. The hostels are the best things of this institute.

TIET, Patiala has invested heavily in its infrastructure making it comparable to that of the top Engineering institutes of the country. There are different academic blocks for different courses with excellent facilities. There are multiple labs for different subjects. CS department is a huge and has beautiful building with many labs, and thousands of computer systems that have best processors. The library is the one of the biggest in South Asia with thousands of books, magazines, and computers. The library is very beautiful and once you start studying, you do not feel like coming out of it because of its vibe. The sports facilities are also very good. We have a huge synthetic running track, synthetic basketball courts, multiple badmintons courts, football field, cricket ground, massive swimming pool, synthetic tennis courts, volleyball, table tennis, and many more. It also has multiple food outlets such as Jaggi food centre, and Ahaar food point along with multiple things to explore. Central park here is the most beautiful place with beautiful and large fountains and is a go to place in the evening.

The campus life is also good in TIET, Patiala. The crowd is very huge as students from every part of the country come to study here. There are many clubs that a student can be a part of from first year. Clubs like Toastmasters, Fateh, MUN, MLSC, and EDC are few of the best ones. There are many fests organized inside the campus with ‘Saturnalia’ being the cultural fest held in the month of November every year. It is an event that you cannot afford to miss. You will feel bored any time when you are in the campus.