Amity University, Manesar (Gurgaon) is among the top private universities in India. It offers a large variety of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate as well as doctorate level. The courses offered by the university at the undergraduate level include BBA, BA, B.TECH, B.SC., BFA, LAW, B.Pharm, Fashion Designing, Hotel Management, and Journalism. At the postgraduate level, it offers courses like M.TECH, MBA, MA, MCA.

Amity University, Manesar provides accommodation to the students who come here to study, from different parts of India. It offers a hostel facility that has an intake capacity of around 2100 students.

At Amity University, Manesar, there are separate hostels for both boys and girls with numerous facilities some of which are listed below.

• Various security system equipment including IP cameras, Biometric Readers, Fire Warning System, Security Guards, and Patrolling Units that ensure student’s safety during their stay in the hostel.
• 3 single Air Conditioned Rooms with attached bathrooms, sitting lounge, and necessary furniture.
• On-campus laundry services.
• Mess facility.
• Uninterrupted fast internet access.
• Fully equipped common room.

The fee structure to avail the hostel facility at Amity University, Manesar is as follows-

• For Non-Air Conditioned Rooms: Rs. 70,000/- per annum
• For Air Conditioned Rooms: Rs. 1,10,000/- per annum
• One time Refundable Security Deposit:- Rs. 10,000 ( to be paid along with the hostel fees)
• Mess Facility is charged individually.

Amity University Gurgaon ranked amongst the top 50 Business schools in India in 2019. Doon Business School has ranked 95th for private MBA by Outlook 2020. Both institutes are recognized by AICTE.

Listed below are the various criteria based on which we can analyse these institutes:

Admission:

Amity University- It offers MBA in 10 specializations. MBA at Amity costs around 8.4 lakhs.

• The required eligibility criteria are graduation with a minimum aggregate of 50%.
• The final selection is based on CAT/MAT/GMAT scores and performance in the Personal Interview conducted by the institute.

Doon Business School- DBS offers 4 other specializations along with a general MBA.

• For admission in MBA, a valid score in CAT/MAT/CMAT/GMAT with 60% marks in 10+2+3 is required.
• It also conducts Group Discussions and Personal Interview for final selection.

The total course fee is 4.79 lakhs.

Placement:

Amity University-

• Students from Amity University get around 3.5 LPA (average).
• The highest package varies from time to time. However, it seems to remain around 14 LPA.
• Top recruiters are Amazon, Accenture, Indian Navy, Wipro, Royal Bank of Scotland among others.

Doon Business School-

• DBS students tend to get around 3.5 LPA to 4 LPA as an average package.
• The highest package remains to be around 10 LPA.
• Top recruiters are NDTV, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HCL Technologies among others.

Between Amity and DBS, DBS offers a better ROI as the course fee is less for the latter.

Amity University offers Graduation, Post Graduation, Diploma, and distance learning courses in various fields. The benefit of pursuing post-graduation from Amity is their online contact programs and virtual courses.

• The duration of PG Diploma Courses is 1 year and PG E-Courses is 2 years.
• Around 22 PG Diploma Courses are offered in the University
• A special blended MBA is also offered at the University.
• One can avoid attending regular classes and study from online materials

For most of the PG courses, minimum eligibility criteria are graduation. One can also apply for MBA using the CAT score. The campus offers 10 specializations in MBA program.

Talking about the course fees, it is around 1.85 lacs. For availing hostel fees, one has to pay around Rs 65000 per year.

The Gurgaon campus is a 110-acre green luscious space with well-equipped libraries and laboratories. The placement rate is also good as may famous companies like IBM, ICICI Bank, CITI Bank, Morgan Stanley visit the campus every year. The average package offered is around 4-10 lacs. The minimum criteria to sit for placement drive is 60% marks with no active backlogs.

Amity University, Gurgaon campus is spread over a picturesque 110 acres of land housing over 3000 students at a time. The institute offers more than 100 programmes including both UG and PG courses, comprising 18 schools within. The overall campus life is exhilarating and lively where students are involved in a variety of activities which furnish them to constantly reinvent themselves, handle intriguing situations & technology and understand management skills preparing them to not only become successful professionals but also instils humane values. The campus provides a culturally rich environment with students from over 15 countries sharing a variety of ethnicities, diversity of region and religion increasing the global outlook.

There are 20 interdisciplinary research centres with over a thousand dedicated and distinguished professors and staff members. Multiple auditoriums, a grand library, moot courts, and a smart classroom structure with e-learning facilities along with wi-fi speed up to 1000 mbps all across the campus are some salient features of the university. The campus boasts an excellent 20-acre sports complex with facilities for football, cricket, tennis, basketball and many other indoor sports. The campus offers well furnished hostel accommodation and many other student centric facilities like gym, departmental stores, CCD. A unique feature about the university is that it has a dog training academy and encourages students to participate in the Military Training Campus that is organized once a year to expose them to a disciplined life.

It is Asia’s second and India’s only university to be awarded the LEED (USA) Platinum Certification. Amity University has international tie ups with universities like The University of Queensland, University of Birmingham, University of Denver, Brunel University providing students with internship opportunities. According to NIRF data, the university claimed the following titles for its contribution towards the education sector in the last academic session:

• Ranked amongst the top 150 universities in India

• Ranked amongst the top 50 business schools in India

• Ranked amongst the top 30 engineering institutes in India

Amity University Uttar Pradesh’s first campus was in Noida. Amity Gurgaon is one of the recent establishments of the Amity family.

Amity Noida is considered to be the head of all the Amity campuses. Top recruiting companies like Microsoft, Google, Wipro, TCS, etc. visit the Noida campus first for placements. Students of Amity Gurgaon can also go for placements at Amity Noida. They are open to student participation.

Finally, it depends on your choice and what you prefer as an institution. Do check the college ranking and whatever they are offering from the official website. Also, you could ask ex-students for a proper insight about the college.

It is suggested that you go for Amity Noida as it holds a better position and is one of the first and the oldest campuses of Amity University.