DIT University B.Tech Review By Akshita Nagdali

DIT University is located in the Old Mussoorie Road in Dehradun. It is a well known university and is famous its degree in B.Tech. My overall experience in this college is satisfactory and the education system is one of the finest in the city. DIT provides graduation in courses like B.Tech, B.Design, B.Pharma, B.Sc (Psychology, Chemistry, Mathematics, etc). The University provides placements and technical trainings in addition to the regular course. There are several other activities that are held in the college and various students run clubs that organize events and workshops in the campus.

To enroll in B.Tech CSE the student must pass the secondary school education with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as main subjects. However, it is not necessary to have Computer Science as an extra subject in school. In the first two semesters of the programs, the students are introduced to the basic engineering concepts like Engineering-Mathematics, Engineering-Chemistry, Engineering-Physics, Electronics, Engineering-Graphics, Professional Communication, C Language, Data Structure and Literature etc. In the second year (3rd and 4th semesters) students are introduced to more advanced subjects which are more related and relevant to the technical scenario like Computer Organization and Architecture, Discrete Mathematics, Introduction to Java and Advanced Java Programming, Digital Electronics, DBMS and OS etc. In the third year specializations are introduced and students are supposed to choose a particular specialization. If you are not able to clear certain subjects in a particular semester you'll not be granted the related subjects in the following semester and you'll have to clear them in the summer term.

The faculty members are well qualified and experienced in their respective fields. Most of the faculty members are quite helpful, generous and excel in their teaching style. It is very important for the teacher to connect with their students in order to understand the concept in depth. There are faculty members in the college who are well experienced and know how to deal with the student doubts. However, there are certain faculties who are not as generous and helpful with their teaching and marking techniques. Overall, the faculty is satisfactory and helpful to the students.

DIT provides college placements to the students and has a placement cell in the institute. It surely helps students acquire jobs and build a better career for themselves. The highest package of this term has been 58 LPA, with 350+ recruiters and more than 1300 offers. The placement percentage of last year (2022-23) was 95% with more than 200 recruiters.

The college provides hostel facilities in the campus for both boys and girls. There is one hostel called Kasturba hostel which is a 9 floored building. It consists of a mess, girl’s gym, canteen shop, and walking area behind the building. There are triple sharing and single rooms available. However, freshers are not allowed to acquire single rooms. The rooms include one bed, cupboard, desk and chair for each student. The food quality in the mess is medium to low. The quality degrades as the term continues, instances of worms and insects being found in the food are common. There will be a slight improvement in the quality after multiple complaints but it never lasts long. The boys have 4 hostels- Raman, Bose, Sarabhai and Bhabha.

The campus contains mainly of 8 blocks- Vedanta which is the main building holds classes of B.Tech CSE, Vastu which is the block for B.Design and B.Arch students, Charak for pharmacy classes, Chanakya is the administrative block and also consists of the electrical and mechanical department. Visvesvaraya is the civil block, Vishwakarma is the workshop building where classes of freshers are held. Vivekananda contains the career development cell. It is also the cafeteria building. The last block contains the girl’s and boy’s hostel along with several grounds.

DIT is overall a decent university and provides academic excellence to the students. However, the college management is a bit slow and would take a long time to resolve even a minor issue. The college does contain many student run clubs but there aren't any special fests being organised other than the annual TechnoCultural Fest, Youthopia and the Sports Fest, Sphurti. There isn't much exposure regarding extracurricular activities and fests.