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Baselios Mathews II College of Engineering Kollam An exclusive Guide by Baselios Mathews II College of Engineering Reviews on Placements, Faculty & Facilities Check latest reviews and ratings on placements, faculty, facilities submitted by students & alumni. Reviews (Showing 13 of 13 reviews) Overall Rating (Out of 5) 3.1 Based o n 13 Verif ied Reviews Distribution of Rating >4-5 star 15% >3-4 star 15% >2-3 star 54% 1-2 star 15% Component Ratings (Out of 5) Placements 2.6 Infrastructure 3.0 Faculty & Course 3.5 Curriculum Crowd & Campus Life 3.2 Value for Money 3.3 The Verif ied badge indicates that the reviewer's details have been verified by Shiksha, and reviewers are bona f ide students of this college. These reviews and ratings have been given by students. Shiksha does not endorsed the same. All 13 reviews are verif ied. N Nandu Krishnan R | B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering - Batch of 2019 Verified Reviewed on 18 Oct 2018 2.8 Placements 2 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 3 The infrastructure may not be the best, but one can have a great college life. Placements: During the 7th semester, we attend pool drives as reputed companies do not visit our campus to offer placements. Majority of the senior batch students were placed in average companies with decent salaries. Internship drives are conducted by the companies Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 23-Sep-2021. related to respective branches during the 5th semester of a batch. The dedicated placement cell works to provide adequate training, skills and placements to the students after graduation. Infrastructure: Baselios Mathews ll College of Engineering is situated at Sasthamcotta lake accompanied by trees all around and fresh air, and there is a spectacular lake view. The college has a well-maintained basketball, volleyball, football as well as badminton courts. Libraries with digital library function provide additional knowledge to the students apart from thousands of books. Well-painted and furnished classrooms are available with platforms for teachers. A canteen is available on the campus, and it provides fresh breakfast and lunch along with snacks. These are always a favourite part to the students on the campus. Boys' hostel is available within the campus while girls' hostels are located in a few kilometres away. Faculty: The college has faculty members with adequate knowledge and experience. In the mechanical department, 3 out of 4 faculty members are well trained and experienced. They use usual teaching methods along with PPT presentations. Industrial exposure was provided only during internships and industrial visits. Other: A technical fest and cultural fest are conducted every year. Along with it, many other festivals like Onam, Christmas, etc., are celebrated. S Sharukhan Shanavas | B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering - Batch of 2019 Verified Reviewed on 2 May 2018 2.4 Placements 3 Infrastructure 1 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 2 Great college even though it lacks what other colleges have, infrastructure is not that great. Placements: Our college has a great placement opportunity offered to IT segments. Most companies from this segment come to our college to choose there candidates. Other departments like applied instrumentation has more opportunities for placement. 30%of students were placed last year. Efficiency of placement cell is very high as it provides support to even promote new entrepreneurs also. Infrastructure: Infrastructure is not as great as to be mentioned. Its a massive structure without a good atmosphere for a college. College has a wide number of skilled faculty members who guide us through our academics. Labs and classrooms are not very great, but still its okay. Food available in the canteen is typically south Indian dish. Faculty: Teaching is good and helpful for easy understanding. The strict management also Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 23-Sep-2021. ensures that the students are getting better knowledge every day. Student to faculty ratio is about 60:2. Industrial exposure is given by providing internships at various industries around the college. Industrial relationships are maintained by the college in bringing out the best students out of the college with industrial exposure. Other: Campus technical fest and cultural fests are great. S Sha Ruk | B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering - Batch of 2019 Verified Reviewed on 5 May 2018 2.6 Placements 2 Infrastructure 2 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 3 The college is not up to the mark in any aspect. Placements: The placements are good for computer science departments. Other companies are not placing students for engineering jobs rather for clerk jobs that may have a package of Rs. 5000 per month or more. The placements are very limited in our college. Others find jobs by themselves. Infrastructure: The infrastructure is not a top end one. It is good but not adequate for an engineering college campus. The surrounding is good with a great lake view of Sasthamcotta lake. It is one of the biggest freshwater lakes in India. Overall, the facilities are average and can be accepted. Faculty: The faculty are the heart of every professional institution, and our college is well- equipped with great teachers who have a lot of experience in their specified streams. Our faculty members are very helpful and support the students in a better way. I like almost every class. Other: Techfests are good, campus is average compared to other campuses around. H HARI KRISHNA V | B.Tech. in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Verified Engineering - Batch of 2019 Reviewed on 14 Apr 2018 4.4 Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Baselios Mathews II College Of Engineering. The place yoy get everything you need. Placements: Every year many big companies come here for placement drive. And each time the percentage of selection is increasing year by year. Last time more than 10 students were placed from our college. Since ours is a kind of rare branch in engineering, nearly all the passed out students are doing jobs in india as well as abroad. Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 23-Sep-2021. Infrastructure: It has a great calm and cool infrastructure. We have a library of a great collection. The labs are equipped with the latest facilities and technologies. It took 2 weeks completely to understand the college architecture. It's so big. Faculty: The teachers here are very friendly towards students, they support us to their maximum. They all are highly qualified professionals. We cannot compare one teacher to another. Everyone is good upto their mark. Simply very nice to be with them. They are even willing to take late classes for the required. Other: Every year we conduct arts and tech fests. Participate in sports championships, etc. A ALVIN ALEXANDER | B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering - Batch Verified of 2019 Reviewed on 14 Apr 2018 4.0 Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Life at Baselios Mathews II College of Engineering. Placements: The college has a good placement cell. Last year, the companies like Dell, Infosys, etc., visited the campus. Different companies provided the internships through BMCE, and Internshala is a partner to this college. KASE conducted a job fair, and around 300 companies had visited, and many of us got a job opportunity. Infrastructure: The college has a good infrastructure. There is a high-speed internet facility in the labs. Our college has library facility. In the library, there are many reference textbooks and other books for learning. There is a good atmosphere in BMCE for studies, frequent test papers, Zeroth our test for stud. Faculty: The faculty members are helpful. They always encourage in studies. They are friendly, but sometimes, they are strict. They are well-experienced and qualified. New innovative project works are appreciable by them. They use ICT and video presentations for teaching based on the topic. I rate, 7/10 for the faculty. Other: There are a volleyball tournament, arts and tech-fest, KASE job fair, and debate competition by Malayala Manorama. V Vinayak Ss | B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering - Batch of 2019 Verified Reviewed on 15 Dec 2017 2.0 Placements 2 Infrastructure 2 Faculty & Course Curriculum 2 Crowd & Campus Life 1 This college gives you freedom, but it has poor infrastructure, poor faculty and placements. Placements: The placement from our college was very poor. Only, a few percent of Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 23-Sep-2021. students get placed on different companies. The placements, especially for this branch, is very poor. Not many companies will come here for placement. Mostly, not much famous are coming here for placement, and only a very few students are getting in placed under big company names. Overall, the placement is very poor. Infrastructure: The infrastructure is also not much good. Currently, there is only one block working for the entire department, and there is no separate block for different branch students. The structures are too old, and proper maintenance are not done. The paintings were done at the time of construction after that nothing is done. Only, the positive point is that the college has a synthetic volleyball court and a basketball court at the college front side and a badminton court inside the campus. Overall, the infrastructure is poor. Faculty: The faculty members have the good academic background, but many them lacks in the responsibility, and some are not even students friendly, while others are very much student friendly.
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