Qualified GATE 2021? How to choose a college?

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2025 ( GATE )

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Appeared and Qualified GATE 2021? Read the article below to know the factors you must keep in mind while choosing a college through GATE.

Qualified GATE 2021 How to choose a college

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is the biggest and one of the toughest exam conducted for admission to MTech and PhD admissions along with recruitment in PSUs. After qualifying for the GATE, every student tries to get the best college depending on his/her rank. But, candidates must be very careful before opting for any college.

How good or bad a college depends on certain parameters is important to check for every student as it is the first step towards a successful career ahead. A wrong decision may shatter the aspirations of candidates.

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To know what are the certain aspects that every student checks before getting enrolled in any institution, Shiksha.com talked to a number of students in this regard. Based on their replies, the following are the factors that all students must check before taking admission into an engineering institution.

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Brand reputation of College

A good reputation of any college/institution/university among education fraternity is very much needed as it helps in building credibility for a course and trust among the students. In addition to that, the reputation helps the institute to start new courses in collaboration with other universities from across the globe. More global collaborations also help the university/institute to improve its ranking and make a name among the top global academic institutions.

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Placements & Research Opportunities

Though placements and research opportunities are two totally different aspects in the case of candidates aspiring to pursue MTech, both must be taken into consideration together. It is so, a majority opt for placement into the companies that help them to pursue research on the topic relevant to their stream. Placements leading to better research opportunities help the students to use their knowledge in developing innovative products/tools for mankind. A good number of students also look for a job based on their qualifications.

Faculty Reputation

Faculty reputation is also one of the key parameters that every student looks for while choosing any college for further studies. Students consider all permanent, visiting, and guest faculties in the college delivering lectures to the students. A list of renowned faculties in a college/university helps it to develop a good repo among the students. It is considered that such faculties help in developing a good learning environment in the university/college.

Specialisation of their choice available or not

In the case of MTech, specialisation does matter. After completing their graduation, students like to pursue a course that not only enhances their skills but also help them in having a successful professional life ahead. For example, most of the students are nowadays opting for specialisation in Artificial Intelligence after completing their BTech in Computer Science Engineering (CSE) or Information Technology (IT). As per the students, specialisation in trending streams will help them to be employable.

Location

It is a myth that the location of a college matter to any student. The location of any college matters to students only in the condition when it is not the reputed one. If a college is having a good name, good faculty members, and good placement opportunities, then students will join it despite thinking that where it is located. Students consider the location of the college/university with average or below average brand reputations.

Influencers (Coaching centre mentor/ friends/ relatives)

Students also listen to the advice of their Coaching centre mentors, friends, relatives, and parents before choosing a college. Basically, candidates get influenced by the opinion of the aforementioned individuals and chose the college accordingly. It is a very important thing to be mentioned here as a good number of admissions are done based on this.

All these aforesaid factors will help the candidates to decide a college out of the ones that they may likely to get based on their ranks in the GATE 2021. Candidates must be very careful while choosing a stream as well. It must be decided based on their interest. It will help them excel in that engineering stream.

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