Sindhuja S's Review on SASTRA University, Thanjavur

The average number of companies that visit SASTRA is about more than 100. The average salary is about INR 4 LPA. The highest package is INR 27 LPA. The percentage of students that gets placed is about 80 percent. There is 100 percent placement in the CSE department. SASTRA also provides internship opportunities for students by conducting Internsfair every semester.

There are seven boys' hostels and five girls' hostels. The hostel room types are single, single with bath attached, double, double with bath attached, 4-in 1 with bath attached and 5-in 1. The hostel lodging fee ranges from INR 8k to INR 18k for a year depending on the type of the room. Students who want to stay outside have good quality and cost-effective pgs available at about 10 to 15 kilometers from the college. The food in the hostel mess is pure-vegetarian and it costs about INR 2.7k to INR 3.5k per month. SASTRA provides free Wi-Fi to students 24*7 with an average speed of about 1 Mbps per student. 

The class timings are normally from 8:45 am to 5:15 pm with leisure hours in between. There will be three internal assessment tests out of which the marks scored in two internal assessment tests will be added to the Internal marks. Assignments will be given at the end of the semester in all the subjects.

The course fee for Bachelor of Technology [B. Tech] [Computer Science and Engineering] is INR 130,000 per annum. The scholarship options are the Dean's Merit list and hostel scholarship. The average number of students who get the scholarship is about 100 to 200. Loans are easily availed from City Union Bank.