No, it is not difficult to get admission at Sharda University. It partly also depends upon the nationality of the student. 

If you are an international student, you will be directly admitted via your 12th-grade reports and a passport. You will be only eligible for certain academic criteria in order to get admissions. 

On the other hand, in terms of being a national student, 

• The admission completely depends upon the grades and percentage you have obtained in your 12th standard. 
• The criteria for obtaining admission to Sharda University is simple. 
  • You should have cleared your 12th examination.
  • If you have acquired 60% and above in your 12th examination, then you must obtain direct admission to Sharda University via an interview session.
  • However, if you have not scored 60% or above, then you will have to sit for an exam, that is SUAT (Sharda University Admission Test). It is conducted by the university itself.

Seats are categorized differently for both international and national students. The seats are limited as well.

In Sharda university, the minimum attendance norm is 75% for all students. You need to fulfill it in order to be eligible for the final examination. Attendance is taken through a mobile application known as v-attendance. 

• If you fail to maintain the desired attendance you may have to face various consequences. Maybe you have to pay a fine or you can also get debarred. 
• If you don't meet the subject-wise requirement of attendance in 1 or 2 subjects due to some emergency, you can request the department for the admit card and be able to appear in the exam. 
• Attendance is calculated by the total number of hours, i.e. the number of classes you attend which divides by the total number of classes. For e.g. if the total number of classes you attend is 100 and you will be safe until you miss an estimate of 24 one-hour classes.

Maintaining 75% is a must for the average student because it can affect your internals because many of the teachers do look at your attendance.

Sharda University is a private university where you will have to pay quite a huge amount of money in order to pursue a course. This definitely means that you will be provided with all the essentials that you might require.

• It includes good guest lectures every month. 
• You will also have visits to the HQ of many news channels like NDTV. 
• Moreover, you can expect to get good exposure in this college. 

• Your chances of bagging a job totally depend on how enthusiastic you are about your course. 
• You will have to involve yourself in many extra-curricular activities to get placed.
• Work hard on yourself if you plan to get a job.

As far as the department of Mass Communications is concerned, it satisfies the requirements. 

• They make the program creative. 
• There is a student-run newspaper ‘The Shardans’ and a radio station ‘Suno Sharda’.
• These will help you gain experience of working for newspapers, television and radio channels, etc. 
• You will also get individual research opportunities. You will be introduced to practical and conceptual courses.

Studying in a private university near Delhi will always be more of an advantage as compared to a university, not in the vicinity of the capital.

If you don't want to stay at the campus hostel there are some good hostels and PGs near Sharda University. You can choose them based on your requirements. I will suggest you stay in Gamma-I or Beta-I. These two sectors are very close to Sharda University.

• Gamma-I has the biggest market Jagat farm of greater Noida. You can find anything easily there.
• Beta-I is located opposite of Gamma-I.
• Living at any of these two sectors will be great as you can easily get direct auto rickshaws to Sharda University. The fare is also quite cheap.
• If you are unable to get into these two sectors you can go for Alpha-I. This sector is also well connected.

My suggestion is to stay in any of these three sectors I mentioned above. Don't stay at PGs. Most of the PGs near the college are not that good. The only good hostel near the college is the GN hostel.

Well, when it comes to borrowing a loan in a middle-class family most parents try to avoid it. I too belong to a middle-class family and familiar with all situations that occur in every middle-class family. If you get an average IPU college like NIEC or any such, you should go with them. It will be for you.

It doesn’t really mean that Sharda is a bad college. Go for Sharda only if it is the only option for you. You can go for GB Pant if you are ready to handle the strict discipline and rules. It is quite easy to get admission to Sharda and get good marks but, one thing you don’t like about Sharda is the management. 

If you are doing B. Tech for the sake of doing something/ degree, you can get into Sharda. But, if you really want to study and go into study stuff deeply you should try GB Pant, NIET, or any other IPU college.

One of my friends studied at Sharda University. According to him, your GPA will not be the only criteria that will be looked at when it comes to your placements. But, if you are planning to appear via campus drives, the first and foremost thing that would qualify you for this would be your GPA.

• If your score is less than 7 you will probably not be able to sit at most of the companies.
• It is also important that you have a 60% score throughout your academics. 
• Develop your aptitude and reasoning abilities as well. Most importantly, your communication skills will matter a lot.

Among all the companies that visit the college, IT and Management visit in the largest numbers. Some of these include Indian Navy, Think n Learn, NTT Data, etc. 

About 8 to 10 of these will have a pool campus invite. Around 3 to 5 management and sales companies.

The university also has the best TnP department and works really hard in order to bring companies to the campus. But many students are not that interested in getting placed. Because of this, the placement percentage is quite low.

Yes, Sharda University definitely provides several opportunities to study abroad. It has international tie-ups with various partner universities situated overseas. 

Every single year, a student exchange program is conducted wherein numerous students find themselves a chance to apply for the exchange program and continue to pursue their course abroad. 

Sharda University has global tie-ups with more than 90+ universities through which students can easily apply in abroad universities to pursue their careers. 

You can undergo semester exchange and a credit-based transfer by maintaining certain protocols. 

So, you can, by all means, continue pursuing your studies overseas if you apply to the program held every year very simply.

One of my friends studied at Sharda University and according to him, it was the biggest regret of his life. He pointed out some good and bad things about the college, which I will be sharing with you.

There is no ragging and the infrastructure is pretty good. It is the only thing good about the college.

The university has many flaws like - 

1. The crowd and the overall exposure are not good. 
2. The tests conducted at Sharda are extremely easy and you do not need to study for more than a day before the exam. 
3. A GPA of 8+ can be easily scored, yet a majority of students are stuck around a GPA of 5 to 7.
4. The university has attendance criteria of 75% which is very strict. For students who travel via Sharda bus or metro from Delhi, it is very difficult to keep up with this.
5. The administration of the college is not good either. The complaints are mostly ignored.
6. Many workshops are conducted but the students are not able to attend them because of the attendance criteria. 
7. The hostels are in pretty bad condition too, so, it is better to opt for PGs or Private Hostels.
8. The faculty is not enthusiastic about teaching or researching in their field. 
9. In the first semester, a lot of time is wasted in learning Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Moral Science, EVS, Multimedia, AutoCAD, Mechanical in your B.Tech CSE. None of these subjects are related to the branch.

If you scored badly in JEE or any other competitive exam but are willing to improve yourself and do not see any other options available, then you can join Sharda University.

Here are some of the ways by which you can reach Sharda University from Noida.

• First, you need to take the bus from Botanical Garden Metro Station and come to Paro Chowk through the Noida expressway. The bus fare varies from Rs 30-50 depending on AC and Non- AC buses. 
• After getting off at Pari chowk, you will see a mall called Ansal Plaza. Ask for the auto going to Sharda University and board it. They normally charge around Rs 10-20. You can also reserve an auto for Rs 50.
• There’s also the option of availing of taxi service from OLA and Uber and reach the destination hassle-free.

If you are tight on time, prefer a taxi, else take a bus.