SASTRA University B.Tech Review By Pravin Kumar

My Overall Experience in SASTRA University has been quite enriching. The university is well-regarded for its academic rigor and comprehensive curriculum. It’s also called "BITS of TANJORE". It has a strong reputation for engineering, having some strong alumni network and adding to that some good placement records over the years. The university also emphasizes research and innovation, having more than three research buildings. This year they inaugurated two buildings for research in semiconductor and quantum computing, robotics, and drones.

I am currently enrolled in the Computer Science and Engineering program in SASTRA. The entry requirements include a minimum 60% marks in class 12th particularly in Physics, Chemistry, and Math. Admission is primarily based on JEE main scores and along with that aggregated Class 12 marks. The quota is 50% for All India, 20% Tamil Nadu Quota and the rest 30% is Trichy and Tanjore Quota. Based on the ranks and which school they enrolled decides the quota. There is no concept of caste reservation here, admission is purely merit based and for NRI people there is separate admission counselling for them.

The faculty members at SASTRA University are highly qualified and come from diverse academic backgrounds. Many professors hold advanced degrees, some of them hold Ph.Ds from most reputed institutes in the USA, UK and Germany. Most of the faculties are from Tamil background. Their teaching style is interactive and encourages students to actively participate in discussions and projects. They are approachable and often available for additional help outside of class hours, fostering an environment conducive to academic growth.

Yes, we have a Training and Placement Cell in SASTRA which starts to give soft skill classes and mock interview sessions from 5th semester. Companies start to visit the campus in 5th semester and give internship offers and from 7th semester majority of the companies come with placement opportunities. The highest salary is 35 LPA from PayPal and lowest is 3.2 LPA. Most of the people from School of Computing and School of Electrical got placed in 7th semester itself. Major recruiters are Amazon, Microsoft, and Wells Fargo. Even some Product based companies’ hires in three digits from SASTRA.

The hostel life is generally comfortable with well maintained rooms and having essential amenities like Wi-Fi, services for washing and ironing the clothes and laundry services as well. Wi-Fi speed is around 4 to 6 Mbps only. The infrastructure includes dining facilities that serve vegetarian food exclusively and Non-vegetarian food is not allowed, if found in a hostel then people will be expelled. Although, there are a lot of shops outside campus so people can eat non-vegetarian there but not for the girls residing in the hostels. Sports facilities are there. SASTRA has one of the best football courts and a lot of people actively participate in the sports arena organized regularly for day scholars and hostel residents.

The campus infrastructure is modern and well equipped. Academic blocks are spacious and designed nicely. The School of Computing has more than 4 buildings including a Lab and a separate floor for Super computers in the TIFAC CORE building. The newly constructed Integrated Academic block includes a great library which contains all the facilities and has more than 50,000 books with a relaxing couch and private study areas that accommodates 3 to 4 people in a room. SASTRA has 4 research buildings. Research for Semiconductor, 5G, quantum computing and a lot of biological research is happening. Yearly 10 to 20 patents are being filed.

Campus life is very vibrant and engaging. There are numerous clubs for each school and people can join in different clubs based on their interests and choices. Major fests like Kuruksastra and Daksh happen in every semester which are all intercollegiate competitions and fests like Carpediem and Utsav. For Sports, more than 100 institutes participate in 'Colosseum' and intercollegiate event is called 'Fuera'. There are numerous tech and non-tech clubs in SASTRA and the coding culture is somewhat good.