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Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University offers a full-time BA Hons programme in different specialisations. The programme is being offered across various durations. BA Hons at SMVDU duration ranges from three-year to four-year (including research) and the institute also offers a five-year integrated BA plus MA programme as well at the undergraduate level. 

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Kartik gaykwad | B.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 23 Feb 2026
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3.8
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 4
Overall, college life is better.

Faculty: Teachers are very helpful and knowledgeable. The teaching quality is mostly average. This course is relevant. The course is not as difficult as ECE or EE. It is very easy if you are interested in it. Semester exams are not that difficult. If you are studying, then it is not that hard for you. The difficulty level is different for everyone. The pass percentage is the same as that of other colleges.

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Yash Yadav | B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 2 Feb 2026
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3.8
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
In 2023, it performed well in placements and rankings.

Faculty: All teachers and professors are qualified and supportive. The curriculum is fairly relevant, but there is a little more requirement for practical and industry-oriented exposure for students. Then semester exams are moderately easy depending on subjects, and the pass percentage is almost high, around 75-85%.

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Suhani sharma | M.A. In Economics - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 7 Sep 2025
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3.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
SMVDU has a scenic campus, supportive faculty, good academics, and improving placements.

Faculty: At SMVDU, teachers are highly qualified, supportive, and approachable, ensuring conceptual clarity and practical exposure. Teaching quality is good, blending lectures with projects and presentations. The curriculum is regularly updated, industry-oriented, and includes internships, workshops, and skill-based courses to make students industry-ready. Semester exams are moderately difficult. It focuses on understanding rather than written learning, and can be cleared with consistent preparation. The...

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Vivek Choudhary | B.A. (Hons.) In Economics - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 5 Aug 2025
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4.4
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
The college has good infrastructure and facilities.

Faculty: Teachers are really helpful and skilled in their spheres of knowledge. The quality of teaching is awesome. Levels of semester exams are good. The pass percentage was the same as 33%, and there are some exceptions. There are extra technical subjects there for extra skills.

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Vishal Kumar giri | B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 16 Jun 2025
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3.2
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 2 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
College is surrounded by a heaven.

Faculty: Faculty members are nice, but most of them are rude in nature. This makes students hesitate to approach them, which is why they can’t fully benefit from their knowledge. But, not all faculty members are like this, many of them are kind and share their knowledge completely with students.

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Shubham Thory | B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 27 Mar 2025
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3.6
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
SMVDU: Where learning meets nature.

Faculty: All the teachers are well experienced and qualified in their domain and subject. Professors also use PPTs for a better understanding of concepts and provide lab assistance. The industry-based course is followed to help students. Semester exams are of good level and relative marking in the result is followed.

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Durgesh Kumar | B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 26 Mar 2025
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3.0
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 2
Review of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.

Faculty: Teachers are good. Some teachers are really good at teaching but some teachers are just average at teaching. Teachers are well-qualified but the teaching methods of some teachers are really good and for some it's average. The course curriculum is relevant and it focuses on the industry demand. Semester exams are difficult, and we have to study well in order to get good marks.

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PRAKHAR SAXENA | B.Tech. in Civil Engineering - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 25 Mar 2025
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
College surrounded by trikuta hills.

Faculty: Highly qualified teachers were there. Good projects to train our future. Difficulty of the exam was moderate. It covered everything tough in class. 36 marks out of 100 were passing marks. The students were made ready to face all the difficulties, they will face during their jobs through courses.

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Atiq Rafiq | B.Tech. in Civil Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 7 Mar 2025
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3.8
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Good campus life and excellent campus area.

Faculty: Teachers are helpful, highly qualified, and with better experience. Course curriculum is relevant and it surely makes students industry-ready. Semester examinations are not much difficult and easy to pass and the pass percentage is 33%.

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Aryavardhan Choud ... | B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 3 Mar 2025
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3.6
Placements 3 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
In summary, I can say that our college is not as good as IITs but still a good choice for students.

Faculty: Faculty members are excellent because they are helpful as well as supportive. Teachers are well-qualified as well as knowledgeable and deliver good quality teaching. Course curriculum is relevant and knowledgeable. Semester exams are not much difficult but not that easy. The difficulty level of exams is moderate. We need to score 36% to pass a subject.

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Lavish mahajan | B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 3 Mar 2025
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Affordable college for B.Tech.

Faculty: Faculty members and curriculum in our college are amazing. The exam is moderate to tough. It makes students industry-ready. Pass percentage for the exam is 33% and requires 75% attendance to appear in the exam. There are 2 exams in the semester 1st is midsem and 2nd is major. Course curriculum is well-structured that blends theoretical knowledge with practical application.

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Aryan Sadotra | B.Tech. in Civil Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 3 Mar 2025
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3.2
Placements 3 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
Detailed review of SMVDU.

Faculty: Faculty members of our college are very good, they are well-educated and friendly with students. They clear our doubts but the teaching method is old because of the infrastructure we don't have smart boards. The semester level exam is moderate to difficult. Almost 90% of students get passed.

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Sudhanshu Singh R ... | B.Tech. in Civil Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 2 Mar 2025
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4.0
Placements 3 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Satisfied with all facilities, but the hostel infrastructure is not good. Overall, good.

Faculty: Faculty members of the civil branch are very good, and all teachers are well-qualified, but sometimes they fail to connect with students. The civil engineering course provides us with all theoretical knowledge and also teaches us about the industry and the future of civil engineering. There are two exams in one semester a minor exam which is of 20 marks and one major exam of 40 marks. The rest 40 marks depend on the professor, whether he can take quiz or assignment.

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Anushree Sinha | Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) - Batch of 2029
Reviewed on 27 Feb 2025
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3.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 1 Value for Money 3
Really good infrastructure but please don't go here if you have no other option.

Faculty: Faculty members are very much experienced. They help us with a lot of stuff and make us gain knowledge. Most of our exams are also helpful. They make us get more adapted at doing stuff. Apart from this, our seniors are an absolute headache. They make us do labour like unpaid internships.

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Dhruv Gupta | B.Tech. in Civil Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 25 Feb 2025
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3.6
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
An honest and unbiased review of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.

Faculty: We have well-qualified faculty, especially in my course which is civil engineering. The faculty is very well-qualified, knowledgeable, and helpful. I don't know much about the curriculum, but it seems currently the curriculum of all the branches is the same for the first year. The semester exams are not too easy and not too hard. The minimum percentage required to pass is 36%.

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Answered 11 months ago

First of all, candidates don't have option to avail any course via there home state quota. The SMVDU cutoff 2025 has been released for the candidates belonging to All India quota. During the SMDVU JEE Main cutoff 2025, the required rank to get into the BTech courses at institute should range between

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Ayush Uniyal

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Answered a year ago

IUST Awantipora and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) are well-known universities offering MBA in Jammu & Kashmir. The tuition fees for IUST Awantipora MBA courses range between INR 1.24 Lacs and INR 2.74 lakh. On the other hand, the MBA fees at SMVDU range between INR 3.2 Lacs and INR 3.5 l

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Himanshi Pandey

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a year ago

The prevailing cutoff information of B.A. (Hons.) Economics of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) is that the students will mostly have to achieve 50% or more marks in the 10+2 exam. The marks can be adjusted annually on the basis of students' performance as well as how intense the competitio

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Subhash Kumar Gupta

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a year ago

Yes, paid seats for Integrated B.Sc. (Hons.) + M.Sc. in Biotechnology are available at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). Admission fee and yearly tuition fee are covered in the fee structure. It totals to around INR 21,400 for the Integrated course per year with some other additional charge

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Subhash Kumar Gupta

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Answered a year ago

A 75 percentile in JEE probably gives you a little hope for getting into B.Tech at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), but it also depends on what branch you apply for. SMVDU considers students based on the ranks of JEE Main. So generally, these branches like Computer Science and Engineering

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Arindam Modak

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