B.Sc.(Hons.) Biotechnology 

at SMVDU, Jammu

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University has received good reviews from the students pursuing the BSc Hons programme in terms of placements, infrastructure and quality of teaching. According to the verified Shiksha Reviews, the students have left the following SMVDU BSc Hons reviews:

• At least 50-60% students find placements. The lower package offered is INR 2LPA-INR 5 LPA
• Maximum 80-90% of students got internships
• Infrastructure is good. Wi-Fi works properly, good labs
• The quality of the food is average in the mess
• Teachers are helpful and the teaching quality is best 

After pursuing BSc Hons from SMVDU, a number of career paths get open for such students. Students with a comprehension of the principles in the relevant areas of the BSc Hons programme have numerous job opportunities, including teaching, research analysis, data scientist, agriculture officer, forest officer, biochemist, among many others.

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University offers a three-year/ four-year (including research) and five-year integrated BSc Hons plus MSc programmes. SMVDU BSc Hons seats are alloted to candidates based on their performance in the CUET UG. Given below is specialisation-wise seat intake for the five-year integrated BSc Hons plus MSc programme:

Note: This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

Students pursuing BSc Hons programme at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University can avail scholarships. SMVDU BSc Hons Scholarships can be availed by meritorious students based on their semester performance in the BSc Hons semester examinations. The scholarships are available for economically weaker students. The University offers the Merit-cum-Means Scholarship to its BSc Hons programme students. 

SMVDU BSc Hons Scholarships are offered to meritorious students who belong to economically weaker section of the society. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University has a Merit-cum-Means Scholarship which recognises merit of the BSc Hons programme students at all levels and provides scholarships ranging up to five semesters of free education.

SMVDU admission process are both entrance and merit-based followed by counselling. SMVDU accepts the admission on the basis of CUET exam for most of the UG & PG courses.  For few courses such as BTech, MBA, M.Tech admission are based on JEE/CAT/MAT/GATE/CCMT. 

NIT Manipur JEE Main cutoff 2024 has been released for admission to the BTech courses. During the Round 1 cutoff, the closing rank for CSE was 25886 for the General category students under the AII India Quota. Among OBC candidates, the closing rank for B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering stood at 8750. Candidates seeking admisison to NIT Manipur can refer to the table below to check out the Round 1 closing ranks for BTech in CSE course for various categories under the AI quota: 

After JEE session 2 is completed, only those candidates who are aiming for IITs need to start preparing for JEE Advanced after clearing JEE Main. Those who are above the 98th percentile should start preparing for JEE Advanced as soon as possible. Those below this, between the 95th and 98th percentile, should focus on attempting more mock tests and previous year question papers so that they have a better chance of clearing JEE Advanced

This Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University college can said to be costly or have a high fee as it provides high standards or students to get a quality education here. It has all Phd faculties and now if we look at the fee structure below :-

MA - Rs. 81,000 ( 1st year fees )

M.Tech - Rs. 1.03 Lacs ( 1st year fees )

P.hd - Rs. 92,750 ( 1st year fees ) 

The placements at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) in 2023 were good, with an average package of INR 4.6 LPA for BTech students and INR 4.01 LPA for MTech students. The highest package offered was INR 12 LPA.

The companies that visited the campus are:

• Tech Mahindra
• Infosys
• Accenture
• Cognizant
• Wipro
• TCS
• Capgemini
• HCL Technologies
• IBM
• Dell
• Deloitte
• EY and more.

SMVDU has a dedicated Training and Placement Cell that assists students with summer training/internships and campus placements.