How to Select the Best Engineering College in India?

Important Takeaways

Choosing an appropriate college is not a cup of tea for everyone. Rather, it’s a tedious job that will have a huge impact on your future, and you should be willing to spend a lot of time doing this exercise.  

And for those students who all staying in faraway rural or semi-urban places and wants to do his or her course of engineering from a big city will face more problem as compared to the students residing in Metro or developed cities e.g a student from Chappra (Bihar) wants to do his/her course from Noida/ G.Noida and for him to choose the Top engineering college in Noida will be a tough job. 

But fortunately, the technology has given such students an option to search for a proper Institute for them that suits their requirements, and this article also provides them with a few easy tips to make their choice a bit easier. 

The main criteria while selecting an engineering college are the quality of education, which primarily depends on the quality of faculty. 

So the most important component that goes into making a good institution is a good faculty & good infrastructure.  

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What To Look for Before Taking Admission In an Engineering College?

Here we are providing you with some parameters that one should look at before seeking admission in any engineering college. So when you visit the website of any college, look for the following information:

• Has the college gone through any formal accreditation by AICTE (NBA) or NAAC, etc? If yes, what is the result?
• Has the college been ranked by any major survey like India Today, Data Quest, and Business Chronicle, etc.? Here, it should be noted that most of these surveys are only about perceptions and not realities.
• Number of full-time faculty members and their respective qualifications.
• How is the Infrastructure at the college? How well-equipped are the labs? How many healthy and hygienic eatables are available in the canteen and cafeteria?
• How much bandwidth of Wi-Fi is available on the campus, and is it available round the clock?
• How good is the library? Is it digital and automated? How many books are stocked in it? Are there enough e-Resources like NPTEL available?
• How good are hostels? Are there ample Power Backups? Do they provide a safe and secure environment?
• Does the college provide sports facilities on campus? Are there enough Athletics and related events being held?
• Cost/Scholarships & Financial Aid given by the college to meritorious students, as cost is one thing that most parents think about when the topic of college comes up.
• The location of the college plays a very important role because if you have always lived in a rural area, choosing an urban campus can be an adventure. But after a week of urban noise, dirt, and rude people, will you long for a grassy campus and open space? On the other hand, if you are used to the urban lifestyle and mall life and choose a college in a rural area, you will run screaming looking for noise, lights, and people. So think about where you grew up and how much of a change you want from that when you go to college.
• Distance from Home is again a vital parameter. When you decide how far you want to be from home, think about how likely you are to get homesick, and how much money you can afford to spend on travel. The farther you are from home, the less often you’ll be able to visit.
• Activities, Special Programs, Workshops, Conferences, Seminars, Technical Fests, etc., giving students a chance to be involved in extra activities outside their majors.
• In today’s society, almost all students and parents take the value of the first paycheck as the only measure of success. So do look at the campus placement statistics. How many companies visited the campus, what was the intake, and how much package was being offered?
• Your Gut Feeling-Trust your instincts. If a place feels right, that’s the most important thing of all. One should have a sense of positivity. Similarly, if it just feels wrong, no matter what, you should not be there.
• Never forget to visit the UGC/AICTE/affiliating university website to fetch some additional details of the institute.