How is Manipal University?

Manipal University is one of the constituent universities of the Manipal Education Group. It has been ranked 54th for Engineering colleges by India Today. It is also recognized by the UGC as a private university and its programs are approved by AICTE, BCI, and COA.

Admission- The university offers many undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG), and doctoral programs in streams such as Engineering, Architecture, Planning, Fashion Design, Humanities, Journalism and Mass Communication, Computer Applications, and Management.

• For UG programs, they conduct their own exam called MET( Manipal Entrance Test), although admissions are also accepted through JEE Mains.

• For PG programs, admissions are taken through GATE for M.Tech. and XAT/MAT for MBA.

Placements – The placement season starts in July and training for the same starts in March at the university.

• This University has a very good placement record with an average package of 6 LPA.

• In 2020 the highest package was 41 LPA.

• About 80% of students have been placed with highly reputed companies and every student got an internship through the University.

• In 2020, the placement rate for CSE was highest with 100% placements.

• Several top-tier companies visit the college for placement activities. Accenture, Amazon American Express, BirlaSoft, Bristlecone India, Dell, Ericsson India, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, National Instruments, and Philips India are the major recruiters.

Infrastructure – Located on 122 acres of campus near Jaipur, the university boasts the modern infrastructure including all audio-video aided classrooms, research facilities, and a modern, digital library. For onboard students, the university has a hostel facility for over 5900 with centralized WI-FI connectivity, gym, sports facility, CCTV surveillance, etc. Hostels for boys and girls are separate.

Faculty- As per student reviews, all the teachers in the university are highly qualified and possess excellent knowledge of the subjects. They are quite helpful and approachable whenever needed. The subjects offered in the course are relevant and make the student industry-ready. Teachers also provide internships that are helpful to work with industries so that students can learn how industries are working and what they require from us.

So, overall Manipal University is a good college and offers decent academics. Also, placement wise it provides equivalent exposure as any other average NITs. Based on this, one can now decide further about this college.