Discontinued (AUG 2025) Integrated B.Sc. (Hons.) + M.Sc. in Biotechnology 

at SMVDU, Jammu

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. 

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 ) 

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

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: 

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University offers BTech across five specialisations. During SMVDU cutoff 2023, the closing rank for B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering was 94017, for B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering was 227213, for B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering was 402493, for B.Tech. in Civil Engineering was 657668 and for B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering was 505053 for the General category All India seat. Hence, candidate with a rank of 1,35,000 in JEE Main can get a seat at SMVDU in all the specialisations except for BTech CSE as per the last year cutoff. 

Students pursuing five-year integrated BSc Hons plus MSc in Mathematics programme are required to study a number of subjects during the entire course of programme. Given below is the list of some of the subjects from SMVDU BSc Hons curriculum:

• Elements of Discrete Mathematics
• Differential Calculus
• Digital Technology
• Environmental Science and Education
• Analytical Geometry of 3D and Trigonometry
• Fundamentals of Algebra
• Matlab Programming & Applications

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. 

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University offers a full-time, three-year/ four-year (including research)/ five-year integrated BSc Hons programme at the undergraduate level in various specialisations. Given below is the list of specialisations offered by SMVDU for BSc Hons:

Four-Year Undergraduate programme

• BSc (Hons) Nursing 

Five-Year Integrated BSc Hons programme

• Integrated BSc Hons plus MSc in Biotechnology
• Integrated BSc Hons plus MSc in Mathematics

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University is a state university  located in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University is approved by UGC and was established in 1999. It is ranked 151 for overall by NIRF IN 2023. University releases cut off scores every year on official website of university. Students can check their cutoff scores according to the courses they want to pursue. For insight let me give you cutoff of some courses in 2023: 

B.Arch- 1041 rank

B.Tech - 55304 rank to 69379 rank

M.Tech- 357 rank to 367 rank and so on.

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.